Matthew Piccoli is a Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics PhD at the University of Pennsylvania.
During his undergraduate years, his contributions to Modlab included the GUI and various machined parts. The web page for the GUI is here: http://modlab.seas.upenn.edu/wiki/?n=Main.GUI.
During his Phd he worked on quick change end effectors, brushless motor drivers, and passively stabilized UAVs.
His interests include robotics and aviation.