People

Interested in joining the CHARM Lab? Please see this page. We do not currently have any postdoc positions available.

Summer 2014 CHARM Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Allison Okamura
	Title: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Email: aokamura [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:aokamura [snail] stanford [period] edu Phone: 650-721-1700 Address Building 550, Room 107, 416 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-4021 Webpage: School of Engineering profile Personal webpage

Staff

Crystal Pennywelll
	Title: Administrator Email: crystal [period] pennywell [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:crystal [period] pennywell [snail] stanford [period] edu Phone: 650-498-9887 Address Building 560, Room 205, 424 Panama Mall Stanford, CA 94305-2232

Postdocs

Kamran Shamaei
	Project: Multilateral Teleoperation Robotics in Surgical Systems Education: PhD, Yale University MS, ETH Zurich BS, Iran University of Science and Technology Email: shamaei [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:shamaei [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Kamran's Webpage

MS/PhD Students

Andrew Stanley
	Project: Particle Jamming as an Encountered-type Haptic Display for Medical Simulation Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Email: astan [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:astan [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Andrew's Webpage
Sam Schorr
	Project: Skin Stretch Sensory Substitution and Guidance in Teleoperation Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University BS in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Email: sschorr [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:sschorr [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Sam's Webpage
Sean Sketch
	Project: Haptic Augmentation for Enhanced Control of Neuroprosthetic Devices Education: BSE in Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University Email: ssketch [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:ssketch [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Sean's Webpage
Zhan Fan Quek
	Project: Shear Display with Skin Stretch Devices Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Email: zfquek [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:zfquek [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Zhan Fan's Webpage
Melisa Orta
	Project: Haptics for Education Education: Coming soon. Email: melisao [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:melisao [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon.
Kirk Nichols
	Project: Autonomous and Collaborative Palpation for Surgical Robots Education: MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, BS in Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder Email: nicholsk [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:nicholsk [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Kirk's Webpage
Tania Morimoto
	Project: Personalized Medical Robots Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Email: taniakm [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:taniakm [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Tania's Webpage
Joey Greer
	Project: Robotic Needle Steering: Needle Localization and Visualization Education: BS in Math, BS in Computer Science, University of Oregon Email: jdgreer [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:jdgreer [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Joey's Webpage
Darrel Deo
	Project: Haptic Augmentation for Enhanced Control of Neuroprosthetic Devices Education: BS in Robotics Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Email: ddeo [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:ddeo [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Darrel's Webpage
Nick Colonnese
	Project: Accuracy and Stability Impedance-Type Haptic Displays Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington Email: ncolonnese [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:ncolonnese [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Nick's Webpage
Lizmarie Comenencia Ortiz
	Project: Catheter for Robot-Assisted Access to Brain Vasculature Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, BS in Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Email: lcomenen [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:lcomenen [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Lizmarie's Webpage
Yuhang Che
	Project: Human-Robot Collaboration for Multilateral Manipulation Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Purdue University Email: yuhangc [snail] stanford [period] eduu -> mailto:yuhangc [snail] stanford [period] eduu Webpage: Yuhang's Webpage
Troy Adebar
	Project: Ultrasound Imaging and Control for Robotic Needle Steering Education: MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, BASc in Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia Email: tadebar [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:tadebar [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Troy's Webpage

Visitors

None currently.

Rotators and Undergraduate Researchers

Haptic Jamming (collaborating with Andrew Stanley): Kenji Hata <kenjihata@stanford.edu>

RAVEN setup and Omni end-effector (collaborating with Ryder Winck and Sam Schorr): Clifford Bargar <cbargar@stanford.edu>, Lawrence Kim <lawkim@stanford.edu>, Iris Yan <irisyan@stanford.edu>, Michael Lin Yang <michael.lin.yang@berkeley.edu>

Needle steering (collaborating with Ann Majewicz, Troy Adebar, and Joey Greer): Kelly Lowen <kellysue@stanford.edu>, Sarah Cabreros <sarahc08@stanford.edu>, Nina Jimenez <ninaj2@stanford.edu>, Caroline Fong <cfong16@stanford.edu>, Sanjay Srinivas <sanjay_srinivas@stanford.edu>

Rehab robotics: Jee Su Baek <jeesu@stanford.edu>

Haptic controls (collaborating with Nick Colonnese): Caroline Abbott <cmabbott@stanford.edu>, Alexa F Siu <alexasiu@gatech.edu>

Educational haptics (Hapkit): Agnes Kaiser <ackaiser3@gmail.com>, Akzl Pultorak <akzl@stanford.edu>, Jeanny Wang <jeanny61@stanford.edu>, Alyssa Lukpat <alyssalukpat@sfhs.com>

Lab Alumni

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Past Lab Photos

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Lab Jobs

Lab data storage & backup (Dropbox), MATLAB Server - Yuhang
Webmaster, software record management - Joey
Equipment/materials, software, and lab clean up - Tania & Troy
Projet (3D printer), laser cutter, shop coordinator - Darrel & Troy
UV laser cutter - Lizmarie
Lab safety coordinator, Building Evacuation Response Team (BERT) member - Sean
Meeting/events coordinator - Andrew
Robotics seminar coordinator - Kirk
Biomechanics student representative - Sean
Lab tour/demo coordinator - Sam
Outreach coordinator - Melisa & Lizmarie
Human subjects - Allison