Mario Bollini
E D UCATION
mariobollini@gmail.com
T 586.216.9030
http://www.mariobollini.com
1A Watson St. Somerville, MA 02144
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, June 2012. GPA 4.8/5.0
Awarded a NDSEG Fellowship to research controls and motion planning in semistructured environments.
Courses: MIMO and underactuated controls, finite element analysis, precision machine design.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, June 2009. GPA 4.4/5.0 (Mech E. 4.6/5.0)
Combined mechanical design and controls curriculum with electronics and software engineering courses
to develop skills for robotics and systems engineering projects. Lab instructor for product design courses.
E XP E R IEN C E
GLOBAL RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
CAMBRIDGE, MA
2012-PRESENT
Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer: Overseeing production and commercialization of the Leveraged
Freedom Chair, a novel lever powered wheelchair for developing countries. Scaling up manufacturing in
India, implementing quality control framework, and organizing logistics for international distribution.
Participating in business planning and fundraising through the MassChallenge start-up incubator.
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
CAMBRIDGE, MA
2012-PRESENT
Manufacturing Engineer Associate: Supporting internal R&D efforts by advancing novel manufacturing
strategies. Specializing in network orchestration to accomplish technology and product development.
VECNA TECHNOLOGIES
CAMBRIDGE, MA
2009-2010
Robotics Engineer: Designed and implemented components of the distributed control system for the
BEAR anthropomorphic rescue robot. Programmed CAN network of embedded devices for low-level joint
control. Performed mechanical, software, and control system design to support projects and proposals in
robotics group. Designed and implemented framework for high level task-based planning system for
BEAR and indoor delivery platform. Wrote awarded proposal for pneumatic hammer chisel for DOD
SBIR program, successfully completed Phase I implementation.
L E ADERSHIP
MIT MOBILITY LAB
CAMBRIDGE, MA
SPRING 2010
Head Instructor: for the undergraduate course Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries, a project
based class that taught product design for the developing world. Wrote and delivered lectures and guided
student projects through the design process from brainstorming to proof-of-concept prototype.
Communicated with international partners to manage project logistics and for prototyping trips abroad.
SK IL L S
MECHANICAL:
Experienced with SISO and MIMO controls design in MATLAB and mechanical
design in Solidworks. Prototyping experience in machine shop. Extensive product design experience.
EECS:
experienced with large software system design and distributed and embedded systems.
Electronics prototyping experience. Fluent in Java, Python, embedded C for PIC devices, ROS, and CAN.
LANGUAGE: conversational French, intermediate Italian, basic Spanish, and extremely basic Swahili.
AWA R DS
R&D 100 DESIGN AWARD AND EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD— 2010 for work on the Leveraged
Freedom Chair (LFC). NDSEG GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP — 2010 to work on applied robotics.
SPARK AWARD GOLD MEDAL and RED DOT AWARD — in 2010, 2011 respectively for work on the LFC
in collaboration with Continuum. MASLAB ROBOTICS COMPETITION 2008 - First Place award.
Mario Bollini
http://web.mit.edu/mbollini/www
mbollini@mit.edu
T 586.216.9030
LFC Prime developed
with Continuum
LFC development
trip to Vietnam
PSC Fellowship: FigureEight Drive (Kenya)
LFC development
trip to Kenya
Distributed
Robot Garden
Formula SAE
LFC development
trip to Guatemala
Fall 2005
Spring 2006
Summer
Fall 2006
Spring 2007
Summer
Fall 2007
Spring 2008
Summer
Fall 2008
Spring 2009
Summer
Sept 2009 - June 2010
Summer
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
IDEAS Comp. Winner
Wheelchair UROP
6.270
WDDC Lab Instructor
WDDC Co-instructor
WDDC Instructor
Mobility Lab
MIT
MIT
Faurecia Intern
MASLAB Lab Instructor
Vecna Intern
2.00b product:
R2DTooth
2.00b
2.00b
2.00b
2.00bLab
Lab
Lab
LabInstructor
Instructor
Instructor
Instructor
D-Lab
Trip Leader (Tanzania)
6.270 placebo:
JengaBot
UROP: Compass
Gait Walker
6.832: Furuta
Pendulum
Thesis: biomimetic
clam end effectors
Vecna Robotics Engineer
BEAR Robot
2.007 Robot
2.009 Project:
Infinite Range
MIT Projects
Rush Chair:
East Campus
roller coaster
Work Experience
Robotics Competitions
Extracurricular Teams
Leveraged Freedom Chair (LFC)
Wheelchair Class (WDDC)
MASLAB robot,
1st Place award
Research:
BakeBot
Summer