Professors, PIs, and Clinical Collaborators

J. Kenneth Salisbury, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Departments of Computer Science, Surgery
Courtesy Appointment in Department
of Mechanical Engineering

Nichols H. Blevins, M.D.
Chief, Division of Otology/Neurotology
Department of Otolaryngology

Current Students

Shenli Yuan
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jerome Nowak
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Connor Yako
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sandesh Manik
M.S. student,
Design Impact Program

Brian Jo
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Institute of Computational
and Mathematical Engineering (ICME)

Tony Pratkanis
Undergraduate,
Department of Computer Science

Michael Yip
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Bioengineering

Reuben Brewer
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Aubrey Shapero
Undergraduate,
Department of Electrical Engineering

Rob Wilson, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sara C. Schvartzman, Ph.D.
Postdoc,
Department of Bioengineering

Baris Ungun
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Bioengineering

Jonas Forsslund
Ph.D. Candidate,
School of Computer
Science and Communication
KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Adam Leeper, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sonny Chan, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Computer Science

Federico Barbagli, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Consulting Professor
Department of Computer Science

Qiao Zhao
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Computer Science

Morgan Quigley, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Computer Science

Dan Walker, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Cédric Schwab
Masters Candidate,
Virtual Reality and Active
Interfaces (VRAI) Group,
École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL)

Jeff Schlosser, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sarah-Marie Chan
Undergraduate,
Design School

Dillon McCoy
Undergraduate,
Department of Computer Science

Marie Feng
Undergraduate,
Department of Computer Science

Eric Berger
Ph.D. Candidate, on Leave
Department of Computer Science

David Camarillo, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Kent Frankovich
Graduated with Masters,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Kevin Loewke, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dan Morris, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Computer Science

Curt Salisbury, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University

Chris Sewell, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Computer Science

Sean Walker, Ph.D.
Graduated with Ph.D.,
Department of Computer Science

Ben Wilson
Graduated with Masters,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Keenan Wyrobek
Ph.D. Candidate, on Leave
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Remis Balaniuk, Post-Doc, Deformable Tissue Simulation
Roman Devengenzo, Maters Student, Force Feedback Grips for Haptic Interactions
Derek Gaw, Undergrad (summer), Embedding haptics in movies
Unnur Gretarsdottir, MS Student, Haptics for the desktop environment
Paul Nangeroni, MS student, Mechanism Design
Josh Oechslin, MS student, Robotics
Kirk Phelps, MS Student, Serpentine Robots, Tactile Interfaces, Tele-Dermatology
Lee Redden, MS Student, Haptics
Brandon Stafford, MS student, Human-Friendly Robotics, CANbus control
Josh Stern, Undergrad (summer), GPU-accelerated physical simulation
Yuka Teraguchi, Undergrad (summer), Haptics in downloadable media
Doug Wilson, Undergrad (summer), Rendering techniques for surgical simulation
Ashley Wellman, MS Student, Personal Robotics
Lauren Wessel, MS student, Personal Robotics
Sue-Lynn Wu, MS Student, Serpentine Robots, Robot-Assisted Surgery