About

About

Thanks for visiting my site! I am a mechanical engineer with a passion for learning and building things, lately with a focus on robotics. I’m currently a member of the GEAR Lab at NVIDIA, working with our software folks on co-developing the hardware needed for various robotics tasks. My PhD work followed a similar mechanical vein, where I developed hardware for robotic in-hand manipulation. Specifically, I had an interest in using controlled vibrations for manipulation, rather than the traditional finger-gaiting techniques, to reposition objects within a robot’s grasp (works 1, 2, 3, 4). This site documents selected projects with the theory behind the devices as well as implementation details.

Aside from research, I’m also very passionate about teaching. I spent 14 quarters of grad school working as a Course Assistant and a 15th quarter doing some consulting for a course, and am honored to have received two Centennial Teaching Assistant Awards for my work. Outside of school, I have been designing and building with Lego since childhood, and some of my favorite builds are on the Lego Design page.

Feel free to reach out at clyej3@gmail.com with questions or to collaborate.