About
Kimberly Oakes is a Lecturer at the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests include control of robotic manipulators for large load manipulation in space applications and human-robot interaction. She received a dual Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and Physics with Honors from Clarkson University in the USA in 2016. She received a Doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in the USA in 2022.
Education & Training
BS in Electrical Engineering, Clarkson University, USA
BS in Physics, Clarkson University, USA
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Research
Primary Research Focus
Robotics, Control Systems
Teaching
Primary Courses:
- Robotics I (Fall) - ECSE 4480, CSCI 4480, MANE 4560, ECSE 6470, MANE 6120
- Intro to Robot Programming (Spring) - ECSE 4965, MANE 4961
- Signals and Systems (Fall, Spring) - ECSE 2410
Previous Courses:
- Intro to Engineering Design - ENGR 2050
- Robotics II
- Digital Signal Processing - ECSE 4530
Current Courses
Fall 2024:
- Robotics I
- Electric Circuits - ECSE
Spring 2025:
- Intro to Robot Programming
- Signals and Systems