PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
After earning his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2025, Landry continued with the HERC Lab to pursue research in advanced robotic control systems. He was awarded the Chancellor’s National Academy STEM PhD Fellowship, enabling him to be co-advised by Dr. Gray Thomas and Dr. Robert Ambrose. Currently, Landry is contributing to the HAND Engineering Research Center, where he is developing sensors to measure tendon tension in robotic hands. His work aims to create a model that quantifies how friction influences energy loss in force transmission from actuators to fingers through Bowden tubes. Landry is also mentoring a capstone team whose project involves the development of a strength-amplifying robotic glove.