Zach Butler '94

Research Scientist Zach Butler followed his Electrical Engineering B.A. at AU with a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon.

He's at Dartmouth University, studying self-reconfiguration, wherein robots automatically change their shape to perform different tasks, including basic movement.

Butler says his research could lead to better robots used in space exploration. He attributes much of his success as a researcher to his continued involvement in competitive puzzle-solving. A member of the 4-person US Puzzle Team since 1995, he solves logic-based puzzles that involve arithmetic progressions and pattern recognition. Butler's team has won five out of six world championships.