He co-directs and co-founded the Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems (NIMBUS) Lab at UNL. His research focuses on improving the robustness and safety of aerial robots and sensor systems operating in the wild. Carrick obtained his B.A. in 2004 from Middlebury College and his Ph.D. in 2010 from MIT CSAIL. He is a Faculty Fellow at the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at UNL and recently received the 2016 College of Engineering Edgerton Innovation Award. He is currently leading NSF and USDA projects focused on developing the systems and software to enable interactions of UAVs with water, fire, and crops. In addition to research activities, Carrick actively promotes the use of robotics in the arts through workshops and collaborations with the international dance companies Pilobolus and STREB.