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James McLurkin

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  • Birth Date

    James McLurkin was born in 1972 in Baldwin, New York.

  • First Robot

    In 1988, McLurkin built his first robot called Rover. He followed this with many other designs and inventions.

  • MIT

    In 1995 McLurkin received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and a minor in mechanical engineering.

  • Starts Consulting

    In 1998 McLurkin began working on projects with Walt Disney Imagineering and the iRobot Corporation.

  • University of California Berkeley

    In 1999 McLurkin received his M.S. in electrical engineering.

  • Back to MIT

    In 2003, McLurkin went back to MIT and got a M.S. degree in computer science.

  • Ph.D.

    In 2008 McLurkin got a Ph.D. in computer science at MIT.

  • Assistant Professor

    In 2009, McLurkin was appointed assistant professor at Rice University.