Michael R. Benjamin
MIT Building 5-214
Cambridge MA
Phone: 617-921-6283
mailto:mikerb@mit.edu
Employment
- MIT Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Principal Research Scientist
Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems
January 2011 - present (Principal as of June 2019). - Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport RI
October 1990 - December 2010.
NAVSEA Scientist of the Year, 2005.
Teaching
- MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2022, Course website - MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2021, Course website - MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2020, Course website - MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2019, Course website - MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2018, Course website - MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2017, Course website - MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2015, Course website - MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2014, Course website - MIT 2.680 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2013, Course website - MIT 2.S998 Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Spring 2012, Course website
Education
- Post-doctoral Associate, MIT, Cambridge MA
Dept. of Ocean Engineering, hosted by John Leonard
July 2002 - June 2006. - PhD, Dept. of Computer Science, Brown University, Providence RI
May 2002, Advisor, Leslie Kaelbling. - MSc, Dept. of Computer Science, Brown University, Providence RI
May 1998, Advisor Pascal van Hentenryck. - Msc, Dept. of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
May 1991. - B.S. Dept. of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
May 1988, Minor in Psychology and minor in Philosophy.
Awards
- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) National Scientist of the Year, 2005.
- NATO Science and Technology Organization, Scientific Achievement Award 2017 - Development and Demonstration of Networked Autonomous ASW.
Patents
- Patent #7139741 B1 - "Multiobjective Optimization Method", Filing Date: 07/2003, Granted: 11/2006.
- Patent #7613533 B1 - "Unmanned Vehicle Control System", Filing Date: 07/2004, Granted: 11/2009.
- Patent #8830793 - "System and Method for Collision Avoidance of Underwater Vehicles", September 2014.