I am in the twilight years of a Ph.D. at the University of California at San Diego in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. I work in the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab directed by Dr. Thomas Bewley. Before returning to academia, I worked for Hughes/Boeing, Honeywell, and Goodrich as an aerospace engineer focused on dynamics and controls. I received a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics from the University of Wisconsin.