Background
Iagnemma was born and grew up in Shelby Township, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
Iagnemma was born and grew up in Shelby Township, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in mechanical engineering in 2001 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The author of several scientific publications in the field of robotics, Iagnemma is also known through his short stories on the drama behind science, mathematics, and human-robotic relationships. On The Nature of Human Romantic Interaction, The Paris Review Number. Recipient of the 2001 Paris Review Discovery Prize The Confessional Approach, The Paris Review Number, 160, Winter 2001.
Zilkowski"s Theorem, Zoetrope: All-Story, Volume
5, Number. 3, Fall 2001.Reprinted in Best American Short Stories 2002 The Phrenologist"s Dream, Zoetrope: All-Story, Volume 7, Number. 1, Spring 2003.
The Indian Agent, Meridian, Issue 8, Fall/Winter 2001. The Ore Miner"s Wife, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2002.
Children of Hunger, One Story, Issue 18, March 30, 2003.
Kingdom, Order, Species, The Antioch Review, Spring 2003. Short Story Collections On The Nature of Human Romantic Interaction (2003) Non-fiction Books/Monographs Mobile Robots in Rough Terrain: Estimation, Motion Planning, and Control with Application to Planetary Rovers (2004).