Summary
Jedediyah Williams is an award-winning STEM educator and robotics researcher with 12 years of experience teaching computer science, physics, mathematics, and robotics at the high school level. Holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science and MA in Curriculum & Instruction, he blends deep technical research—contributions to DARPA robotics projects and multibody dynamics simulation—with classroom leadership roles like department head, mentor, and STEM fair director. He has hands-on experience modeling and characterizing robot grasping and traction from work with RPI, Lockheed Martin’s TROOPER team, and Freiburg’s robotics lab, bringing real-world robotics into K–12 curricula. Based in Belmont, MA, Jedediyah is known for turning advanced research into approachable lessons and student projects, and for advising diverse extracurriculars from robotics and chess to sustainability. His profile reveals a rare educator-researcher hybrid: equally comfortable designing experiments for autonomous systems and coaching students to national recognition.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Curriculum and Instruction, Master of Education (M.Ed.), Curriculum and Instruction at Fitchburg State University