Patrick Burke

Patrick Burke recently graduated from The Pennsylvania State University receiving a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on robotics. He also received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. For his research, he worked in the BioRob-InFL Laboratory developing an eel-like swimming robot that will utilized as a research platform to explore Neuroscience, Biomechanics and Hydrodynamics. He has worked in product design for manufacturing, manufacturing automation, and mechatronic system design with extensive experience using CAD software to develop parts for manufacturing and training vision systems for automated product inspection. Outside of engineering he spends most of his free time outside hiking or snowboarding, playing video games, listening to electronic music, tinkering with various engineering projects and building and flying quadcopters.