What have I done?

In the past decade I have worked professionally as a wet lab technician, immunology research assistant, product design teaching assistant, formulation chemist, robotics research scientist, graduate robotics researcher, and haptics scientist.

On the side I have built multiple automated systems for marine scientists, competed (and won) multiple hackathons, and submitted patent applications for multiple startups, as well as my many hobbies such as cooking, baking, and sewing.

Why did I do it?

I am a deeply curious and interested person. ANY problem is interesting with enough depth, and I find that good solutions often come from a seemingly unrelated field. You might be surprised how much we can simplify robots by reading a couple of developmental biology papers.

What’s next?

I am set to finish my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the end of the summer and am finding the right opportunity for my next step. I love my current research on simple multi-robot systems, soft robots, and jumping robots, so please feel free to reach out so we can talk about it.

Or reach out about anything at all, I’m curious to hear about what you’re working on as well!

matthewdevlin@ucsb.edu