Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Case School of Engineering
Research Information
Research Interests
Human-robot interaction, social robotics, social touch, tactile sensors, haptics.
Recent Funding
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, “From Sensing to Action: Enabling Robot Speech, Gestures, and Touch for Emotional Distress,” Award No. 2542181, Principal Investigator.
Awards and Honors
Otto Hahn Medal
2022
Max Planck Society
Best Hands-On Demo
2022
EuroHaptics
Undergraduate Teaching Award
2026
Case School of Engineering
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award
2026
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Professional Memberships
Member IEEE/RAS Technical Committee for Human-Robot Interaction & Coordination
Member IEEE/RAS Technical Committee on Haptics
External Appointments
- 2021 - 2023 , Computing Innovations (CI) Fellow University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Education
Doctor of Science
Computer Science
ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
2021
Master of Science in Engineering
Robotics
University of Pennsylvania
2017
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
University of Pennsylvania
2016