Allison M. OkamuraProfessor Mechanical Engineering aokamura@jhu.edu (primary) ResearcherID webpage >> |
Education
| Ph.D. 1996, Stanford Univeristy |
| M.S. 1994, Stanford University |
| B.S. 1990, University of California at Berkeley |
Experience
| 2011-2014: Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 2009-2011: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 2001-2011: Secondary Appointment, Department of Computer Science |
| 2006-2009: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 2000-2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 1999-2000: Adjunct Faculty, College of San Mateo |
| 1994-2000: Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford University |
| 1998-1998: Visiting Researcher, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (Tsukuba, Japan) |
| 1998-1998: Teaching Fellow, Stanford University |
| 1996-1998: Research Engineer, Immersion Corporation |
| 1994-1994: Research and Development Engineer, Hewlett-Packard |
Journal Articles
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Misra, S., Reed, K., Schafer, B., Ramesh, K., Okamura, A. (2010). Mechanics of Flexible Needles Robotically Steered through Soft Tissue. International Journal of Robotics Research. 29(13). 1640-1660. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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Blank, A., Okamura, A., Kuchenbecker, K. (2010). Identifying the Role of Proprioception in Upper-Limb Prosthesis Control: Studies on Targeted Motion. Acm Transactions on Applied Perception. 7(3). DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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Misra, S., Ramesh, K., Okamura, A. (2010). Modelling of non-linear elastic tissues for surgical simulation. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 13(6). 811-818. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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Reed, K., Okamura, A., Cowan, N. (2009). Modeling and Control of Needles With Torsional Friction. Ieee Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 56(12). 2905-2916. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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Okamura, A. (2009). Haptic feedback in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery. Current Opinion in Urology. 19(1). 102-107. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
Conference Proceedings
| Reed, K.B., Okamura, A.M., Cowan, N.J. "Controlling a robotically steered needle in the presence of torsional friction", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009. |
| Gibo, T.L., Verner, L.N., Yuh, D.D., Okamura, A.M. "Design considerations and human-machine performance of moving virtual and#64257;xtures", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009. |
| Gwilliam, J., Mahvash, M., Vagvolgyi, B., Vacharat, A., Yuh, D.D., Okamura, A.M. "Eand#64256;ects of haptic and graphical force feedback for teleoperated palpation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009. |
| Verner, L., Okamura, A.M. "Force and torque feedback vs force only feedback", Third Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (World Haptics), 2009. |
| Lee, J., Okamura, A.M., Landau, B. "Haptics as an aid to copying for people with williams syndrome", Third Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (World Haptics), 2009. |
Awards & Honors
| 2010: IEEE Fellow |
| 2008: Stanford Alumni Distinguished Scholar. Recognition for alumni from underrepresented groups with successful academic careers. |
| 2008: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) Conference Best Poster Award (with graduate student Sarthak Misra and Professor KT Ramesh) |
| 2007: National Academy of Engineers Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Invited Speaker) |
| 2005: Liberati Club Award for Excellence - Outstanding paper of the year in Industrial Robot |
| 2005: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Academic Career Award |
| 2004: National Academy of Engineers Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Invited Participant) |
| 2003: 2003 Johns Hopkins University Diversity Recognition Award |
| 2000: American Society of Engineering Education Best Paper Award |
| 1999: American Society of Mechanical Engineers Auxiliary Parsons Scholarship |
| 1999: National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Education Scholars Program |
| 1998: National Science Foundation Dissertation Enhancement Award |
| 1993: American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Farbar Award |
| 1993: Boeing Company Scholarship |
| 1992: Japanese American Alumni Association Scholarship |
| 1992: Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society |
| 1991: UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering Levens Prize |
| 1990: UC Berkeley Alumni Scholarship |
| 2007 - 2010: Decker Faculty Scholar, Johns Hopkins University. Awarded to a senior assistant professor or associate professor who exhibits exceptional achievement in their area of expertise. Provides flexible financial support to promote innovative research, teaching |
| 2008 - 2009: Women Scholars Lecture Series (invited speaker), University of Victoria, Canada |
| 2004 - 2009: National Science Foundation CAREER Award |
