People

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

Winter 2012-13 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: arogers4 [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:arogers4 [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: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Email: astan [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:%20astan [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Eventually.
Sam Schorr
	Project: Sensory Substitution in Teleoperation Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Email: sschorr [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:%20sschorr [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon.
Sean Sketch
	Project: Quality and Perception of Haptic Displays Education: BSE in Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University Email: ssketch [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:%20ssketch [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Coming Soon.
Michele Rotella
	Project: Device Design for Rehabilitation of Reach in Stroke Patients Education: BS in Biomedical Engineering, The College of New Jersey Email: mrotella [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:%20mrotella [snail] stanford [period] edu Webpage: Michele'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
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: Coming Soon.
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
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
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 and Honorary Lab Members

Tricia Gibo
	Position: PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins University Project: Rehabilitation Robotics Email: gibo [snail] jhu [period] edu -> mailto:gibo [snail] jhu [period] edu Webpage: Tricia's Webpage

Rotators and Undergraduate Researchers

Erin Watson <enw1@stanford.edu>: Physiological responses to haptic interactions (collaborating with Ann Majewicz) and active cannula robot (collaborating with Tania Morimoto) -- MS student

Niels van Galen Last <nielsgl@stanford.edu>: Cloud-based haptics (collaborating with Yoshi Kuroda) -- MS student

Jaih Hunter-Hill <jahh15@stanford.edu>: HAPI Bands (collaborating with Zhan Fan Quek) -- SURI program

Adam Genecov <agenecov@stanford.edu>: Particle Jamming Haptic Display (collaborating with Andrew Stanley) -- SURI program

Joshua Siegel <jjsiegel@stanford.edu>: Needle Steering (collaborating with Ann Majewicz) -- SURI program

Doug Miller <millerdo@esuhsd.org>: Educational haptics (collaborating with Tania Morimoto) -- RET program

Lab Alumni

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Past Lab Photos

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Lab Jobs

Server admin - Ann
Lab data storage and backup (dropbox) - Zhan Fan
Lab software and computers - Ali
Webmaster - Troy
Projet (rapid prototyping machine) coordinator - Sam
Equipment/materials and lab clean up - Kirk
Lab safety coordinator - Sean
Building Evacuation Response Team (BERT) member - Sean
Meeting/events coordinator - Nick
Lab meeting food coordinator - Andrew
Robotics seminar coordinator - Ryder
Lab tour/demo coordinator - Sam
Human subjects - Michele
Outreach coordinator - Ilana