Engineering eduction teaches students both how the world works, and how they can change it. Beyond covering the technical tools that students will need in their careers, engineering education is about learning how to think, how to break down problems into solvable pieces, and how to make trade-offs between competing constraints. Furthermore, students should be urged to think about the ethical, social, and environmental impact of their work.

Classes

• Robot Dynamics & Analysis, Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering, 24-760 - Instructor, Fall 2018--
• Robot Design & Experimentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering, 24-775 - Instructor, Spring 2018--
• Engineering Optimization, Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering, 24-785 - Instructor, Fall 2015-2016
• Engineering Probability, University of Pennsylvania, Electrical & Systems Engineering, ESE-301 - Teaching Assistant, Fall 2009 & Spring 2012
• Fun With Robots, Carnegie Mellon University, Student College, 98-012 - Instructor, Fall 2006-2007, Spring 2007

Locomotion Seminar

I currently run the CMU Locomotion Seminar, where we have a weekly presentation on legged locomotion, prostetics, bioinspired robotics, or similar topics. Subscribe to the CMU Locomotion Seminar group or look at the calendar.

Undergraduate Mentoring

I have had the distinct pleasure of being able to mentor dozens of undergraduate students, and many of my research projects were only possible through their collaboration. You can find a list of current students in my lab on the robomechanics lab website. Students who are interested in working with me should click here. Undergraduate students who have made significant contributions to published research:

• Anna Brill, first author of: Tail-Assisted Rigid and Compliant Legged Leaping
• Mike Choi, acknowledged in: Laboratory on Legs: An Architecture for Adjustable Morphology with Legged Robots and Tail Assisted Dynamic Self Righting
• Joseph Coto, acknowledged in: Tail Assisted Dynamic Self Righting
• Adam Farabaugh, acknowledged in: Tail Assisted Dynamic Self Righting
• Matt Hale, co-author of: Autonomous Legged Hill and Stairwell Ascent and acknowledged in: Legged Self-Manipulation, Standing Self-Manipulation for a Legged Robot, Laboratory on Legs: An Architecture for Adjustable Morphology with Legged Robots, and X-RHex: A Highly Mobile Hexapedal Robot for Sensorimotor Tasks
• David Hallac, acknowledged in: Autonomous Legged Hill and Stairwell Ascent and Tail Assisted Dynamic Self Righting
• Matthew Harding, co-author of: A System for Multi-step Mobile Manipulation: Architecture, Algorithms, and Experiments
• Ryan Knopf, co-author of: Laboratory on Legs: An Architecture for Adjustable Morphology with Legged Robots and X-RHex: A Highly Mobile Hexapedal Robot for Sensorimotor Tasks and acknowledged in: Tail Assisted Dynamic Self Righting and Autonomous Legged Hill and Stairwell Ascent
• Albert Kwon, acknowledged in: Motor Sizing for Legged Robots Using Dynamic Task Specification
• Praveer Nidamaluri, acknowledged in: Autonomous Legged Hill and Stairwell Ascent and Comparative Design, Scaling, and Control of Appendages for Inertial Reorientation
• Ben Plotnick, co-author of: X-RHex: A Highly Mobile Hexapedal Robot for Sensorimotor Tasks
• Pouria Sanjari, acknowledged in: Self-Manipulation and Dynamic Transitions for a Legged Robot
• Jiali Sheng, acknowledged in: Legged Self-Manipulation and Standing Self-Manipulation for a Legged Robot
• Justin Starr, acknowledged in: Tail Assisted Dynamic Self Righting and Comparative Design, Scaling, and Control of Appendages for Inertial Reorientation