Hello! I'm Alan Sanchez, Mechanical Engineer and  Roboticist. I am currently attending Oregon State University for graduate school where my research interests are in assistive robots and human-robot interaction. I am very passionate about my work in engineering and it can be traced back to my roots when I worked alongside my grandfather in his machine shop in Queretaro, Mexico. As I watched him create doors, window frames, and tools from scratch, I knew I wanted to be an amazing innovator like him. I became motivated to build solutions in the hope of one day help better the lives of others. Since then, I've been entrenched in my work and plan to learn more in the field of robotics. I live to design, innovate, build, dance, watch Marvel movies, and travel.