Patricia Chaffey has had a passion for studying and designing interaction between humans and technology since her undergraduate career at Mount Holyoke College, and continues to pursue this interest at the University of Southern California. Some of her notable work includes developing a robotic learning companion and designing a simulation to study how people interact with swarms of robots using a virtual agent as an intermediary. Patricia has received awards to support her travel to conferences and leadership workshops, which include, but are not limited to, the 2018 ELIS Expanding Horizons award, and the 2017 Computing Research Association -Women Grace Hopper Celebration Research Scholar award. Patricia has participated in a number of publications across the different labs she has been active in. When not in the lab, Patricia enjoys volunteering with BOTS (Building Opportunities with Teachers in Schools), where she works with elementary teachers and their students on robotics.

is an undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute studying electrical engineering with a concentration in analog design. He has had internships with both United Technologies and Bose. He is currently in his last year for undergraduate studies and works with Engineering Ambassadors.