doctoral_advisor work_institution nationality field birth_date residence image article_title name alma_mater
george a. bekey georgia institute of technology jet propulsion laboratory american robotics 24 january 1972 atlanta , georgia ayanna m. howard - snomote.jpg ayanna howard
 ayanna m. howard university of southern california brown university claremont graduate university
ayanna howard

ayanna maccalla howard -lrb- born january 24 , 1972 -rrb- is an american roboticist and the motorola foundation professor in the school of electrical and computer engineering , georgia institute of technology .
to date , her unique accomplishments have been documented in more than a dozen featured articles .
in 2003 , she was named to the mit technology review tr100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35 .
she was featured in time magazine 's `` rise of the machines '' article in 2004 .
in 2008 , howard received worldwide attention for her snomote robots , designed to study the impact of global warming on the antarctic ice shelfs .
