Jared Butler- Director
Jared is an assistant professor of Engineering Design at Penn State University and performs research in compliant mechanism, origami-based, and deployable mechanism design. He also holds an affiliate appointment in Mechanical Engineering.
His design experience has led to opportunities to collaborate on interplanetary science robotics with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and as a product development collaborator with Intuitive Surgical Inc. He is the recipient of the ASME’s Compliant Mechanism Award and Student Mechanism and Robotic Design Award.
Graduate Students
Connor Huxman
M.S., EDSGN
Compliant Orthopedic Implant Design
Evelyn Thomas
M.S., EDSGN
Compliant Mechanisms with Voxel-Based Additive Manufacturing
Henry Vennard
M.S., EDSGN
Developable Mechanism Synthesis
Undergraduate Students
Samuel Jones
B.S., ME
Compliant Mechanisms with Voxel-Based Additive Manufacturing
Kaylie Barber
B.S., BME & ME
Compliant Orthopedic Implant Design
Alumni
Siddharth Jhawar