Jesse Paldan joined WPI as a Research Associate for the Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Institute (AVMI) in 2022. Before WPI, he worked as a graduate research assistant for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Lawrence Technological University in Michigan. He received a Master's degree in Mechatronics Systems Engineering from Lawrence Technological University in 2010. He has over ten years of experience working on projects focusing on vehicle dynamics, hybrid and electric vehicles, and modeling and simulation of mechatronic systems.