About the AARC

The AARC is the combined vision of those who are interested in ensuring that the Memphis region has a sufficently talented workforce. While the long-term vision is for the AARC to be housed in a single facility, at present the training courses will be held on both the Univeristy of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College Macon Cove campuses. 

Teaching Personnel

Kevin Berisso - Principle Investigator (University of Memphis)

Dr. Berisso is an associate professor at the University of Memphis where he teaches robotics, automation, automatic identification classes, and is the graduate program coordinator. He has been teaching since 2003, was a software project engineer, worked as a manufacturing engineer for Delphi Automotive, and has been an independant consultant in the areas of automatic identification and automation since 2012. Dr. Berisso will be teaching the Yaskawa Basic Programming with Material Handling course for the AARC.

Christopher Rogers - Mechatronics Coordinator (Southwest Tenneessee Community College)

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