Carlotta A. Berry

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Carlotta A. Berry has two bachelor’s degrees in mathematics from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, USA in 1992 and electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, USA in 1993. She has a master’s degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, USA in 1996 and PhD from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN in 2003.

She is professor and Dr. Lawrence J. Giacoletto Endowed Chair for Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) in Terre, Haute, IN. Previously, she was an assistant professor at Tennessee State University, controls engineer at Detroit Edison, and controls engineer at Ford Motor Company. She is author of the Mobile Robotics for Multidisciplinary Study (Morgan & Claypool, 2012) and “Robotics for All Ages: A Standard Robotics Curriculum for K-16” (IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine ( Volume: 23, Issue: 2, June 2016)). Her research interests include robotics education, human-robot interaction, and increasing marginalized and minoritized populations in STEM fields.

Dr. Berry is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education, National Society of Black Engineers and Society of Women Engineers. She was recipient of the 2023 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award, Society of Women Engineers 2022 Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, 2022 Distinguished Educator Award from the American Society of Engineering Education Electrical and Computer Engineering Division, 2022 Open Source Hardware Trailblazer Fellow, 2021 TechPoint Foundation for Youth Bridge Builder award, one of 30 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About 2020 by robohub.org, Reinvented Magazine Interview of the Year Award on Purpose and Passion, FIRST Indiana Robotics Gamechanger Award 2020, Women and Hi Tech Leading Light You Inspire Me Award 2018 and Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Women in STEM.

May 2023