Core Robotics Faculty

The Robotics Center is an Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Engineering, featuring faculty from the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and the Kahlert School of Computing, currently administered by Dr. Stephen Mascaro in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The Robotics Graduate Student Coordinator is Kelly Pearson.

Faculty/Info

Research Interests

Laboratory

Jake Abbott
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Office: 2676 MEK
E-mail:  jake.abbott@utah.edu
Phone: 801.585.6672
Google Scholar Citations

  • Magnetic manipulation
  • Medical robotics
  • Haptics and telemanipulation

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

Edoardo Battaglia
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education: Ph.D. in Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 2018
Office: 1339 MEK
Email: edoardo.battaglia@utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

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

Daniel Brown
Assistant Professor
School of Computing
Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, UT Austin, 2020
Office: 2172 MEB
Email:dsbrown@cs.utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

  • Robot learning
  • Human-robot interaction

Daniel Drew
Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2018
Office: 2260 MEB
E-mail: daniel.drew@utah.edu
Phone: 801.581.6490
Google Scholar Citations

  • Insect-scale robots
  • Swarm robotics
  • Novel microactuators
  • Human-robot interaction

Drew Research Lab (DRL)
(Ph: 801.581.6490)

 

Jacob George
Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Education: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, 2020
Office: 2125B Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital
E-mail: jake.george@utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

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

NeuroRobotics Lab
Location: LL140 Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital

Laura Hallock
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2021
Office: MEK 2339
E-mail: laura.hallock@utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

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

Tucker Hermans
Associate Professor
School of Computing
Office: MEB 2164
Phone: 801.581.8122
E-mail: tucker.hermans@utah.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Robotics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Google Scholar Citations

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

John Hollerbach (UURC Director)
Professor
School of Computing
Office: MEB 2196A
Phone: 801.585.6978
E-mail: jmh@cs.utah.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, MIT, 1978
Google Scholar Citations

  • Robotics
  • Virtual environments
  • Human motor control

Hollerbach Lab
Location: 2196 MEB

Alan Kuntz
Assistant Professor
School of Computing
Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Office: MEB 2162
E-mail: adk@cs.utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

  • Shared autonomy
  • Motion planning
  • Design optimization of manipulators and tentacle-like, flexible robots
  • Health care applications

Kam K. Leang
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, December 2004
Office: 1348 MEK
E-mail: kam.k.leang@utah.edu
Phone: 801.581.3450
Google Scholar Citations

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

Tommaso Lenzi
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, 2012
Office: 3340 MEK
E-mail: t.lenzi@utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

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

HGN Lab for Bionic Engineering
Location: 3333 MEK

Steve Mascaro
Associate Professor (Lecture)
Mechanical Engineering
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2002
Office: 1151 MEK
E-mail: smascaro@mech.utah.edu
Phone: 801.581.7228
Google Scholar Citations

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

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

  • Biocontrol systems
  • Robotics

Mark Minor
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education:  Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2000
Office: 2153 MEK
E-mail: minor@mech.utah.edu
Phone: 801. 587.7771
Google Scholar Citations

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

Robotic Systems Lab
Location: 2030 MEK
(PH: 801.581.9018)

Haohan Zhang
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education:  Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019
Office: 2568 MEK
E-mail: haohan.zhang@utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

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

Affiliated and Auxiliary Faculty

Faculty/Info

Research Interests

Laboratory

Henry Fu
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education: Ph.D. Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 2006
Office: 2563 MEK
Phone: (801) 581-4119
E-mail: henry.fu@utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

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

Yong Kong
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Princeton University, 2015
Office: 1543 MEK
E-mail: yong.kong@utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Nanomaterials-based devices
  • Biomedical devices
  • Ingestible electronics

Yin Yang
Associate Professor
Kahlert School of Computing
Education: Ph.D. from University of Texas at Dallas
Office: MEB 3454
Phone: (801) 585-7594
E-mail: yin.yang@utah.edu
Google Scholar Citations

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