Alice Agogino is a renowned development engineer and expert in Intelligent Learning Systems, Sustainable Design, Design Theory and Methods, and Non-linear Optimization. She graduated from Stanford University with a Ph.D. in Engineering-Economic Systems, and has earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of New Mexico.

Alice serves as the CEO and Chief Technology Officer of Squishy Robotics, a company that engineers robots made of soft, squishy materials to help in disaster scenarios. Before that, Alice was the Education Director at the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, she was the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Chairperson of the Development Engineering Graduate Group, Associate Dean, and formerly Faculty Assistant to Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost, all at the University of California, Berkeley.

Alice Agogino's expertise is in Probabilistic Modeling, Sensor Validation, Fusion and Diagnostics, Wireless Sensor Networks, Multimedia, and Computer-Aided Design, among other areas. She has also been actively involved in advocating for gender/ethnic equity in engineering and technology. With her extensive experience in academia and industry, Alice Agogino is a well-respected authority on designing sustainable, intelligent machines that aid in disaster relief efforts, improve manufacturing, and embrace diversity and equity in engineering and technology.