| 2006 - 2007: Finalist, Best Paper Award, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (out of approximately 700 papers; award presented in 2007) |
| 2003 - 2006: Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Grant (for young investigators) |
| 2004 - 2004: Johns Hopkins University George E. Owen Teaching Award - For Outstanding Teaching and Devotion to Undergraduates |
| 1994 - 1997: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship |
Presentations
| Robotics and Intelligent Machines Seminar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA., February 17, 2011 |
| Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Seminar, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA., April 15, 2010 |
| Controls, Robotics, and Embedded Systems Seminar, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA., January 28, 2010 |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series, Stanford University, Stanford, CA., January 27, 2010 |
| SHARP Project Grenoble, France 2000-10-23 (Inivited), January 12, 2010 |
| Human Factors Experiments: Design, Analysis, and HSRB Approval ERC-CISST/Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics Professional Development Seminar. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland,. 2008-11-12. (Invited), November 12, 2008 |
| Haptics for Medical Robotics: Surgery, Simulation, and Rehabilitation Center for Adaptive Neural Systems Seminar. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. 2008-10-21. (Invited), October 21, 2008 |
| The Role of Haptics in Teleoperated Minimally Invasive Surgery Workshop on Surgical Robotics, Second IEEE RAS-EMBS BIOROB Conference. Scottsdale, Arizona. 2008-10-19. (Invited), October 19, 2008 |
| Haptics in Medical Robotics: Surgery, Simulation, and Rehabilitation Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar. Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. 2008-10-03. (Invited), October 3, 2008 |
| Haptics in Medical Robotics: Surgery, Simulation, and Rehabilitation Plenary talk, Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland. 2008-08-19. (Invited), August 19, 2008 |
| Medical Robotics Research in the U.S. NSF/ JST US-Japan Robotics Workshop on Safety, Security, and Society. San Francisco, California. 2008-08-15., August 15, 2008 |
| Haptics in Medical Robotics: Surgery, Simulation, and Rehabilitation Center for Intelligent Machines, Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar. McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 2008-07-10. (Invited), July 10, 2008 |
| Tissue Modeling for Realistic Simulation 5th Annual Innovations in the Surgical Environment Conference. University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland. 2008-06-27. (Invited), June 27, 2008 |
| Medical Robotics Meyerhoff Scholars Bridge Program, University of Maryland Baltimore County. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. 2008-06-24. (Invited), June 24, 2008 |
| Haptics in Medical Robotics: Surgery, Simulation, and Rehabilitation Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts. 2008-06-02. (Invited), June 2, 2008 |
| Robotics with a Human Touch: Haptics and Medical Applications IEEE Baltimore Section Annual Awards Dinner. Baltimore, Maryland. 2008-05-14. (Invited), May 14, 2008 |
| Haptics in Medical Robotics: Surgery, Simulation, and Rehabilitation Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics Seminar. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. 2008-04-30. (Invited), April 30, 2008 |
| Haptics in Medical Robotics: Surgery, Simulation, and Rehabilitation Booz Allen Hamilton Distinguished Colloquium in Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. 2008-03-28. (Invited), March 28, 2008 |
| Reality-Based Modeling for Simulation and Robot-Assisted Surgery Scientific Computing Applications in Surgical Simulation of Soft Tissues. Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Los Angeles, California. 2008-01-10. (Invited), January 10, 2008 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery International Symposium on Robotics Research. Hiroshima, Japan. 2007-11-29. (Invited), November 29, 2007 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery (and more) Departmental Seminar. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE . 2007-10-19. (Invited), October 19, 2007 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery Seminar. School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska. 2007-08-24. (Invited), August 24, 2007 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery Special Seminar. Department of Robotics, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Munich, Germany. 2007-07-17. (Invited), July 17, 2007 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery Institute of Automatic Control Engineering. Technischen Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. 2007-07-16. (Invited), July 16, 2007 |
| Medical Robotics Meyerhoff Scholars' Bridge Program. University of Maryland Baltimore County / Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD . 2007-06-26. (Invited), June 26, 2007 |
| Robot-Assisted Surgery 10th German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium / Alexander Van Humboldt Foundation. Hamburg, Germany. 2007-04-26. (Invited), April 26, 2007 |
