About

I am a roboticist with a background in engineering, mathematics, and science. Currently, I am at Amazon Robotics working as Applied Scientist in the Innovation Lab.

Previously, I completed my PhD in Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute working in the Manipulation & Environmental Robotics Lab under the supervision of Prof. Berk Calli.

At WPI, I was an R&D Trainee as part of the NSF Research Traineeship Program on the Future of Robots in the Workplace. I also participated in the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Robots and Sensors for the Human Well-being.

If interested, I discuss some of my career-related opinions here.

Contact

You can reach me at james-akl@outlook.com or on LinkedIn.

Site

This website uses Hugo for static page generation, Cupper for theming, KaTeX for mathematical typesetting, and GitHub Pages for hosting.