Research Judges
| Dr. Cagdas Onal is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He focuses on building unconventional, bio-inspired flexible systems and components to push the envelope in robotics research. Dr. Onal has a B.S. and M.S. degree from Sabanci University in 2003 and 2005 and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009. |
| Dr. Fumiya Iida Dr. Fumiya Iida is a SNF professor for bio-inspired robotics at ETH Zurich. His research interest includes biologically inspired robotics, embodied artificial intelligence, and biomechanics, where he was involved in a number of research projects related to dynamic legged locomotion, navigation of autonomous robots, and human-machine interactions. Dr. Iida received his bachelor and master degrees in mechanical engineering at Tokyo University of Science in 1999 and Dr. sc. nat. in Informatics at the University of Zurich in 2006. |
| Dr. Cecilia Laschi Dr. Cecilia Laschi is a professor of Biorocotics at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy. She has been investigated bioinspired solutions for personal and service robotics including bioinspired sensory-motor control schemes for humanoid robotics as well as designing robotic replicas that can fully explain the biological working principles and mechanisms of animal and vegetal systems. Dr. Laschi received her Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Pisa in 1993 as well as a Ph. D. in Robotics from the University of Genova, Italy, in 1998. |
| Dr. Carmel Majidi Dr. Carmel Majidi is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on unique combinations of rapid prototyping, soft-lithography microfabrication, and theoretical insights from solid mechanics that have led to innovations in liquid-embedded elastomer electronics (LE3) for stretchable sensors, circuits, and wearable computing. Dr. Majidi received a B.S. from Cornell University in 2001, an M.S. from the University of California at Berkeley 2004, as well as a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2007. |
| Dr. Adam A. Stokes Dr. Adam Stokes is a lecturer in the Institute for Micro and Nano Systems (IMNS) and the Institute for Bioengineering (IBioE), at The University of Edinburgh. His research interests include: robotics, physical chemistry, electrical engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, optics, proteomics, and cell biology. Dr. Stokes has a BEng in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from The University of Edinburgh in 2006, a MSc in Biomedical Science from The University of Glasgow in 2007 and a PhD in Chemistry/Engineering from The University of Edinburgh in 2010. |
| Dr. Kyujin Cho Dr. Kyujin Cho is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University. His research interests are in biologically inspired robotics, micro machining, and smart actuators. Dr. Cho received his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University in 2002, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2007. |
| Dr. Daniela Rus Daniela Rus is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT. Rus’ research interests include distributed robotics, mobile computing and programmable matter. At CSAIL she has led numerous groundbreaking research projects in the areas of transportation, security, environmental modeling and monitoring, underwater exploration, and agriculture. Dr. Rus earned her PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University. |
| Dr. Jamie Paik Dr. Jaime Paik is an Assistant Professor at the EPFL, in the Institute of Mechanical Engineering. During a post-doc at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, she designed and built a surgical instrument, the JAiMY, which is used for suturing in laparoscopic surgery. Dr. Paik received her BS and MS degrees from the University of British Columbia (Canada) and her PhD at Seoul National University (South Korea). |
| Dr. Robert Shepherd Dr. Robert Shepherd is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. His research focuses on developing disruptive manufacturing technologies (e.g., 3D printing, replica molding, microfluidics, etc.) and functional materials to enable new devices and user experiences. Dr. Shepherd received his B.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2010) in Material Science at the University of Illinois. Source: http://www.mae.cornell.edu/people/profile.cfm?netid=rfs247 |