Karen A. Harper

At Charles River Analytics, Karen provides strategic direction for both our Government Services and Commercial Solutions Divisions. She also leads our efforts in leveraging our significant IP portfolio to develop commercial solutions across government and private industry applications. In her role as Principal Scientist, Karen leads programs focused on autonomy development for unmanned systems, including real-time sensor processing enabling autonomous situation awareness and decision-making, real-time control systems in maritime robotics applications, and human-centered remote supervisory command & control (C2) solutions. Karen’s expertise also spans the simulation of human behavior, at both the individual and organizational levels, and the development of advanced human/computer interfaces (HCIs) for complex C2 systems. Karen is currently a member of the Small Business Technology Council Board and the New England Innovation Alliance. She holds a BEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, and an MS degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, where her research focused on robotics and control, specifically biologically-inspired robot locomotion.