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Working with us
Read this page before writing. It answers most of what prospective students ask, and it tells you what a useful application looks like.
Prospective students
Before you email
Funded positions are reserved for admitted PhD students based on availability of funding. Please do not email me requesting a research assistant position before you have applied to a U-M PhD program. You may notify me when you apply so I can look for your application, but please be patient because the admissions process takes time.
Undergraduate or M.S. research opportunities may be available without financial support; feel free to send a resume and cover letter describing your interests. Unfortunately, I cannot sponsor visas for internships for international students. Note that I cannot reply to all inquiries, as I receive multiple per day.
How to write a cover letter
Be exciting, concise, and realistic. Hit these key points in three to four paragraphs, and never go beyond one page.
- For what position are you applying? Who are you? What is your mission statement?
- What are you going to do, and why is this the perfect place to do it?
- Why are you the right person to do it?
- Closing formalities and reference information.
Doctoral applications are handled through the Robotics Department, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science graduate programs.
Facilities
Where the work happens
The laboratory occupies space in the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on U-M's North Campus, with a motion-capture gait laboratory, an ambulation circuit for multi-activity testing, and benches for actuator fabrication and characterization. Explore the lab.
Ford Motor Company Robotics Building
2505 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The building houses the U-M Robotics Department and shared testing facilities, and places our laboratory alongside groups in legged locomotion, controls, and rehabilitation engineering.