• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2002
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1999
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1994

Awards and Honors

NSF CAREER award, 2007

ASME Freudenstein / GM Young Investigator Award, ASME Mechanisms Committee, 2005

NASA Summer Faculty Research Fellow, NASA JPL, 2005

2nd Annual Biomimicry Award, ASME IDETC, 2005

ASPIRES Award, Virginia Tech, 2004

NASA Class 1 New Technology Award NPO-21137, NASA JPL, 2001

Magoon Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Purdue University, 1998 and 1999