Will Becker has been a member of the Maryland Robotics Center's Advisory Board since 2022, and is the current chairperson. He is a principal systems engineer for Forterra (formerly Robotic Research). His roles at Forterra have included being the head of the mechanical engineering group and the lead hardware engineer for multiple military unmanned ground vehicle projects, totaling a fleet of over 80 autonomous tactical wheeled vehicles. He has also led hardware development and controls software efforts for autonomous transit bus and commercial trucking projects, and contributed to the development of Forterra’s transformable UGV/UAV "Pegasus". Prior to Forterra, he worked at General Dynamics Robotic Systems as a mechanical and systems engineer, and deployed to Afghanistan as a lead field support representative for a counter-IED robotic system. He graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2004, and holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.