About

My name is Chris Dagher (pronounced da-gər), and my pronouns are he/him/his. I’m currently a PhD student at Boise State University studying computing. My research focuses on robot control in contact rich environments with machine learning. In addition to this, I lead the electrical and software engineering teams at a startup.

I’m passionate about a few things: good design, product development, well-roundedness, and making meaningful things. These passions drive me to fully understand problems, so I can provide the most impactful and beneficial solutions.

Some non-engineering things I’m passionate about: Mediterranean food, theater and the arts, mountain biking, hummus, sustainability, and people.

For anyone curious about my prior education, I moved around a lot, so it’s kind of a mess. I went to elementary and middle school, as well as my first year of high school in a suburb of New York City. Following that I went to a boarding school in Maine for a semester, and then lived in the woods in Wisconsin for about five months. Next, I wound up in a small town (~7,000 people) in Idaho, and graduated from high school there. After high school, I attended Boise State University and got a Bachelors of Science in Engineering PLUS with minors in applied mathematics and computer science.