Alice Agogino

Alice Agogino is a distinguished professor and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. Here are some key details about her career and accomplishments:

Academic Positions

Alice Agogino currently holds the following positions at UC Berkeley:

• Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School
• Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering (2008-2022)
• Affiliated faculty at the Haas School of Business
• Education Director of the Blum Center for Developing Economies
• Chair of the Development Engineering Graduate Group

Research Interests

Her research spans multiple areas, including:

• Soft robotics
• Sustainable engineering
• Intelligent learning systems
• Product design
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Sensor networks and Internet of Things

Industry Experience

Prior to her academic career, Dr. Agogino worked in industry for companies like:

• Dow Chemical
• General Electric
• SRI International

Education

• Ph.D. in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University (1984)
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley (1978)
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of New Mexico (1975)

Honors and Recognition

• Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997
• Fellow of multiple scientific societies including AAAS and ASME
• Received the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1985
• Awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring in 2018

Entrepreneurship

In 2017, she co-founded and became CEO of Squishy Robotics, a company developing rapidly deployable mobile sensing robots for disaster rescue and remote monitoring.4

Alice Agogino is renowned for her contributions to engineering education, efforts to increase diversity in STEM fields, and innovative research across multiple engineering disciplines.123