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Winter 2024 CHARM Lab

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 94305-2203
Webpage:
School of Engineering profile
Personal webpage

Staff

Gosia Wojciechowska

Title:
Administrator
Email:
gosiaw [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:gosiaw [snail] stanford [period] edu
Phone:
(650) 723-9233
Address
Building 560, Room 217, 424 Panama Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-2232

Postdocs and Research Scientists

Cosima du Pasquier

Project:
Modeling in Soft Robotics and Wearable Soft Robotics
Education:
Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
Email:
cosimad [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:cosimad [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Cosima's Webpage

Alaa Eldin Abdelaal

Project:
Force-based Robot Learning from Demonstration for Soft Tissue Manipulation
Education:
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
M.S. in Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada
B.S. in Computer and Systems Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt
Email:
abdelaal [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:abdelaal [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Alaa's Webpage

Rachel Adenekan

Project:
Smartphone-based Tool for Monitoring Adults at Risk of Developing Complications from Diabetes
Education:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email:
adenekan [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:adenekan [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
http://www.racheladenekan.com

PhD Students

Jasmin Elena Palmer

Project:
Wearable Haptics, Relocated Haptic Feedback in VR Environments
Education:
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email:
jasminp [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:jasminp [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Coming Soon

Rianna Jitosho

Project:
Motion Planning for Soft Robots
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email:
rjitosho [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:rjitosho [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
https://rjitosho.github.io/

Elizabeth Danielle Vasquez

Project:
Rehabilitation Robotics, Human-Centered Design for Under-Served Communities
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email:
vasqueze [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:vasqueze [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Coming Soon

Crystal Winston

Project:
Origami Robot Design and Control

Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MPhil in Aerospace Engineering, Imperial College London
Email:
cwinston [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:cwinston [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
https://sites.google.com/view/crystal-winston/about

Godson Osele

Project:
Soft Robots
Education:
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
BS in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Email:
obum [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:obum [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Godson's Webpage

Sreela Kodali

Project:
Sensory Substitution for Proprioception
Education:
MS in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
BS in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Email:
kodali [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:kodali [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Sreela's Webpage

Elizabeth Childs

Project:
AR and Haptics for Education and Training
Co-advisor:
James Landay (Stanford)
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Email:
elchilds [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:elchilds [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Elizabeth's Webpage

Yimeng Qin

Project:
Vine Robots
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BS in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email:
yimengq [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:yimengq [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
N/A

Brian Vuong

Project:
Surgical Robotic Teleoperation and Haptic Devices
Education:
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
BS in Biomedical Engineering, Brown University
Email:
bbvuong [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:bbvuong [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Coming soon

Sehui Jeong

Project:
Modeling in Soft Robotics
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University
Email:
sehui [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:sehui [snail] stanford [period] edu
Webpage:
Coming soon

Mary Kate Gale

Project:
Human Motor Learning for Teleoperation
Education:
BS in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Email:
mgale7 [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:mgale7 [snail] stanford [period] edu

Melissa Klein

Project:
3D Printing of Soft Robots
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email:
kleinm [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:kleinm [snail] stanford [period] edu

William Heap

Project:
Mechanical design for vine robots
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Email:
wheap [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:wheap [snail] stanford [period] edu

Megan Coram

Project:
Design and Fabrication of Wearable Devices
Education:
BA in Mechanical Engineering, Harvard University
Email:
mccoram [snail] stanford [period] edu -> mailto:mccoram [snail] stanford [period] edu

Visiting Faculty, Scholars and Students

Ko Yamamoto

Position:
Professor at University of Tokyo
Project:
Humanoid Robotics, Soft Robotics, Biomechanics, Human Flow Simulation
Education:
Ph. D. in Mechano-informatics, University of Tokyo
Email:
yamamoto [period] ko [snail] ynl [period] t.u-tokyo [period] ac [period] jp -> mailto:yamamoto [period] ko [snail] ynl [period] t.u-tokyo [period] ac [period] jp
Webpage:
Ko's Webpage

SangHeui Cheon

Project:
Wearable Robots and Powered Exoskeletons
Education:
Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (Prof. Kyu-Jin Cho)
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University
Email:
sang [period] h.cheon [snail] snu [period] ac [period] kr -> mailto:sang [period] h.cheon [snail] snu [period] ac [period] kr

Rotators, MS and Undergraduate Researchers, High School Interns, Etc.

Summer 2024:
Anish Bayya <anish25@stanford.edu> - Stanford BS student working with William Heap on vine robots (NSF REU)
Kai Hammond <kaihamm@stanford.edu> - Stanford BS student working with William Heap on vine robots (NSF REU)
Sal Amezcua Hernandez <salamezc@stanford.edu > - Stanford BS student working with Yimeng Qin on vine robots (SURI)
Yuanzhe Dong <yzd@stanford.edu> - Stanford MS student working with Yimeng Qin on vine robots
Josie Davidson <jmdavids@stanford.edu> - Stanford BS student working with Brian Vuong on surgical robotics (SURI)
Ethan "Chico" Holt <chicoh3@stanford.edu> - Stanford BS student working with Crystal Winston on origami haptics (SURI)
Eddie Kuo <eddiekuo@stanford.edu> - Stanford MS student working with William Heap on vine robots
Lucas Ray <lray@stanford.edu> - Staff engineer working with Cosima du Pasquier on pneumatic control systems
Johnelle Villalona <jlv2147@columbia.edu> - Columbia BS student working with Cosima du Pasquier on wearable haptics (SURF)
Talise Baker-Matsuoka <bakermat@usc.edu> - USC BS student working with Jasmin Palmer on mixed reality haptics (NSF REU)
Jo Raghavan <jo.raghavan@gmail.com> - Cornell BS student working with Cosima du Pasquier on wearable haptics (NSF REU)
Sofia Mujica <smujica@gatech.edu> - GaTech BS student working with Cosima du Pasquier on wearable haptics (NSF REU)
Sheza Saiyed <sheza@berkeley.edu> - UC Berkeley BS student working with Sehui Jeong on knit haptics (NSF REU)
Kailana Baker-Matsuoka <kailana@stanford.edu> - Incoming Stanford BS student working with Mary Kate Gale on surgical robotics

