He received his PhD in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and his BS in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina. His research aims to analyze, understand, model, and control distributed systems that display social behaviors. He has published papers on biologically inspired multiple robot systems, group manipulation using static environments, robotic theater, sensing requirements for flocking motions in homogeneous groups, and on the current state of flocking and swarming literature. Other research interest includes computer science and music education. Dr. Fine is inspired to bring STEM learning to younger students to help them gain an early appreciation for how the sciences and technology interrelate.