Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Robotics, December 2000

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
GPA: 3.75
 
• Master of Science in Robotics, June 1998

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
GPA: 3.75
 
• Master of Librarianship, March 1996

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
GPA: 3.77
 
• Bachelor of Science in Physics and Astronomy, June 1992

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
magna cum laude, and with college honors, GPA: 3.86
 
• Bachelor of Arts in Music, June 1992

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
magna cum laude, and with college honors, GPA: 3.86

Experience

• Science/Engineering

 
• Library/Information Science

 
• Musical

 
• Other

Skills

• Experienced in implementation and testing of software on robotic platforms
• Proficient in computer programming in C, C++ and Basic, on Sun SparcStations and PCs, and in using Unix, Linux, dos, and Windows operating systems
• Talented in technical writing and editing
• Skilled with Matlab, Framemaker, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, emacs, vi, and others; capable of troubleshooting and installing hardware
• Knowledgeable of NDDS, TCA, and 3T architectures and inter-process communication protocols
• Experienced with preparation and presentation of technical material in conferences
• Capable of leading teams and working in groups, and self-motivated when working alone

Honors and Memberships

• Phi Beta Kappa, admitted 1992
• Member, Society of Women Engineers
• Golden Key National Honor Society

 
• NASA Graduate Student Fellowship, 1999 - 2000

From NASA Headquarters, $22,000 per year
• Amelia Earhart Fellowship, 1999

From the Zonta Foundation, $6,000
• Pennsylvania Space Grant Fellowship, 1996 - 1998

Total of $7,500
• Carnegie Scholars Award, 1996 - present

From Carnegie Mellon University, $1,000 per year
• Graduate Research Assistantship, 1996 - present

From Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, stipend and tuition waiver
• Genevieve C. Cobb Scholarship, 1994 - 1995

From Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Washington
• Graduate Research Assistantship, 1992

From Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, stipend and tuition waiver
• Anderson Scholarship, 1991 - 1992

From Physics Department, University of Washington, 1 year tuition
• Seafirst Merit Scholar Award, 1987 - 1991

From Seafirst Bank, Seattle, WA, 4 years tuition
• Honors Council scholarships, 1990 - 1991

From University of Washington, total of $1,000
• National Merit Scholar Finalist, 1987
• High School Valedictorian, 1987
• Multiple high school music contest awards, 1986 - 1987

Placed in top four in several state-wide piano competitions

Publications

• "Solar Navigational Planning for Robotic Explorers," Shillcutt, Kimberly and William Whittaker, IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation 2001, Seoul, South Korea, May 2001. [pdf file]
• "The Science Autonomy System of the Nomad Robot," Wagner, Michael D., et al., IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation 2001, Seoul, South Korea, May 2001.
• "Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search Outcomes," Apostolopoulos, Dimitrios S., et al., IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation 2001, Seoul, South Korea, May 2001.
• "Technology and Field Demonstration of Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites," Apostolopoulos, Dimitrios S., et al., The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 19, No. 11, November 2000, pp. 1015-1032.
• "Solar Based Navigation for Robotic Explorers," Shillcutt, Kimberly, Ph.D. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute, Technical Report CMU-RI-TR-00-25, October 2000. [pdf file]
• "Solar Power Expert for Remote Robotic Explorers," Shillcutt, Kimberly and William Whittaker, International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, June 1-3, 1999.[pdf file]
• "Patterned Search Planning and Testing for the Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search," Shillcutt, Kimberly, Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, and William Whittaker, 1999 International Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems for the Nuclear Industry, American Nuclear Society, Pittsburgh, PA, April 25-29, 1999.[pdf file]
• "Modular Optimization for Robotic Explorers," Shillcutt, Kimberly and William Whittaker, Integrated Planning for Autonomous Agent Architectures, AAAI Fall Symposium, Orlando, FL, October 23-25, 1998. [Postscript]
• "Path Planning for Orbital Motions," Shillcutt, Kimberly, Proceedings of the Third ASCE Specialty Conference on Robotics for Challenging Environments (Robotics '98), Albuquerque, NM, April 26-30, 1998, pp.57-63. [Postscript]
• "A Concept for Robotic Lunar South Pole Exploration," Deans, Matthew, Stewart Moorehead, Ben Shamah, Kimberly Shillcutt, and William "Red" Whittaker, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space (Space '98), Albuquerque, NM, April 26-30, 1998, pp.333-339. [Postscript]

[CMU Technical Report]

Personal Activities

• Hobbies include reading, writing fiction, flying small airplanes, hiking, camping, needlework, and playing the piano
• Actively involved in local church, and have been the primary pianist at various churches from 1998 to the present
• Support of our university’s sponsorship of a local high school in the national FIRST robotics competition since 1996:  I have been in charge of the financial, logistical and organizational aspects of the competition for our team at various times, and have worked on the design and building of the robot

References on request