Lab Photo: April, 2012
Principal Investigator
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Robert James Webster, III Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology |
Web
Page ME Dept. Faculty Page robert.webster AT vanderbilt.edu |
Affiliated Faculty
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Thomas
J. Withrow Assistant Professor of the Practice |
Mechanical
Engineering School of Engineering Faculty Page |
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Ramya
Balachandran Research Assistant Professor |
Department
of Otolaryngology Web Page |
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Jessica
Burgner Research Associate |
Mechanical
Engineering jessica.burgner AT vanderbilt.edu Web Page |
Graduate Students
| PICTURE | NAME | EMAIL WEBSITE |
PROJECT | AWARDS/DEGREES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ray Lathrop |
ray.a.lathrop
AT vanderbilt.edu |
Laparoscopic
Mechanism Synthesis |
MS
in ME, Stanford University |
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Jenna Gorlewicz |
jenna.gorlewicz AT
vanderbilt.edu |
Educational Robots/
Haptics |
NSF Fellowship, BS in ME, Southern Illinois University |
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Lou Kratchman |
louis.kratchman AT vanderbilt.edu | Robotic Cochlear Implant
Surgery |
BA Psychology and BS ME, University of Michigan |
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Byron Smith |
byron.smith AT
vanderbilt.edu |
Endoscopic Capsule
Robots |
MS in ME, Virginia
Commonwealth University |
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Phil Swaney |
philip.j.swaney AT vanderbilt.edu Phil's Web Page |
User Interfaces for
Continuum Robots |
NSF Fellowship, BS in ME, Pennsylvania State University |
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Diana Cardona |
cardona.diana.catalina
AT gmail.com |
MRI Compatible Robotics |
BS in ME, Universidad de
Los Andes |
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Hunter Gilbert |
hunter.b.gilbert AT
gmail.com |
Continuum Robot Modeling |
NSF Fellowship BS in ME, Rice University |
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Richard Hendrick |
richard.hendrick7 AT gmail.com |
Image-Guided Surgery |
BS in BME, Texas A&M University |
Co-Advised Graduate Students
| PICTURE | NAME | EMAIL |
PROJECT | AWARDS/DEGREES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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David Comber |
david.b.comber
AT vanderbilt.edu |
MRI
Compatible Robotics |
B.S.
in ME, Pennsylvania State University |
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Neal Dillon |
neal.p.dillon AT
vanderbilt.edu |
Robotic Bone Machining |
BS in ME, Villanova
University |
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Trevor Bruns |
trevor.l.bruns AT vanderbilt.edu | Magnetically Controlled
Surgical Robots |
BS in ME, Vanderbilt University |
Undergraduate Students
| PICTURE | NAME | EMAIL WEBSITE |
PROJECT | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Marlena Clark |
marlena.s.clark AT
vanderbilt.edu |
Image-guided Biopsy |
Senior |
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Dexter Watkins |
dexter.a.watkins AT vanderbilt.edu |
Haptic System Development |
Senior |
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Sani Sulaiman | sani.sulaiman AT vanderbilt.edu |
Vibratory Touchscreen |
Senior |
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Syed Hamid |
syed.m.syed.abdul.hamid AT vanderbilt.edu |
Robot System Development |
Senior |
Lab Alumni
Ph.D. Graduates:| PICTURE | NAME | CURRENT POSITION |
|---|---|---|
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Caleb Rucker |
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomedical Engineering,
Vanderbilt |
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Jadav Das |
Research
Engineer,
Rockwell Automation Inc. |
Visiting Scholars:
| PICTURE | NAME | CURRENT POSITION |
|---|---|---|
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Gastone Ciuti |
Ph.D. Candidate, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna |
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Xianshi Xie | Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at Vanderbilt |
Undergraduate Students:
| PICTURE | NAME | PROJECT | DEGREE/ LAST KNOWN WHERABOUTS |
|---|---|---|---|
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Scott Nill |
Active Cannula |
Graduate Student at MIT |
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Michael Jekot |
Endoscopic Capsule Robot |
Senior in ME at Vanderbilt |
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Amir Abdul Razak | MRI Compatible Robots |
Senior in ME at Vanderbilt |
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Jordan Croom | Active Cannula |
Graduate Student at Cal
Tech |
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Stephen (Sam) Malanowski | Haptic Touch Screens |
|
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Mohammed (Mish) Rahman | Tendon-driven Needles |
|
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Zach Smith | Concentric Tube Robots |
Senior in ME at
Vanderbilt |
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Justin Saunders | Steerable Needles |
|
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Tyler Steier | Steerable Needles |
|
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David Gostin | Image-Guided Surgery |
|
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Xavier Waller | Capsule Robots | Senior
in ME at Vanderbilt |
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Randy Smith | Needle-tissue
Mechanics |
|
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Jim Boyle | Active Cannula | |
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Tiffany Cheng | Image-Guided Surgery |
Working
for an Oil Company in Texas |
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Sam Nackman | Surgical Tool Mechanical Design | Graduate Student at
Princeton |
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Rob Pieper |
Ultrasound Needle Guide |
|
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Todd Dutton |
Tracheostomy System Design |
B.S.
ME, Working at AMRDEC, Pursuing M.S in Aerospace Engineering at University of Alabama Huntsville |
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Brandon Bolds |
Active Cannula |
Pursuing
a
BS at Tennessee State University in ME |