Biocentric Robotics IGERT


IGERT Faculty

In addition to the faculty below, there will be a new robotic hire in 2009 in the School of Computing. This hire is in significant part due to obtaining this IGERT.

Jake Abbott, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2005.
Research: wireless magnetic biomedical microrobots, robotic assistance for cochlear implants, teleoperation of novel systems.
Director, Telerobotics Lab.
Stacy Bamberg, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Education: Ph.D. Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2004.
Research: bio-instrumentation, gait analysis, aging, rehabilitation engineering, medical therapeutics.
Director, Bioinstrumentation Lab.
Thomas C. Henderson, Professor, School of Computing.
Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin, 1979.
Research: computer vision, mobile robots, smart sensor networks.
John M. Hollerbach, Professor, School of Computing, Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, MIT, 1978.
Research: haptic interfaces, locomotion interfaces, robot calibration and control, medical robotics, human arm movement.
Stephen C. Jacobsen, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Research Professor in School of Computing.
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 1973.
Research: robotics, medical imaging, MEMS.
President, Sarcos Inc.
Stephen A. Mascaro, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2002.
Research: robotics and mechatronics, system dynamics and control, haptics, sensors and actuators, human-machine systems.
Director, Biorobotics Lab.
Sanford G. Meek, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1982.
Research: biocontrol systems, robotics.
Mark A. Minor, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2000.
Research: design, modeling, and control of mobile robot systems, e.g., ground based modular systems and underactuated climbing robots.
Director, Robotic Systems Lab.
William R. Provancher, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2003.
Research: haptics, tactile sensing and feedback, climbing robots, meso-scale manufacturing and embedded mechatronics.
Director, Haptics & Embedded Mechatronics Laboratory.