How I Was Manufactured

Greetings, fellow inhabitants of the cosmos!

My name is Shane Deng! Here is a short bio about me:

I am originally from China. I moved to Madison, Wisconsin for my undergraduate degree. I received my Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. I worked with Prof. Peter Adamczyk on the rimless wheel robot project in BADGER Lab.

I am honored to be selected and featured on the UW-Madison Engineering Pamphlet.

Upon graduating, I decided to continue pursuing graduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University, where I worked at Robomechanics Lab as a research assistant, as advised by Prof. Aaron Johnson. My main project was the autonomous soil sampling robot development.

I am a Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student at Northwestern University and part of the Center of Robotics and Biosystems, advised by Prof. Mike Rubenstein.

Internship and Co-op experiences at industry giants like ThermoFisher Scientific and Enerpac Tool Group have been integral chapters of my professional journey.

I like to dabble in different things but robotics has always been something that I love since I was little. I am hoping that I could utilize my potential and passion to advance this field.

Highlights

Research
Engineering
Courses Taken
  • Thermofisher Scientific - Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Enerpac Tool Group (Actuant)- New Product Development Engineering Co-op

  • Start-up - Sensify (sensifyrecycling.com)

  • Build18 Hackerathon - CheGoChe (Won Second Place)

  • Major League Hackathon (Won Third Place)

  • SAE Baja - Drivetrain Team Member

  • Badgerloop - Brake Team Member

  • Wisconsin Robotics - Embedded System Member

  • Northwestern Center for Robotics and Biosystems - Research Assistant

  • CMU Robomechanics Lab - Research Assistant

  • UW-Madison BADGER Lab - Undergrad Research Assistant

  • UW-Madison PEC - Undergrad Research Assistant

  • UW-Madison LAMSML - Undergrad Research Assistant

  • Robotics: Planning in Robotics, Modern Control Theory, Swarm Robotics, AI and ML for Robotics, Intro to Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Statistical Techniques in Robotics, Robot Dynamics and Analysis, Engineering Optimization, Intro to Robotics

  • Software: Programming, Data Structure and Algorithm, Game Development

  • Hardware: Advanced Mechatronics, Mechatronics and Instrumentation, Circuit Design and Analysis, Power Circuit Design

  • Other interesting classes: Decentralization and Blockchain, AI, Innovation, How to Engineer A Startup, Startup-Market Discovery, Product Management