Professional Service

• IEEE and others. Role: Reviewer. Reviewed papers in Expert Systems with Applications, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 07/2022 - 06/2023
• IEEE and others. Reviewer of Journal and Conference papers in Expert Systems with Applications, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Eurohaptics Conference, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 07/2021 - 06/2022
• IEEE and others. Reviewer of Journal and Conference Papers. 07/2020 - 06/2021
• NSF. Role: Member. Panel Reviewer for the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program, Phase II. Reviewed 10 proposals. 05/2020 - 05/2020
• NSF. Role: Member. Panel Reviewer for the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program, Phase I. Reviewed 7 proposals. 03/2020 - 03/2020
• IEEE, ASME, others. Role: Reviewer. Reviewed papers for IEEE Transactions on Haptics, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Science, Mechatronics (Elsevier). 07/2019 - 06/2020
• ASME. Role: Workshop Organizer. I organized a workshop titled "A Short Course on Robot Control," for the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2019). I hosted this full-day workshop at the University of Utah. 04/2019 - 10/2019
• ASME. Role: Industrial Liasons Chair, Local Arrangements Chair. I am serving as both the Industrial Liasons Chair and Local Arrangements Chair for the 2019 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. I worked with Kam Leang to bring this conference to Park City Utah. 03/2018 - 10/2019
• ASME, IEEE, others. Role: Reviewer. I reviewed papers submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Haptics (TH), IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems and Control, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), International Conference on Biological Information and Biomedical Engineering (BIBE), International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB). 01/2018 - 12/2018
• ASME, IEEE, others. Role: Reviewer. I reviewed papers submitted to ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems and Control, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IEEE Sensors Journal, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. 01/2017 - 12/2017
• IEEE, ASME, others. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer of papers for ASME DSCC conference, Applied Ergonomics, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
• IEEE. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 01/2015 - 12/2015
• National Science Foundation. Role: Panel Reviewer, NRI program. Reviewed 8 proposals. 05/01/2014 - 05/09/2014
• ASME, IEEE, others. Role: Reviewer. Reviewed Papers for: IEEE IROS Conference; ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Elsevier Journal of Mechatronics, IEEE ICRA Conference. 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014
• ASME, IEEE, others. Reviewed papers for ASME Journal of Dynamics Systems Measurement and Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), IEEE Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Applied Mathmatical Modeling. 01/2013 - 12/2013
• National Science Foundation. Role: Propoosal Reviewer. Reviewed a single proposal for the National Robotics Initiative. 01/2013 - 02/2013
• National Science Foundation. Role: Panel Reviewer. Review Panel for National Robotics Initiative (NRI). 04/30/2012 - 05/01/2012
• IEEE. Role: Associate Editor. IEEE Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Assigned reviewers and made publication recommendations. 03/2012 - 05/2012
• ASME, IJRR, MDPI, IEEE. Reviewed papers for ASME Transactions on Dynamics Systems and Control, International Journal of Robotics Research, MDPI Sensors, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 01/2012 - 12/2012
• NSF. Panel Reviewer for Control Systems Program. 05/2011 - 05/2011
• IEEE, NSF, others. Reviewed submissions for IEEE Transactions on Robotics, International Journal of Robotics Research, NSF Divison of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, IEEE Haptics Symposium, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 01/2011 - 12/2011
• IEEE/others. Role: Reviewer. Reviewed submissions for Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, International Conference on Applied Bionics and Biomechanics. 01/2010 - 12/2010

Honors & Awards

• Top 15% Instructor Award. University of Utah College of Engineering, 08/2022

Internal Service

• Robotics Certificates/Degrees. Director of Robotics Studies, 01/2024 - present. College service.
• Mechatronics Certificate. Chair, 08/2021 - present. Department service.
• Robotics Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 12/2020 - 03/2021. Department service.
• RPT Subcommittees, Chaired 1, and Member on 2 others. 07/2020 - 06/2021. Department service.
• PhD Qualifying Exams, Administered 3 exams. 07/2020 - 06/2021. Department service.
• Ph.D. Qualifying Exams Co-authored and administered the System Dynamics Exam to 3 students. 11/2019 - 11/2019. Department service.
• ECE Robotics Faculty Search. Member, 10/2019 - 12/2020. College service.
• RPT Subcommittees Chaired committees for Tommaso Lenzi and Pai Wang. Served on committee for Ashley Spear. Chair, 07/2019 - 06/2020. Department service.
• New Student Orientation Faculty Panel. Member, 06/11/2019 - 06/11/2019. College service.
• Robotics Search Committee. Member, 09/2017 - 05/2018. Department service.
• Curriculum Committee With weekly one-hour meetings fall and spring semester, this probably totals about 30 hours per year of effort. Member, 09/2015 - present. Department service.
• Freshman/Sophomore Curriculum Review Committee. Member, 05/2013 - 08/2013. Department service.

Outreach

• I am a mentor for the First Robotics Team at the Academy for Math Engineering and Science (AMES). 09/2021 - present
• I am a mentor for a First Lego Lego League Team at Wasatch Junior High School. 09/2019 - present

In the Media

• I was featured in both the Salt Lake Tribune and KSL Nightly News, and on a nationally broadcast episode of American Ninja Warrior. This was based on the Mechatronics course (ME EN 3230) I developed here at U. of Utah, in which students built robots that competed in a "Robot Ninja Warrior" competition inspired by the TV show. The media coverage featured footage from my teaching and research activities. 07/2018. https://mech.utah.edu/mascaro-is-an-american-ninja...
• Featured in Quanser, Inc. online Customer Stories. 08/2011. http://www.quanser.com/english/html/about/customer...