Dr. Tan is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University. Dr. Tan received his Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, in 2002, in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research areas include mobile robotics, sensor networks, biosensing and signal processing, and human robot interactions. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and Sigma Xi. His research is funded by National Science Foundation, Michigan Space Grant Consortium, Michigan Tech Research Excellence Fund, Air Force Office of Science and Research, Army Research Laboratory and CERDEC.