2009 Italy Pictures

Taught a 20-hour engineering Ph.D.course:
"Advanced Robotics with Applications to Space Exploration"
at the University of Trento in Italy
See: SYLLABUS
Taught course over a two week period to eight engineering Ph.D. students,
two engineering faculty members, and two full-time engineering researchers.

U. Trento Engineering Building:

The class consisted of 8 Ph.D. students, 2 faculty,
and 2 full-time researchers. Here are five of the Ph.D. students:

Acknowledgements: Thanks to the DIMS department for your generosity, including the beautiful accommodations at the Appartamento alla Finestra sull'Adige. Special thanks to Dr. Mario De Cecco for the many communications needed to make this trip possible, for your excellent feedback regarding the course, for the special attention you gave me while in Trento, for your great meals and cooking tips, and for your very generous offers to visit your wife and mother while I was in Italy. Also, thank you everyone for the many dinners and great conversations we enjoyed together. Ci vediamo presto . . . spero!

Drive from Switzerland into North-Eastern Italy (Trentino-Alto)

Travel Advice: Always attempt to avoid touristy areas and try to meet the local people.
And try your best to speak their language.
(see: " MY ITALIAN " )