Katherine is a robotics mechanical engineer in the Advanced Robotic Systems Group at JPL. She is currently working on a project designing and building a mine-exploration robot, a project putting ISAM missions in space, and is the hardware and field test lead for an airborne instrument. A large part of her work is in tether management systems for mobile and deployable robots. She has previously worked on R&D for Mars Sample Return, the development of sampling tools for Europa, and an inspection robot.
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (December 2024)
B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Duke University (May 2020)
Robotics Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Robotic Systems Group, JPL (June 2024 - present)
Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Robotic Systems Group, JPL (April 2022 - June 2024)
Mechanical Engineer, Extreme Environment Robotics Group, JPL (June 2020 - April 2022)
Mechanical Engineering Intern, Extreme Environment Robotics Group, JPL (Summer 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