Spring 2024:
Olivia Loh <olivia77@stanford.edu> - MS EE HPC student working with Cosima du Pasquier on an untethered pneumatic device
Stephen Zhu <srzhu3@stanford.edu> - BS EE student working with Ko Yamamoto on human flow simulation
Lucas Ray <lray32@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Ko Yamamoto on human flow simulation
Cooper Shea <coopshea@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Crystal Winston on vine base design and manufacturing
Hanvit Cho <hvcho74@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Crystal Winston on vine base design and manufacturing
Akemi Sabatier <akemisab@stanford.edu> - BS ME student working with Yimeng Qin on vine autonomy project
Yicheng Wang <wycheng@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Yimeng Qin on vine autonomy project
Anish Bayya <anish25@stanford.edu> - BS student working with William Heap on vine robots
Kai Hammond <kaihamm@stanford.edu> - BS student working with William Heap on vine robots
Jeewoo Choi <jchoi23@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with William Heap on vine robots
Rohith Chintala <rohithc@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with William Heap on high specific force winching
Amber Xie <amberxie@stanford.edu> - CS PhD student working with Alaa Eldin Abdelaal on surgical robotics
Tim Niklaus Reinhart <rtim@stanford.edu> - MS CS student working with Alaa Eldin Abdelaal on surgical robotics
Austin Yang <syang9@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Rianna Jitosho on vine robotics
Ricardo Li <lijinxin@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Rianna Jitosho on vine robotics
Trevor Perey <tperey@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Claire Du <clairedu@stanford.edu> - ME ME student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Marisa Woo <mwwoo@stanford.edu> - BS PD student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Isabella Szabo <iszabo@stanford.edu> - BS ME student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Jacky Zhao <pjzhao@stanford.edu> - BS BioE student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Teresa Zhang <teresaz@stanford.edu> - BS CS/Math student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Joel Kiernan <joelx@stanford.edu> - BS ME student working with Allison Okamura on haptic feedback for navigation

Winter 2024:
Roy Bian <roybian@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Yimeng Qin & William Heap on vine robots
Haotong Han <hthan@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Yimeng Qin on vine robots
Zhiyuan Li <zhiyuanl@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Yimeng Qin on vine robots
Anish Bayya <anish25@stanford.edu> - BS student working with William Heap on vine robots
Thomas Escudero <tommyesc@stanford.edu> - BS CS student working with Yimeng Qin & William Heap on vine robots
Kai Hammond <kaihamm@stanford.edu> - BS student working with William Heap on vine robots
Yannie Tan <yannie@stanford.edu> - BS CS student working with Cosima du Pasquier on knit haptics
Manaka Gomi <gomim@stanford.edu> - ME PhD student working with Cosima du Pasquier on knit haptics
Megan Coram <mccoram@stanford.edu> - ME PhD student working with Cosima du Pasquier on knit haptics
Tim Niklaus Reinhart <rtim@stanford.edu> - MS CS student working with Alaa Eldin Abdelaal on surgical robotics
Ghadi Nehme <ghadi@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Alaa Eldin Abdelaal on surgical robotics
Jinxin Li <lijinxin@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Rianna Jitosho on vine robotics
Austin Yang <syang9@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Rianna Jitosho on vine robotics
Zhongchun Yu <zcyu@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Teo Ren <tianao@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Trevor John Perey <tperey@stanford.edu> - MS ME student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Marisa Wenshan Woo <mwwoo@stanford.edu> - BS PD student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Jacky Zhao <pjzhao@stanford.edu> - BS BioE student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Teresa Zhang <teresaz@stanford.edu> - BS CS/Math student working with Allison Okamura on neurosurgical robotic system
Joel Kiernan <joelx@stanford.edu> - BS ME student working with Allison Okamura on haptic feedback for navigation!Collaborators

Jeannette Bohg, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University)
Steve Collins, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University)
Heather Culbertson, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California)
Mark Cutkosky, Ph.D. (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University)
Sean Follmer, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University)
Elliot Hawkes, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California San Diego)
Maarten Lansberg, M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center)
Monroe Kennedy, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University)
Zac Manchester, Ph.D. (Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University)
Dorsa Sadigh, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University)
Mac Schwager, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University)
Mark Skylar-Scott, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, Stanford University)
Katsu Yamane, Ph.D. (previously at Honda Research Institute)

Lab Alumni

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Past Lab Photos

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Lab Jobs

  • Lab data storage & backup (Google Drive) - Mary Kate
  • Webmaster, software record management - Godson
  • Shared lab materials and purchases, COVID-19 supplies - Yimeng and Sehui
  • Mini shop coordinator (tools, Makerbots, UV laser cutter, Formlabs, Objet 3D printer management) - William and Megan
  • Laser cutter in Shape Lab - approved user is Godson
  • Ultrasonic welder manager: Cosima
  • Lab safety coordinator, Building Evacuation Response Team (BERT) member - Brian V.
  • Meeting/events and lab clean up coordinators - Jasmin
  • Outreach and social media coordinators - Elizabeth C. and Melissa
  • Lab tour/demo coordinator - Elizabeth V.
  • da Vinci maintenance - Alaa Eldin
  • Human subjects - Allison