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Joshua Mangelson

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: mangelson@byu.edu

460F EB
Provo, UT 84602

801-422-8739

Biography

Joshua Mangelson received MS and PhD degrees in Robotics from the University of Michigan in 2016 and 2019 respectively. He then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Field Robotics Center of the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute. He rejoined the BYU Electrical and Computer Engineering department (where he received a BS in 2014) as an Assistant Professor in August 2020. His research is focused on perception, navigation, planning, and state-estimation for mobile field robotic systems. He is especially interested in increasing the reliability, efficiency, and robustness of robotic systems that operate autonomously in complex unstructured environments. Particular application areas of interest include inspection and search of underwater marine structures, autonomous sampling for coral reef monitorying, agricultural robotics, and self-driving cars.

Education

  • Robotics, , Field Robotics; Mapping; Localization; SLAM; Marine Robotics; , University of Michigan (2019)
  • Robotics, , Mapping; Localization; SLAM; Marine Robotics; Perception, University of Michigan (2016)
  • Electrical Engineering, , Digital Design/Embedded Systems, Brigham Young University (2014)

Honors and Awards

  • Best Service Robotics Paper - Finalist, IEEE ICRA Conference (2021 - Present)
  • David C. Evans Chair, Brigham Young University (2021 - Present)
  • 1st Place in IEEE OCEANS Student Poster Competition, IEEE OES/MTS OCEANS Conference (2018 - Present)
  • Amazon Robotics Multi-Robot Systems Best Paper Award, IEEE ICRA (2018 - Present)
  • Tau Beta Pi Scholarship Recipient, Tau Beta Pi (2013 - Present)
  • ONR Young Investigator Award, US Office of Naval Research (2023 - 2026)
  • BYU Presidential Innovation Award, BYU (2022 - 2024)
  • Robotics Alumni Merit Award, University of Michigan Engineering (2023 - 2023)
  • Robotics Institute Fellowship Recipient, University of Michigan (2014 - 2016)
  • Academic Scholarship Recipient, Brigham Young University (2009 - 2014)
  • Raytheon FIRST Robotics Scholarship Recipient (2011 - 2013)

Memberships

  • IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) (2016 - Present)
  • IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) (2014 - Present)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) (2014 - Present)
  • IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2013 - Present)
  • IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society (HKN) (2013 - Present)
  • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (TBP) (2012 - Present)

Courses Taught