Background

Maegan Tucker is an Assistant Professor in both the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2017, her Masters of Science degree in ME from Caltech in 2019, and her Doctor of Philosophy degree in ME from Caltech in 2023. After defending her PhD, she conducted a brief research position with Walt Disney Imagineering R&D in Burbank CA. Maegan's research is centered around achieving dynamic and natural robotic bipedal locomotion using formal methods from both nonlinear control theory and machine learning, with specific applications towards robotic assistive devices.