Paulo Younse is an Member of Technical Staff for the Robotic Hardware Systems Group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA. His experience resides in mechanical design, robotics, machine vision, and unmanned underwater vehicles.

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Master of Engineering, August 2005
Concentration: Robotics
Thesis: Vision-based Vehicle Guidance for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, June 2002
Concentration: Mechatronics

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (8/05-Present): Associate Engineer, Robotic Hardware Systems Group

The Boeing Company, Anaheim, CA (7/02-7/03): Mechanical Engineer, Boeing Unmanned Undersea Vehicles Group, LMRS Program

Joslyn Sunbank Company, LLC, Paso Robles, CA (7/01-9/01): Contractor, Cal Poly Mechatronics Course

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (7/00-9/00): Technical Assistant, NASA Robotics Education Project

Mechanical design for space robotics, rovers, and limbed robots. Machine vision, vehicle navigation, and path planning. Educational outreach, lesson development, and promotion of NASA goals, technology, engineering, and robotics to local schools and the public.