Faculty


Blake Hannaford, Ph.D.

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Research Fields : Haptics, Surgical Technology
Office : EECSE Building M434
Phone : 206-543-2197
Fax: 206-221-5264
email : blake [at] uw [dot] edu

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Howard Chizeck, Sc.D.

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BioRobotics Lab Co-Director

Professor,Department of Electrical Engineering

Adjunct Professor,Department of Bioengineering

253B EE Building
Phone: (206) 221-3591

chizeck [at] uw [dot] edu





Medical Faculty


 

Thomas Lendvay, M.D. 

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BioRobotics Lab Medical Faculty andChamberlain of Awesomeness

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology

Children's Hospital and University of Washington

Pediatric Urology

Box 359300

4800 Sand Point Way

Phone: (206) 469-2270



Ph.D. and Master's students



Hawkeye King H. Hawkeye King

 Graduate Research Assistant

 Interoperability, Telesurgery, Haptics, Telerobotics.

 Lab: EE 461

 email: hawkeye1 [at] uw [dot] edu

 http://hawkeye1.net

 

 

 

 

 Timothy Kowalewski

 Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant

 Surgical Simulation and Robotics, Skill Analysis and Synthesis, Systems

 Lab: EE M458

 email: tmk [at] uw [dot] edu

 Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

 Sina Sina Nia Kosari

  Ph.D. Student, Graduate Research Assistant

  Surgical Robotics, Controls and System Identification, Haptics and Telerobotics

  Lab: EE 455

  email: kosari [at] uw [dot] edu

  http://brl.ee.washington.edu/~sina

 

 

 

 

Lee White on the Chao Praya Lee White

 Graduate Research Assistant

 Surgical Robotics, Surgical Skill Evaluation, Surgeon Tracking

 Lab: EE M458

 email: leewhite [at] uw [dot] edu

 website: http://leewhite.org/

 Hurculean Task: Rubik's Cube Race

 

 

 

Kristina Kristina Haller

 Graduate Research Assistant

 Hand Tremor Mitigation for Surgeons, Surgical Robotics

 Lab: EE 455

 email: khaller [at] alum [dot] mit [dot] edu

 Hurculean Task: Sparkle Race

 

 

 

 

 Ruth Sims

 Graduate Research Assistant 

 Non-linear Control, Surgical Robotics

 Office: EE 455

 simsr@uw.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Fredrik

  Fredrik Ryden

  Graduate Research Assistant / Resident Swede

  Kinect, Haptics, Controls

 

  Lab: EE 455

  email: ryden [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

  Hurculean Task: DJ Jam

  http://brl.ee.washington.edu/~ryden

 

 

  Levi Cheng

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Surgical Robotics, Surgical Skills Assessment, Medical Device Prototyping

  Lab: EE 455

  email: leicheng [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Randy Bly

  Randy Bly, MD

  Research Fellow, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Resident

  Surgical Robotics, Skull Base Surgery, Computer Modeled Surgical Approaches

 

  Lab: EE 455

  email: randbly [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 Jack LindsayJack Lindsay

 Research Assistant

 Haptic Feedback, Virtual Reality, Robotic Mobility, Electric Transport

 Lab: EE 461 Systems on Chip

 email: jackicl [at] uw [dot] edu

 Angry Monocle

 

 

 

 

Iris Jiang

  Iris Jiang

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Prosthetics, Haptic Feedback, Surgical Robotics

  Lab: EE 455 

  email: ijiang [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 


  Andrew LewisAndrew Lewis

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Surgical Robotics, Mobile Robotics, Haptic Feedback

  Lab: EE 461 Systems on Chip

  email: ALewi [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 



Undergraduates


Current Undergraduates


Noshad Bagha

Senior, Electrical Engineering

 

Email: nbagha [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Bora Banjanin

Junior Electrical Engineering

 

Email: borabanjanin[at] gmail [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Bartell

Paul Bartell

Intended Electrical Engineering

Raven II Project

Email: pbartell [at] uw [dot] edu

Phone: 206-334-5692

 

 

 

 

 

 

PaulPaul Buckley

Electrical Engineering
Multifingered Haptic Device

Lab: EE 461

Phone: 360-280-7568

Email: buckleypa [at] gmail [dot] com

 

 

 

 

Rona Ding

 

Year: Freshman

 

Email: ronading [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kara Douville

year: freshman email: kd26 [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PaulAndrew Hill