| Haptics and Human Performance in Robot-Assisted Surgery Workshop on Computer-Integrated Surgery and Interventional Robotics, ICRA. Rome, Italy. 2007-04-10. (Invited), April 10, 2007 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery Immersion Medical. Gaithersburg, MD . 2007-03-15. (Invited), March 15, 2007 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery Robotics and Controls Seminar. University of Washington, Seattle, wa. 2007-03-02. (Invited), March 2, 2007 |
| Robotics Research at Johns Hopkins University American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Baltimore Section Meeting. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. 2007-02-21. (Invited), February 21, 2007 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery MARC Scholarship Program. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD. 2007-02-20. (Invited), February 20, 2007 |
| Human-Machine Interaction with Haptics Bodian Seminar, Krieger Mind-Brain Institute. JHU, Baltimore, MD. 2006-12-04. (Invited), December 4, 2006 |
| Needle Steering for Percutaneous Therapy Technion-JHU symposium. JHU, Baltimore, MD. 2006-10-30. (Invited), October 30, 2006 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery and Surgical Simulation IEEE-RAS/IFRR School of Robotics Science on Haptic Interaction. Paris, France. 2006-09-28. (Invited), September 28, 2006 |
| Haptics for Robot-Assisted Surgery Sciences, technologies et applications haptiques. Universit Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. 2006-09-25. (Invited), September 25, 2006 |
| Haptic Sensing, Modeling and Feedback in Robot-Assisted Surgery GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA . 2005-12-02. (Invited), December 2, 2005 |
| Academic Publishing Faculty Workshop on Academic Publishing, Morgan State University. Baltimore, MD . 2005-05-17. (Invited), May 17, 2005 |
| Robotics in Medicine and Biology: Inspiration and Application Johns Hopkins University Alumni College. Baltimore, MD. 2005-05-06. (Invited), May 6, 2005 |
| Human Factors Experiments: Design, Analysis, and HSRB Approval Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology, Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2005-05-04. (Invited), May 4, 2005 |
| Haptic Sensing, Feedback and Augmentation for Robot-Assisted Minimally Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology. Houston, Texas. 2005-02-10. (Invited), February 10, 2005 |
| Haptic Sensing, Modeling and Feedback in Robot-Assisted Surgery CIMIT Forum. Boston, MA. 2004-11-23. (Invited), November 23, 2004 |
| A Sufficient Condition for Passive Virtual Walls with Quantization Effects International Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control (ASME IMECE). Anaheim, CA. 2004-11-18., November 18, 2004 |
| Haptic Sensing, Modeling and Feedback in Robot-Assisted Surgery Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY. 2004-11-02. (Invited), November 2, 2004 |
| Impedance-Reflecting Teleoperation with a Real-Time Evolving Neural Network Controller IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Sendai, Japan. 2004-09-30., September 30, 2004 |
| Human-Machine Collaborative Systems Workshop on Issues and Approaches to Task Level Control, 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Sendai, Japan. 2004-09-28. (Invited), September 28, 2004 |
| Vision-Based Assistance for Ophthalmic Microsurgery Seventh International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI. St. Malo, France. 2004-09-28., September 28, 2004 |
| Nonholonomic Modeling of Needle Steering 9th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics. Singapore. 2004-06-18., June 18, 2004 |
| A Magnetically-Actuated Friction Feedback Mouse Eurohaptics. Munich, Germany. 2004-06-06., June 6, 2004 |
| Design and Performance of a Two-Dimensional Tactile Slip Display Eurohaptics. Munich, Germany. 2004-06-06., June 6, 2004 |
| Virtual Environment for Exploring Atomic Bonding Eurohaptics. Munich, Germany. 2004-06-06., June 6, 2004 |
| A Robotic System for Transrectal Needle Insertion into the Prostate with Integrated Ultrasound IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. New Orleans, LA. 2004-04-27., April 27, 2004 |
| The Effects of Gripping and Translational Forces on Teleoperation Workshop on Multi-point Interaction in Robotics and Virtual Reality, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. New Orleans, LA. 2004-04-27. (Invited), April 27, 2004 |
| Understanding by Feeling: Using Haptics in Education Workshop on Educational Robotics, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. New Orleans, LA. 2004-04-27. (Invited), April 27, 2004 |
| Haptics: Engineering Touch New Techne Symposium, The Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2004-04-09. (Invited), April 9, 2004 |
| Teleoperation with Sensor/Actuator Asymmetry: Task Performance with Partial Force Feedback 12th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems. Chicago, IL. 2004-03-27., March 27, 2004 |
| Control of Human-Machine Collaborative Systems Robotics Seminar, University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, CA. 2004-03-05. (Invited), March 5, 2004 |
| Adventures of an Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Women’s Seminar, Stanford University. Stanford, CA. 2004-03-04. (Invited), March 4, 2004 |
