LEADERSHIP
Jennifer L. Karson
Director
Senior Lecturer, School of the Arts, University of Vermont
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We have credited and paid positions open on our student team, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
ADVISORS + SUPPORT
UVM Computer Science professors Nick Cheney, Lisa Dion, James Eddy, Joe Near, Donna Rizzo, and Chris Skalka; VACC directors Chris Danforth and Andrea Elledge; and Juniper Lavoto of Complex Systems.
STUDENTS + ALUM
Over 30 students have had paid and credited internships with the Plant Machine Design Group since our founding in 2020.
2024 -2025
Izze Kaukonen, B.A. Music ’28
Jonah Ballard, B.S. Computer Science ’26
Kevin Cruz, B. S. Community Development and Applied Economics ’26
Grace Garavan, B.A. Anthropology ’25
Alexander Gruden, B. S. Complex Systems, ’27
Callie Levitt, B.A. Computer Science ’26
Camille Wodarz, B.S. Computer Science, Minors in Studio Art and English ’25,
Ellie Yatco, B.A. Studio Art ’25
2023-2024
Maya Griffith, M.S. Computer Science ’24
Finn Killeen, B.A. Studio Art ’24
Liv Welford, B.S. Computer Science December ’23
2023 + 2024 OUTREACH WORKSHOP ASSISTANT
Ramsey Karson, Burlington High School, ’24
Research Group Emeritus
Dani Agin, B.S. Communications ’23
Jason Stillerman, B.S. Computer Science ’23
Angelika Hillios, B.S. Health and Society, Business ’22
Izzy Pipa, B.A. Art and Sociology ’22
Syd Culbert, B.S. Studio Art and Computer Science ’23
Jess Vos, B.A. Studio Art and Philosophy ‘ 23
Cameron Bremner, B.S. Math and Computer Science ’21
Ethan Davis, M.S. Data Science ‘21
Emma Garvey, B.S. Mechanical Engineering ’19
Oliver Hamburger, B.S. Computer Science ’22
Anna Hulse, B.S. Natural Resources, Political Science ’21
Giovana Lowry, Public Communications, ’21
Sarah Pell, M.S. Computer Science ‘20
Veronika Potter, B.S. Mathematics, B.A. Computer Science ’21
Fred Sanford, B.S. Mechanical Engineering ‘20
Chauzhen Wu, Studio Art and Business ’21
Clem Fisher, B.A. Sustainable Design ’23
Halina Vercessi-Clarke, Computer Science and Mathematics, Russian ’22
Yifeng Wei, B.A. Studio Art ’19, M.F.A Parsons School of Design ’21