Senior in Bioengineering

Soft Tissue Model Identification

EE 455

Phone: 860-303-8849

Email: ajh24[at] uw[dot] edu

http://students.washington.edu/ajh24/personal/

 

 


Chia-Ho Chen

Senior in Electrical Engineering

Phone: 425-274-5372

E-mail: chen7725[at]uw[dot]edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon Newman

Intending Bioengineering: 2015

Computer Modeled Skull Base Surgery

EE455

Phone: 206-306-5255

Email: newmanst [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Zach Stiggelbout

Electrical Engineering

USB Haptic Paddle

Phone: 206-920-8037

Email: stiggz [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Hani Mahmoud

 

Freshman in Electrical Engineering/Bioengineering

 

Phone: (425) 289-9651

Email: hmahmoud [at] uwl [dot] edu 

 

 

 

 

Marta-brlMarta Wang

Senior in EE

Embedded systems

Multi-finger haptic device

Computer modeled multiportal approaches to the skull base

Email: ymwang [at] ee [dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Chia-Ning Wang
Junior in Electrical Engineering

Email: cningw[at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Ashkan Ravani
Senior in Electrical Engineering/Physics
Intended area of study: Embedded Computing Systems and Controls
email: ashkan [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

Justin Varghese
Junior
Email: justv88 [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haihui Jay Zhang

 

Senior in Electrical Engineering

Embedded Systems

 

Email: haihuiz6 [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 

 

Eden Mehari

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year:junior

Email: edenm3 [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

Research:----

 

 

 

 


Elina Makaryan

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year:Junior

Phone: (206)788-6801

Email: makaryan [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

Research:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chia-Ho Charles Chen

Senior in Electrical Engineering

Embedded Systems

Email: chen7725 [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Yin-Shiuan (Jessica) Chen

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Junior

Email: yinchen [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 


Rob Rob Greenewald

Major: Electrical Engineering with concentration in Embedded Systems

Year: Senior

Project: Raven II

Email: rgreene1 [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pedro Ulises Pacheco

Major: Undecided MSE/BioE

Year: Junior

Phone: (509) 833-1110

Email: pachecop2009 [at] live [dot] com

 

 

 

 

 

Pratyush Painuly

Year : Sophomore

Major : Intended EE

Phone : 206-832-7964

E-mail : reachpraty [at] hotmail [dot] com

 

 

Dmitry Antipov

Year : Junior

Major : Intended EE

Phone : 206-434-5682

E-mail : dantipov [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 


Peter Odell

Electrical Engineering (2013)


Phone: (206) 393-8936

Email: odellpm [at] yahoo [dot] com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yasamin Zadehgol

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Senior

Email: yasaminz [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aldin Hajiric

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Junior

Email: Aldin425 [at] gmail [dot] com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Byeongkeun Kang

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Junior

Email: kangbk [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Phipps

Michael Phipps

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Junior

Email: PhippsM [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate Alumni

Andrew Bui

 

Year: Freshman

 

Email: andybui [at] hotmail [dot] com

 

 

 


Michael Chou

Senior in Electrical Engineering

 

Embedded Systems

 

Email: choum [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

Calvin Yau

Junior student majoring in EE and ME

E-mail : yauc [at] uw [dot] edu

 


 

 

 

 

Albert Wang

Senior in Electrical Engineering

Embedded Systems

Email:albertw [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

Max Wang

Electrical Engineering

Embedded Systems

Graduating August 2012 Email: mwang07 [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Nadim Farraj

 

Junior in Electrical Engineering

 

Email: nadimf [at] u[dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 

Sang Huynh
Year: Freshman
Email: huynhts [at] uw [dot] edu

Abdul Salama

Senior student doing double major in EE and CSE

Currently working on the Smart Grasper

Email: asalama@u.washington.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nick DouglasNick Douglas

 

Electrical Engineering

Digital Signal Processing

Email: nhd2 [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 


Kevin Ting

 

Major: Electrical Engineering

Embedded Systems

Year: Senior

Email: tingk [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

John Jacob

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Senior

Email: jjacob91 [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 

 

Bjorn Grubelich

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Junior email: bjorng [at] uw [dot] washington [dot] edu Analog Design


 

 


Zhen Yi Lim

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Year: Sophomore

Email: zhelim11 [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Chan

Senior in Electrical Engineering

Embedded Systems

Email: jchan000 [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Ian Davey

Electrical Engineering

Year: Senior

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Buckley

Year: Sophomore

Email: mbuckley [at] uw [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Clauson

 

Major Areas: Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

email: ceclauson [at] hotmail [dot] com


 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa Kadochnikova

EE Sudent, Senior (since Spring 2010).

