Kenechukwu (fondly called ‘Kene’) is a passionate STEM educator and a roboticist. He is an assistant professor of Robotics at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Massachusetts, USA. He is very passionate about two things: (1) working with students to tinker and design human-compatible robotics and A.I. systems that create value for people and (2) inspiring and enabling the next generation of engineers and roboticists from under-represented backgrounds in robotics and A.I

He received his Ph.D. in Robotics Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in 2022, his M.S. in Robotics Engineering from WPI and a B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Covenant University in Ota, Nigeria.

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Recent Activities

Mar. 2024

Kene is leading the 2024 Pan-African Robotics Competition Engineers League. Follow the program here

Mar. 2024

Kene gave an invited talk on “Robotics and AI in Africa’s Agriculture” at the Precision Field Academy Incubator program [Slides PDF]

Feb. 2024

Kene was interviewed by The Robot Report on Black History Month [read article]

Feb. 2024

Kene is leading a team of 20+ Oliners to develop an agricultural robot system to compete in the 2024 Farm Robotics Challenge

Jan. 2024

Kene visited Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria, and gave an invited talk on “Robotics in Africa” [Slides PDF]

Dec. 2023

Kene was an invited speaker and panelist at the Robotics in Africa Forum at 2023 International Conference on Advanced Robotics

May 2023

Kene received a summer research grant from Hummingbird Systems to develop quadcopter technology for warehouse fulfilment

Aug. 2022

Kene joins Olin College of Engineering as an assistant professor of robotics engineering!!

Jan. 2021

Kene received the Dr. Glenn Yee Graduate Student Tuition Award at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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