Mela Coffey
Mela Coffey

PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering
Boston University
mcoffey@bu.edu

Welcome!

I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in mechanical engineering at Boston University (BU). I work in the Robotics Lab in the Collaborative Autonomy Group under Professor Alyssa Pierson, where my research focuses on multi-agent systems and human-robot collaborative navigation.

Recent Updates

I am on the job market! I am open to academic positions, including postdoctoral research and tenure-track faculty jobs, and other research positions in which I may publish research.

I am honored to have been accepted to multiple professional development workshops this year:

  • Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering, Oct 3-4 at Carnegie Mellon University
  • NextProf Nexus, Aug 26-29 at the University of Michigan
  • RSS Pioneers, Jul 14 at the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference in Delft, Netherlands
Upcoming Conferences and Presentations
  • Northeast Robotics Colloquium (NERC), Sept 28, UMass Amherst (poster presentation)
  • Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering, Oct 3-4, Carnegie Mellon University (participant)