Monroe Kennedy III is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. He is the recipient of the NSF Career Award. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, and a Masters in Robotics from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a recipient of both the NSF and GEM graduate research fellowships. His area of expertise is in collaborative robotics, specifically the development of theoretical and experimental approaches to enhance robotic autonomy and robotic effectiveness in decentralized tasks toward human-robot collaboration. He applies expertise in machine learning, computer vision, collaborative robot teammate intent estimation, dynamical systems analysis, control theory (classical, non-linear, and robust control), state estimation and prediction, and motion planning.