Core Robotics Faculty

The Robotics Center is an Interdisciplinary Program in the Price College of Engineering, with faculty from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Kahlert School of Computing.

The Director of the Robotics Center is Dr. Jake Abbott.
The Director of Robotics Graduate Studies is Dr. Stephen Mascaro.
The Robotics Graduate Student Coordinator is Kelly Pearson.

 

 

Faculty Info

Research Interests

Laboratory

 

Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 2676 MEK
E-mail:  jake.abbott@utah.edu
Phone: 801.585.6672

 

 

 

  • Magnetic manipulation
  • Medical robotics
  • Haptics and telemanipulation

 

Magnetic & Medical Robotics Lab
Location: 2156 MEK
(Ph: 801.581.3129)

 

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Information Engineering
University of Pisa, 2018
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 1339 MEK
Email: edoardo.battaglia@utah.edu

 

 

  • Haptics
  • Grasping and Manipulation
  • Wearable sensing
  • User studies
  • Human-centered robot design
  • Human-robot interaction

 

Assistant Professor
Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D. in Computer Science
UT Austin, 2020
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 2172 MEB
Email:dsbrown@cs.utah.edu

 

 

  • Robot learning
  • Human-robot interaction

 

Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
University of Utah, 2020
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 2125B Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital
E-mail: jake.george@utah.edu

 

 

 

  • Brain-computer interfaces
  • Rehabilitation robotics
  • Neural engineering
  • Bioinspired artificial intelligence
  • Intelligent prostheses and exoskeletons

NeuroRobotics Lab
Location: LL140 Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of California-Berkeley, 2021
Google Scholar Citations

Office: MEK 2339
E-mail: laura.hallock@utah.edu

 

 

 

  • Robotic assistance and rehabilitation
  • Neuromusculoskeletal sensing
  • Human–robot control interfaces
  • Machine learning and system identification


Professor
Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D. in Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin, 1979
Google Scholar Citations

Office: WEB 2871
E-mail: tch@cs.utah.edu

 

 

 

  • Robotics
  • Autonomous Systems and Learning

Associate Professor
Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D. in Robotics
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Google Scholar Citations

Office: MEB 2164
Phone: 801.581.8122
E-mail: tucker.hermans@utah.edu

 

 

  • Robot learning
  • Robotic manipulation
  • Computer and robot vision
  • Robot perception


Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington, 2004
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 1348 MEK
E-mail: kam.k.leang@utah.edu
Phone: 801.581.3450

 

  • Dynamic systems
  • Estimation, planning, and control
  • Multi-agent systems
  • Nanopositioning and scanning probe microscopy
  • Electroactive polymer actuators

 

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in BioRobotics
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy 2012
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 3340 MEK
E-mail: t.lenzi@utah.edu

 

 

  • Wearable robotics
  • Powered prostheses and exoskeletons
  • Bionics
  • Rehabilitation engineering

HGN Lab for Bionic Engineering
Location: 3333 MEK

 

Coming Fall 2026!
Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D. in Robotics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Google Scholar Citations

Email: weiyul@stanford.edu

  • Robot Learning and Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotic Manipulation
  • Computer Vision

Joining the Kahlert School of Computing and the Robotics Center Core Faculty, Fall 2026

 

Associate Professor (Lecture)
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
MIT, 2002
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 1151 MEK
E-mail: smascaro@mech.utah.edu
Phone: 801.581.7228

 

  • Robotics and mechatronics
  • System dynamics and control
  • Haptics, sensors and actuators
  • Human-machine systems

 

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Michigan State University, 2000
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 2153 MEK
E-mail: minor@mech.utah.edu
Phone: 801. 587.7771

 

 

  • Design, modeling, and control of mobile robots — ground based and under-actuated climbing robots
  • Robotic Educational Tools
  • Medical Robotic Instrumentation

Robotic Systems Lab
Location: 0112 MEK
(PH: 801.581.9018)

 

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Columbia University, 2019
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 2568 MEK
E-mail: haohan.zhang@utah.edu

 

  • Design and control of wearable robotics
  • Assistive technology and rehabilitation
  • Physical human-robot interaction
  • Sensorimotor and biomechanics
  • Parallel mechanisms

Faculty Emeritus


Professor Emeritus
Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D. in Computer Science
MIT, 1978
Google Scholar Citations
E-mail: jmh@cs.utah.edu

 

  • Robotics
  • Virtual environments
  • Human motor control


Associate Professor Emeritus
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Utah, 1982
Google Scholar Citations 
E-mail: meek@mech.utah.edu

 

  • Biocontrol systems
  • Robotics

Affiliated and Auxiliary Faculty

Faculty/Info

Research Interests

Laboratory


Assistant Professor
Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Google Scholar Citations
E-mail: ziad at cs.utah.edu

 

  • Embodied AI
  • Multimodal Learning
  • Computer Vision


Associate Professor
Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Google Scholar Citations

Phone:  (801) 213-1363
E-mail: peter.fino@utah.edu

 

  • Biomechanics and neural control of walking
  • Rehabilitation devices
  • Balance control


Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Physics
University of California-Berkeley, 2006
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 2563 MEK
Phone: (801) 581-4119
E-mail: henry.fu@utah.edu

 

  • Low-Reynolds number hydrodynamics
  • Biomechanics and biophysics
  • Complex biomaterials
  • Microrobotics


Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Google Scholar Citations

Office: SMBB 3709
E-mail: hanseup.kim@utah.edu

 

  • The design, fabrication, and system integration of micro/nano sensors, actuators, circuits; biomedical microsystems
  • Energy harvesting devices for integrated, wireless, distributed, and portable microsystems


Assistant Professor
Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D. in Machine Learning
Carnegie Mellon University
Google Scholar Citations
E-mail: kenneth.marino@utah.edu

 

  • Computer Vision
  • Natural Language Processing


Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of California-Berkeley
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 1153 MEK
E-mail: u0785282@utah.edu

 

  • Robot Sensors and Actuators

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Associate Professor
Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D. Biomechanics & Movement Science Interdisciplinary Program
University of Delaware
Google Scholars Citations

Office: HPER NORTH 200
Phone: 801-581-7558
E-mail: kota.takahashi@utah.edu

 

  • Rehabilitation robotics (prosthetics, exoskeletons)
  • Biomechanics and energetics of locomotion
  • Thermoregulation


Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
Google Scholar Citations

Office: 2343 MEK
E-mail: scott.uhlrich@utah.edu

 

  • Computer vision and machine learning
  • Neuromusculoskeletal simulation
  • Assistive devices
  • Human-device interaction


Associate Professor
Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D., University of Texas-Dallas
Google Scholar Citations

Office: MEB 3454
Phone: (801) 585-7594
E-mail: yin.yang@utah.edu

 

  • Graphics, Vision, and Visualization
  • Simulation
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics