Benjamin Kolligs is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University in the Robotics Systems Development program, focusing on planning and controls, and hardware. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Math at Lewis & Clark College. Kolligs has an impressive background working as a James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow and research assistant at Lewis & Clark College. He served as an Avionics Lead and Industry Advisor at Portland State Aerospace Society, a Hardware Design Engineer at Hydra Research and a Robotics Engineer at KEEN. His philosophy is that if there is no evidence to say something is impossible, then he believes he can achieve it.