Started in the lab in Autumn 2009.

Planned major concentrations include Embedded Design, Control Theory and Medical Instrumentation.

Other areas of interest: programming.

email: lizka [at] uw [dot] edu

Daniel Stochel

 

 

Major: Electrical Engineering with a Concentration in Medical Instrumentation and Analog Design

Year:

Senior email: dstochel [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu

Research: Electrical Impedance Measurement System

 

 

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David Truong

Senior in Computer Engineering (Spring 2011).

Worked on the C-Arm and the Edge Surgeon Eye Tracking.

Worked from Autumn 2009-Winter 2011

Email: djtruong [at] cs [dot] washington [dot] edu

 

 

 

Brittany Redmond

 

Electrical Engineering

Activities of Daily Living

Phone (206) 650-7318

Email: brit [dot] redmond [at] gmail [dot] com











Jesus Valenzuela


Electrical Engineering (June 2012)

Year: Senior

Phone: (509) 398-2698

Email: chuyval [at] uw [dot] edu

 









Yi-Cheng Chen

Electrical Engineering,

concentration in Biomedical Instrumentation,

intended year of graduation is March 2012.

Year: Senior

Phone: (206) 992-4934

Email: chen1991 [at] uw [dot] edu





Alumni


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Professor Jacob Rosen
BRL: 1997-2008
Professor Jacob Rosen
 Now at: Associate Professor of Computer Engineering,
Baskin School of Engineering, U.C. Santa Cruz, CA
email: rosen [at] ucsc [dot] edu

Phone: 831-459-5302

 

Jesse Dosher

 

BRL 1998-2009

Now at: Applied Physics Lab, UW.

Research Fields : Haptics

email: jdosher [at] uw [dot] edu

Web Page

 

 

 

Dan Ferris


BRL: 2000-2001

Now at: Departments of Movement Science and Biomedical Engineering,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

email: ferrisdp [at] umich [dot] edu

Phone: 734-647-2740

Web Page

 

 

Dal Yeon HwangDal-Yeon Hwang

BRL: 1992-1995

Now at: Korea Polytechnic University  Dept. of Mech. Design Eng.

2121 JeongWang-dong, Siheung-city, Gyeonggi-do  429-793 Korea

Research Fields :  Teleoperation/ Haptics

Phone : +82-31-8041-0427 

Fax : +82-31-8041-0439

email: dyhwang [at] kpu [dot] ac [dot] kr

 

 

 Jee-Hwan Ryu

BRL: 2000, 2002-2003

Now at: School of Mech. Eng, Korea University of Technology

Research Fields :  Teleoperation/ Haptics

Phone : +82-41-560-1250 

Fax : +82-41-560-1253

email : jhryu [at] kut [dot] ac [dot] kr

http://robot.kut.ac.kr  

 

 

 

Thavida 'Praew' Maneewarn

BRL: 1995-2000

Research areas: Teleoperation, Haptic interface, Mobile Robotics and Humanoid Robots

Now at: Instititute of Field Robotics (FIBO)

King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi

126 Pracha-utid Rd. Bangmod Thungkru

Bangkok, Thailand 10140

Phone: (+662) 4709698

Email: praew [at] fibo [dot] kmutt [dot] ac [dot] th


 

Ganesh Sankaranarayanan

 BRL: 2004-2007

Now at: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Advanced Computational Research Laboratory,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Research Fields :  Haptics, Teleoperation, Networked Systems, Surgical Simulation

Phone : 518-276-3295

email :sankag [at] rpi [dot] edu  

  Lab Webpage | Personal Webpage

  

Manuel R Moreyra

BRL: 1993-1996

Now at: The Boeing Company

Seattle, Washington

email: mmoreyra[at]comcast[dot]net


 

 


   

 Yoon Sang Kim

BRL: 2000-2003

Now at: Associate Professor of School of Computer and Science Engineering, Korea University of Technology

Research Fields :  Virtual Reality/ Robotics

Phone : +82-41-560-1496

Fax :   +82-41-560-1462

email : yoonsang [at] kut [dot] ac [dot] kr  

 

 

 


Kristen JaaxKristen Jaax

BRL 1996-2001

Now at:  Medical Director at Boston Scientific Neuromodulation

Research Fields:  Neurostimulation, e.g. Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's & Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Migraine,

Email:  Kristen[dot]Jaax[at]bsci[dot]com