Alumni
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PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from our laboratory have gone on to become faculty at universities like Harvard and CU Boulder, technical leads at companies like Apple and Nike, and presidents of startup companies like Humotech and ESTAT Actuation.
People
Doctoral Student Alumni
- Project Lead at IHMC
- Researcher at Nike
- President and Founder of Humotech
- Senior Engineer at Tortuga AgTech
- President and Founder of ESTAT Actuation
- Project Lead at X, The Moonshot Factory
- Project Lead at Apple
- Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago
- Controls Engineer at Nimble Robotics
- Mechanical Engineer at Triple Ring Technologies
- Postdoctoral Researcher at T.U. Delft
- Assistant Professor at Harvard University
- Assistant Professor at C.U. Boulder
- Senior Engineer at ESTAT Actuation
- Associate Professor at Nankai University
People
Postdoctoral Alumni
- Research Scientist at Ghent University
- Assistant Professor at Seoul National University
- Assistant Professor at University of Nebraska Omaha
- Assistant Professor at Northeastern University
- Assistant Professor at U.C. Irvine
People
Visiting Doctoral Student Alumni
- Postdoctoral Researcher at U.C. Berkeley
People
Master's Student Alumni
- Ph.D. Student at Stanford University
- Master's Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Applied Scientist at Amazon Robotics
- Senior Mechanical Engineer at Agility Robotics
- Ph.D. Student at Stanford University
- Robot Operations at Jet Propulsion Laboratories
- Design Engineer at Apple
- Robotic Vehicles and Manipulators at Jet Propulsion Laboratories
- Project Lead at Disney Imagineering
- Mechanical Design Engineer at Agility Robotics
- Mechanical Engineer at Boston Dynamics
- Master's Student at Stanford University
- Mechanical Engineer at Westinghouse
- Laboratory Manager at Wyss Institute
- Senior UX Designer at Mathworks
- Mechanical Engineer at Applied Materials
- Engineering Project Leader at Lutron Electronics
People
Visiting Master's Student Alumni
- Manufacturing Technology Team Manager at Husky Injection Molding Systems
- Mechatronics Designer at Philips Health Systems
- Head of Hardware Development at Motek Medical
- Energy Transition Analyst at Stedin
People
Undergraduate Student Alumni
- Geological Engineer
- Engineer at Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission
- CTO of Symmetric Health Solutions
- Project Engineer at Alembic
- Senior Mechanical Engineer at Intuitive Surgical
- Master's Student at Carnegie Mellon
- Graduate Student at UCLA
- Ph.D. Student at Carnegie Mellon
- Mechanical Engineer at Key Tech
- Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla
- PhD Student at Stanford University
- Chief Innovation Officer at Strong Arm Technologies
- Director of MedTech at General Inception
- Mechanical Engineer at Audi
- Operations Site Lead at L3Harris Open Water Power
Many other people have contributed to our research as short-term visitors, Ph.D. rotators, staff, or project assistants. In fact, there are too many to list here. If you have any questions about our past affiliates, please reach out to Prof. Collins, who is always happy to provide a recommendation.