Opportunities

If you are interested in joining us, please fill out the application form.
We will reach out to you after reviewing your application.
We are currently not looking for postdocs.

Prospective Undergraduate Students

We are always interested in highly motivated undergraduates joining the lab. We would welcome any level of undergraduate researchers in the laboratory, ranging from the starting level of assisting with basic projects to fully independent undergraduate research projects. You don't need to have had any experience in a laboratory -- we look for motivation, curiosity, commitment and a basic appreciation for the fact that this is a professional research laboratory designed to train future scientists and develop publishable work. Read through these tips to see if undergraduate research might be of interest to you.

• Do some research before talking to me. Are the projects described on the research tab of interest to you? Which ones? Why?
• Be selective with your research project. Make sure that you have a clear goal and it is something that you will enjoy. When you start getting bogged down with midterms, you will need this enjoyment to pull you into the lab.
• Talk to people. I can't stress this enough -- you will learn the most when interacting with other students.
• Document your work. The highest goal in research is to have others use what you have done. They can't do this if you don't write it down.
• Research is hard. Undergraduates are often involved in completely new research directions in our lab which means that the original goal is not always successful. Motivation, creativity, and hard work are most important here.

Prospective Graduate Students

All of the above applies to you as well. Research is challenging and requires that you be creative, persistent, intellectually curious, and so much more.

To join the lab as a PhD or MS student, relevant experience in robotics, design, fabrication, electronics, and embedded systems is preferred. Knowledge of basic polymer science and engineering is a plus!

Our goal is to train graduate students to become independent engineers and scientists. It is expected that graduate students will work to develop their own independent research project for their thesis or dissertation. The options for this are broad, and students situate their research within the scope of sensor and/or actuator design and fabrication, system-level integration, and eventually, integration with robotic systems on various platforms.

Equally important is that you have a genuine interest in our lab's research pillars. We work across a broad range of systems, approaches, and topics, which you can explore in detail through the research and publication tabs on this site. Before reaching out, take the time to read through these pages (ideally some of the linked papers as well), so you can identify concrete connections between our work and your own interests. When you contact us, we expect you to be able to speak specifically to how your research interests align with ours, and to explain clearly why pursuing an MS or PhD in our lab fits your goals.