Mark is the project leader for the modular robotics team. The current project is an outgrowth of his Ph.D. work at Stanford University where he designed and built a robotic system called Polypod. In addition to robotics, Mark’s research interests include MEMS and batch fabrication technology, active control of buckling, and brute force digital time optimal control. His personal hobbies and activities include helping the Gunn High School robotics team of Palo Alto, CA, Cubmaster for Pack 6 in the BSA pacific skyline council, and helping his wife raise their two young boys.