Currently, we are not recruiting graduate students or postdocs (check back in during the fall 2025 application cycle in late fall 2024/early spring 2025), but we are happy to work with enthusiastic undergraduate or masters students who would like to conduct research in the lab.
If you’re interested in getting involved, please reach out to PI Laura Treers – laura.treers@uvm.edu
Meet our Team
Laura Treers
Assistant Professor
Email: laura.treers@uvm.edu
Education: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2023, UC Berkeley;
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2018, MIT
Chhayank Srivastava
PhD Student
Email: csrivast@uvm.edu
Education: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech; B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University Research Interests: Modeling and controls for robotic interaction with grains
Jack Donovan
Undergraduate Student
Email: jack.donovan@uvm.edu
Honors college thesis student Research Interests: Mechanism
design for compliant burrowing appendages
Nate Weitzel-King
Undergraduate Student
Email: nate.weitzel-king@uvm.edu
Research interests: Soft robot fabrication techniques, collective behavior