People

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Winter 2018 CHARM Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Allison Okamura
	Title: 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 and Research Scientists

Ming Luo
	Project: Education: Ph.D in Robotics, Worchester Polytechnic Institute MS in ISAT, Southeastern Louisiana University BS in ECE, Tian Jin Polytechnic University, China Email: mingluo [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:mingluo [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Ming's Webpage
Giada Gerboni
	Project: Robotic Needle Steering Education: PhD in Biorobotics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy MS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy Email: ggerboni [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:ggerboni [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Giada's Webpage

MS/PhD Students

Sophia Williams
	Project: Needle Steering Education: BS in Engineering, Harvey Mudd College Email: sophiarw [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:sophiarw [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Sophia's Webpage
Cara Welker
	Project: Rehabilitation Robotics Education: BSE in Biomedical Engineering, BSE in Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Email: cgwelker [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:cgwelker [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Cara's Webpage ?
Julie Walker
	Project: Control and Analysis of Haptic Systems Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Rice University Email: juliewalker [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:juliewalker [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Julie's Webpage
Nathan Usevitch
	Project: 3D Shape Displays Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University Email: usevitch [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:usevitch [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Nathan's Webpage ?
Jacob Suchoski
	Project: Tactile Feedback for Virtual Reality Applications Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan Email: jsucho [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:jsucho [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon.
Sean Sketch
	Project: Sensory Augmentation for Post-Stroke Movement Rehabilitation Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University BSE in Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University Email: ssketch [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:ssketch [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon.
Cole Simpson
	Project: Rehabilitation Robotics Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology BS in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology BA in Music, Emory University Email: cssimps [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:cssimps [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Cole's Webpage
Mike Salvato
	Project: Haptics Education: MS in Computer Science, MIT BS in Computer Science, MIT Email: msalvato [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:msalvato [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon
Melisa Orta
	Project: Haptics for Education Education: Coming soon. Email: melisao [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:melisao [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon.
Cara Nunez
	Project: Haptics Education: International Engineering Program, University of Rhode Island BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Rhode Island BA in Spanish, University of Rhode Island Email: nunezc [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:nunezc [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon.
Margaret Koehler
	Project: Particle Jamming Shape Display Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University Email: mkoehler [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:mkoehler [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Margaret's Webpage ?
Brian Do
	Project: Soft Robotics Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech Email: brianhdo [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:brianhdo [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon
Darrel Deo
	Project: The Role of Haptic Feedback in Motor Learning and Control Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 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
Margaret Coad
	Project: Design and Control of a Soft Growing Robot for Search and Rescue Applications Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Email: mmcoad [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:mmcoad [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon
Zonghe Chua
	Project: Motor Learning and Training in Surgical Robotics Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Email: chuazh [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:chuazh [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Zong's Portfolio
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

Laura Blumenschein
	Project: Robotics Education: MS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering, Rice University Email: lblumens [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:lblumens [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Laura's Webpage ?
Nathaniel Agharese
	Project: Soft Robotics in Search and Rescue Applications Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University Email: agharese [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:agharese [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon

Visiting Scholars and Students

Carine Rognon
	Title: Visiting Scholar Projects: Rendering the sensation of flying from a drone to a human Education: Currently, PhD student in Robotics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) MS in Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), with a Master Thesis at the University of Tokyo BS in Microengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) Email: carine [period] rognon [snail] epfl [period] ch -> mailto:carine [period] rognon [snail] epfl [period] ch Webpage: Linkedin NCCR Robotics
Christian Duriez
	Title: Visiting Scholar (Research Director at INRIA) Projects: Modeling, simulation & control of soft robots Short Bio: - PhD in robotics from University of Evry & CEA (France) in 2004 - Post-Doc at the CIMIT SimGroup in Boston in 2005 - Team member of Alcove and Shacra teams at Inria (Surgical simulation, haptics, interaction & soft tissue models, ...) between 2006 and 2014 - Team leader of Defrost team (Inria & University of Lille) since 2015: Defrost website Email: christian [period] duriez [snail] inria [period] fr -> mailto:christian [period] duriez [snail] inria [period] fr Webpage: Christian's Webpage

Rotators, Undergraduate Researchers, High School Interns, Etc.

Spring 2018:
Tiger Sun, tgsun@stanford.edu, (drone haptics)
Elyse Chase, elysec@stanford.edu (haptics)
Winston Liao, wliao18@stanford.edu (vine robot)
Javier Reyna, jreynaz@stanford.edu (vine robot)
Josey Angeli Oquendo, oquendoy@stanford.edu (da Vinci training)
Bethany Chaffin, bchaffin@stanford.edu (educational haptics)

Collaborators

Kara Flavin, M.D. (Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center)

Maarten Lansberg, M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center)

Mark Cutkosky, Ph.D. (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University)

Jake Abbott, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah)

Tarik Massoud, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center)

Gloria Hwang, M.D. (Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center)

Paul Laeseke, M.D., Ph.D. (Resident Physician, Stanford University Medical Center)

Sean Follmer, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University)

Ken Goldberg, Ph.D. and Pieter Abbeel, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley)

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 - Mike
Equipment/materials, software, and lab clean up - Laura & Cara W
New 3D printer - Ming
Shop coordinator - Jake
Laser cutter - Cole (other currently approved users: Sean, Nathan, Sophia, Cara N., Brian)
Makerbot management - Melisa
UV laser cutter coordinator - Giada
Lab safety coordinator, Building Evacuation Response Team (BERT) member - Sean & Cara N.
Meeting/events coordinator - Sophia
Lab tour/demo coordinator - Margaret C. & Nathan
Outreach coordinators - Darrel & Nathaniel
Human subjects - Allison