Advisory Committee

Our continual endeavoring… Recognizing the unique capacity of robotics to be a powerful tool for education, Robot Edutainment is endeavoring to incorporate a strategy to engage K‐12 students and to foster the development of new educational applications with our Advisory Board.

The Robot Edutainment Advisory Board (Ambassadors) has an important role within the company. This group of prominent professionals supports and gives advice to the Robot Edutainment Operating Director on all educational and technical issues that occur during the operation of the Robot Edutainment, Inc.

They are the primary source of expertise that can be drawn upon to lead Robot Edutainment activities and provide timely educational and technical reviews of proposals that emerge from Robot Edutainment Communities and Task Groups.

Representing the diverse expertise and experiences in the field of STEM and K-12 Education, they provide breadth and depth across all our main focus areas. Below are the qualifications of each member:

  • Andrew Moulthrop
    • Andrew Moulthrop
    Senior Engineering Specialist @ The Aerospace Corporation

    Dr. Andrew A. Moulthrop received his BA degree in physics, summa cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego in 1977 and his Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984, where he worked in superconducting millimeter-wave mixers and superfluid Helium. He joined the Aerospace Corporation in 1984. Currently, he is an senior engineering specialist in the Electromagnetic Techniques Department at the Aerospace Corporation. Dr. Moulthrop designed, built, and operated a superfluid helium acoustic microscope with a resolution of 150 angstroms. It is the highest resolution acoustic microscope ever successfully operated. Its applications are to semiconductor processing. His major expertise and effort has been in the area of design of wideband communications hardware, automated microwave measurements, and development of novel microwave measurement techniques. He teaches an Aerospace Institute course in LabVIEW, a programming language for laboratory automation and general engineering analysis. He has published more than 20 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings.
  • Carol H. Song carolsong3@gmail.com
    • Carol H. Song
    Science Teacher, Science Lead and Department Chair @ Virgil Middle School/LAUSD

    Carol Song has been teaching life, physical, and ESL science at Virgil Middle School for the past six years. She functions as the chair and lead teacher for the science department at Virgil, observing and coaching other science teachers in the areas of curriculum design and classroom management. She has provided professional development for the staff at Virgil on topics ranging from incorporating technology in the classroom to effective instructional strategies. Carol received her B.S. degree in Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology from UCLA in 2003 and her M.Ed degree in science education from UCLA in 2006. She has mentored six student teachers from both UCLA’s Teacher Education Program as well as its IMPACT Urban Teacher Residency program. She has also been an adjunct instructor with UCLA's CalTeach program, an initiative which plans to place 1000 new math and science teachers into California classrooms each year, teaching their middle school science education seminar course for four quarters.
  • David Bernier dgbernier@gmail.com
    • David Bernier
    Director, Computer Science Project @ UCLA
    David works to facilitate and support several National Science Foundation grants related to broadening the participation of young women and underrepresented populations in computer science. David works directly with teachers, students, coaches, evaluators, and industry professionals to implement project goals. Prior to this position David has been a teacher, instructional coach, curriculum developer, consultant and provider of professional development for the Los Angeles Unified School District and social studies publishers — skills and experiences that he utilizes in this position. David's additional STEM experience includes: Consulting for Google, Presenting at the Computer Science Teachers Association CS&IT conference, Co-authoring The Need for Computer Science published in the February 2011 issue of Educational Leadership.
  • Kevin C. Lee kevinl2@cisco.com
    • Kevin C. Lee
    Research Scientist @ Cisco Systems Inc.

    Dr. Kevin C. Lee is a research scientist at Cisco Systems Inc. His expertise is in vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) routing, encompassing routing protocol design, evaluation, and optimization. His efforts have led to the development of car-safety applications, enhanced navigation systems, and on-vehicle infotainment systems. He has published many conference papers, journals, and a book chapter on VANETs. In addition, he is a major contributor to mobility IPv6 standard, recognized by both academia and leading industry companies. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science at UCLA in 2010. He completed his Master's degree in Information Networking at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in 2004 and His Bachelors in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. Dr. Lee has held various consulting positions at the Robotics Institute at CMU, Microsoft, HP, and Telcordia. Outside work, he enjoys hiking, dancing, traveling, and cooking. Lee is an avid crossfitter, currently competing in the 6-week CrossFit game in the sport of fitness.
    http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~kclee/