(Technical) Biography:

C.V. (Updated September 2009)

Luther Palmer received his B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from Oakwood University and his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1999, his M.S .degree in 2002 and the Ph.D. in 2007 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University. During graduate school, Dr. Palmer was awarded the Ph.D. Teaching Fellowship and was nominated for the Graduate Associate Teaching Award. Dr. Palmer held an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Case Western Reserve University before joining the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida in 2009 as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Palmer is interested in biomorphic robotics research, which seeks to emulate the mechanics, sensor systems, computing structures and methodologies used by biological systems to traverse challenging terrain. Simply, how do we engineer good legs? Biomorphic research will benefit prosthetic technology, and will drastically improve the effectiveness of robots deployed for planetary exploration, military reconnaissance and time-critical search and rescue in collapsed buildings and other unstructured environments.

(Less Technical) Biography:

Luther Palmer received his undergraduate degrees in Applied Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from Oakwood University and the University of Alabama in Huntsville, then his Masters Degree and Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University. He is currently an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida.

Dr. Palmer is interested in biologically-inspired robotics, which seeks to replicate the mechanics, sensor systems, computing structures and methodologies used by legged animals to move over rocks and ditches. Put simply, how do we engineer good legs? This type of research will benefit prosthetic technology, and will drastically improve the effectiveness of robots deployed for planetary exploration and time-critical search and rescue. Dr. Palmer also enjoys engaging middle and high school students in order to interest them in the exciting fields of Science and Engineering.