Dr. Leonard will be honored for her research in the field of cooperative control of autonomous vehicles. She has developed methodologies for the systematic investigation and design of feedback mechanisms that enable individual agents - whether living organisms or robotic vehicles - to perform as a group by coordinating decision-making, sensing, and motion. Dr. Leonard earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland.
The Innovation Hall of Fame induction ceremony will begin at 4:00 pm in the Innovation Hall of Fame area on the first floor of the Kim Building and will be followed by the White Symposium on the subject of cooperative control, which will begin at approximately 5:00 pm in the Kim Rotunda. Dinner will begin at approximately 6:30 pm.
The Innovation Hall of Fame recognizes Clark School alumni, faculty and associates who have pioneered many of the most significant engineering advances in the past century. Inductees include Robert Briskman, the co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio, George Laurer, inventor of the Universal Product Code, and Brian Hinman, the innovator behind the Polycom SoundStation conference call device. For more information, visit www.eng.umd.edu/ihof.