He is director of the Experimental Biomechatronics Laboratory, organizes the CMU Bipedal Locomotion Seminar, and teaches courses on Design and Biomechatronics. Dr. Collins received his B.S. from Cornell in 2002, his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2008, and performed postdoctoral research at T.U. Delft in the Netherlands until 2010 when he joined Carnegie Mellon. He is founder of Intelligent Prosthetic Systems L.L.C., a member of the scientific board of Dynamic Walking, and the latest recipient of the American Society of Biomechanics Young Investigator Award and the Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor of the Year.Applied Mechanics ColloquiaContact: LaShanda BanksEmail: lbanks@seas.harvard.edu