Elizabeth Goeddel
PhD Candidate
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolElizabeth Goeddel is a recent PhD graduate in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan with 11 years of research and teaching experience in AI and robotics. Her dissertation connected symbolic cognitive reasoning in the Soar architecture to geometric motion planning, enabling agents to reason about low-level robot arm motion through an enhanced visuo-spatial module. She designed and implemented ROS-based robotic systems and reusable agent interfaces for lab-wide use, and taught autonomous robotics courses covering motion planning, kinematics, and ROS development. Comfortable bridging theory and practice, she combines deep knowledge of symbolic architectures with hands-on systems engineering for mobile manipulation. Notably, her work made Soar agents directly influence geometric motion planners, a less obvious but impactful contribution toward cognitive robots that plan and act coherently. Based in Ann Arbor, she’s seeking opportunities to apply cognitive-agent research to real-world robotic systems and products.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science and Engineering at University of MichiganBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude at Bowdoin College
Github Skills (16)
intelligent10
architecture9
robotics8
ros8
robot7
evaluator7
robot-control6
dynamics6
kinematics5
agent-based-modeling4
javascript4
sml4
agent3
pybullet3
robocup3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
emgoeddel/autorob.github.io
Aug 2020 - Mar 2025
Course site for UM Introduction to Autonomous Robotics at the University of Michigan
Contributions:64 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
stemroboticsautonomousmichiganuniversity-of-michigan
emgoeddel/rosie_motion
Mar 2017 - Jun 2020
Contributions:121 pushes, 11 branches in 3 years 2 months
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