ERIC CHANG

Mechanical/Aerospace Engineer, Designer, Photographer

I am a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering seeking employment in engineering design in Fall 2020. I develop avian-inspired flying robots in the Lentink Lab to better understand how birds use wing and tail morphing for flight control. I obtained my M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in 2017 and defended my thesis Avian-inspired rudderless flight with morphing wings and tails in May 2020. While at Stanford, I was also a Creativity in Research Scholar in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school).

I hold a B.S.E Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, where I studied human grasp, lunar robots, and small fixed-wing aircraft.

In the past I've interned with Intel Corporation, Ventana Medical Systems, Engineering Science Analysis Corp., and the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong).

I also enjoy using photography and videography for science outreach, whether that is creating compelling cover photos for science journals or teaching others how their phone cameras can be powerful tools.

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