Yucong Hua has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Pneumatic Actuation in Soft Robotic Systems,” under the supervision of Jordan Raney, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics […]
Yasaman Moharrer Defends Dissertation on How YAP & TAZ Drive Load-Induced Bone Adaptation
Yasaman Moharrer has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “The Role of YAP and TAZ in Regulating Load-induced Bone Adaptation and Osteocyte Mechanosensing,” under the guidance of Joel Boerckel, […]
Gregory Campbell Defends Dissertation on Elastomeric Strain Limitation for Design of Soft Pneumatic Actuators
Gregory Campbell has succesfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Elastomeric Strain Limitation for Design of Soft Pneumatic Actuators” under the guidance of Mark Yim, Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical […]
Yiding Zhang Defends Master’s Thesis on Computational Modeling of C. elegans
For many students, the path to a graduate degree is a journey of self-discovery, and for Yiding Zhang, his journey has been one of academic evolution and unexpected […]
Brian Acosta Defends Dissertation on Real-Time Locomotion Control for Bipedal Robots
Brian Acosta has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Real-Time Perception and Mixed-Integer Footstep Control for Underactuated Bipedal Walking on Rough Terrain” under the guidance of Michael Posa, Assistant […]
Victoria Edwards Defends Dissertation on Multi Robot Task Assignment in Dynamic Environments
Victoria “Torrie” Edwards has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Macroscopic Ensemble Methods for Multi Robot Task Assignment in Dynamic Environments” under the guidance of M. Ani Hsieh, Associate […]
Christopher Kim Defends Dissertation on Impedance-Driven Self-Sensing Actuators
Christopher Kim has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Leveraging Impedance-Related Properties for Free Self-Sensing in Actuators for Compact Robots,” under the guidance of Cynthia Sung, Associate Professor in […]
Xiaoheng Zhu Defends Dissertation on Bio-Inspired Design
Xiaoheng Zhu has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Bio-inspired Architected Materials/structures with Enhanced Failure Characteristics,” working under the guidance of Jordan Raney, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and […]
Parker LaMascus Defends Dissertation on Nanocrystals in Lubrication
Parker LaMascus has successfully completed his doctoral dissertation, “Tribosintering of Metal Oxide Nanocrystals,” working under the guidance of Robert Carpick, John Henry Towne Professor in MEAM. LaMascus investigated […]
Jessica Yin Defends Dissertation on Multimodal Sensing for Robot Manipulation
Jessica Yin has successfully completed her doctoral dissertation on “Exploring Multimodal Sensing Across the Stack for Robot Manipulation” under the guidance of Mark Yim, Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical […]