People

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

Winter 2013 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

Anneliese Tunison
	Title: Administrator Email: tunison [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:tunison [snail] stanford [period] edu Phone: 650-723-9233 Address Building 560, Room 206, 424 Panama Mall Stanford, CA 94305-2232

Postdocs

Ryder Winck
	Project: Model-based Haptic Control for Space Robotics Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech BS in Mechanical Engineering, BA in Visual Arts, Rice University Email: ryder [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:%20ryder [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Ryder's Webpage
Ilana Nisky
	Project: Human-in-the-Loop Telepresence Control for Robot-Assisted Surgery Education: PhD in Biomedical Engineering, MSc in Biomedical Engineering, BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Email: nisky [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:%20nisky [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Ilana's Webpage

MS/PhD Students

Andrew Stanley
	Project: 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:%20astan [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Andrew's Webpage
Sam Schorr
	Project: Sensory Substitution 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:%20sschorr [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Sam's Webpage
Sean Sketch
	Project: Haptic Augmentation for Neuroprosthetic Devices Education: BSE in Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University Email: ssketch [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:%20ssketch [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:%20melisao [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon.
Kirk Nichols
	Project: Haptic Feedback with Teleoperated 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: Percutaneous access to the kidney for pediatric patients Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Email: taniakm [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:%20taniakm [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Tania's Webpage
Ann Majewicz
	Project: A Robotic Needle Steering System for Clinical Use Education: MSE in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University BS in Electrical Engineering, BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of St. Thomas Email: Ann [period] Majewicz [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:Ann [period] Majewicz [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Ann's Webpage
Joey Greer
	Project: Robotic Needle Steering 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: Haptics for Neural Prosthetics 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: Analysis for 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
Troy Adebar
	Project: Ultrasound Imaging 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>

Human movement analysis for surgical robotics (collaborating with Ilana Nisky): Yuhang Che <yuhangc@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 - Zhan Fan
Webmaster - Troy
Projet (3D printer), laser cutter, shop coordinator - Darrel & Lizmarie
Equipment/materials, software, and lab clean up - Tania & Troy
Lab safety coordinator, Building Evacuation Response Team (BERT) member - Sean
Meeting/events coordinator - Nick & Andrew
Robotics seminar coordinator - Kirk
Biomechanics student representative - Sean
Lab tour/demo coordinator - Sam
Human subjects - Allison
Outreach coordinator - Melisa & Lizmarie