| Control of Human-Machine Collaborative Systems Robotics Seminar, Stanford University. Stanford, CA. 2004-03-04. (Invited), March 4, 2004 |
| Human-Machine Collaborative Systems Controls Seminar, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. 2004-02-06. (Invited), February 6, 2004 |
| Effect of Sensory Substitution on Suture Manipulation Forces for Surgical Teleoperation Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 12. Newport Beach, CA. 2004-01-16., January 16, 2004 |
| Human-Machine Collaborative Systems Controls and Robotics Seminar, University of Washington. Seattle, WA. 2004-01-09. (Invited), January 9, 2004 |
| Steady-Hand Teleoperation with Virtual Fixtures 12th IEEE Workshop Robot and Human Interactive Communication. San Francisco, CA. 2003-11-02., November 2, 2003 |
| Measurement and Modeling of Needle Insertion Forces Workshop on Reality-based Modeling of Tissues for Simulation and Robot-Assisted Surgery, 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Las Vegas, NV. 2003-10-31. (Invited), October 31, 2003 |
| Analysis of Virtual Fixture Contact Stability for Telemanipulation IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Las Vegas, NV. 2003-10-30., October 30, 2003 |
| Human-Machine Collaborative Systems Department of Mathematical Sciences Seminar, Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2003-10-09. (Invited), October 9, 2003 |
| Methods for Intelligent Localization and Mapping during Haptic Exploration IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Washington, DC. 2003-10-08., October 8, 2003 |
| VisHap: Augmented Reality Combining Haptics and Vision IEEE International Conference on on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Washington, DC. 2003-10-08., October 8, 2003 |
| Robotic Needle Insertion: Effects of Friction and Needle Geometry IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Taipei, Taiwan. 2003-09-17., September 17, 2003 |
| Spatial Motion Constraints: Theory and Demonstrations for Robot Guidance using Virtual Fixtures IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Taipei, Taiwan. 2003-09-17., September 17, 2003 |
| Virtual Fixture Architectures for Telemanipulation IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Taipei, Taiwan. 2003-09-17., September 17, 2003 |
| The Haptic Scissors: Cutting in Virtual Environments IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Taipei, Taiwan. 2003-09-16., September 16, 2003 |
| Automatic Motion Recognition and Skill Evaluation for Dynamic Tasks Eurohaptics. Dublin, Ireland. 2003-07-09., July 9, 2003 |
| The Role of Haptics in Minimally Invasive Surgery Multi-Disciplinary Minimally Invasive Surgery Conference, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Baltimore, MD. 2003-06-25. (Invited), June 25, 2003 |
| The Role of Haptics in Minimally Invasive Surgery Robotics and Energetic Machines Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Oak Ridge, TN. 2003-05-12. (Invited), May 12, 2003 |
| Haptics: Feeling is Believing IEEE Engineer's Week Dinner, Baltimore Chapter. Baltimore, MD. 2003-04-09. (Invited), April 9, 2003 |
| Recognition of Operator Motions for Real-Time Assistance Using Virtual Fixtures 11th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, IEEE Virtual Reality. Los Angeles, CA. 2003-03-22., March 22, 2003 |
| Human-Machine Collaborative Systems Society of Women Engineers Meeting, JHU Chapter. Baltimore, MD. 2003-02-13., February 13, 2003 |
| Human-Machine Collaborative Systems School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University. West Lafayette, Indiana. 2003-02-06. (Invited), February 6, 2003 |
| Haptics Research at JHU Intuitive Surgical, Inc.. Sunnyvale, CA. 2002-12-20. (Invited), December 20, 2002 |
| Human Machine Collaborative Systems Massachusettes Institute of Technology. Boston, MA. 2002-12-17. (Invited), December 17, 2002 |
| Human Machine Collaborative Systems Naval Research Laboratory. Washington, DC. 2002-11-18. (Invited), November 18, 2002 |
| Human Machine Collaborative Systems Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. University of Maryland Baltimore County. 2002-11-01. (Invited), November 1, 2002 |
| Effect of Virtual Fixture Compliance on Human-Machine Cooperative Manipulation on Human-Machine Cooperative Manipulation. Lausanne, Switzerland. 2002-10-02., October 2, 2002 |
| Interactive Haptic Rendering of Deformable Surfaces Based on the Medial Axis Transform Eurohaptics. Edinburgh, UK. 2002-09-15., September 15, 2002 |
| Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery Johns Hopkins Division of Cardiac Surgery. Baltimore, MD. 2002-05-29. (Invited), May 29, 2002 |
| Vision Assisted Control for Manipulation Using Virtual Fixtures: Experiments at Macro and Micro Scales IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Washington, DC. 2002-05-15., May 15, 2002 |
| Haptic Modeling of Needle Insertion for Robot-Assisted Percutaneous Therapy IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Washington, DC. 2002-05-14., May 14, 2002 |
| Building a Task Language for Segmentation and Recognition of User Input to Cooperative Manipulation Systems 10th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems. Orlando, FL. 2002-03-25., March 25, 2002 |
| On the Display of Haptic Recordings for Cutting Biological Tissues IEEE Virtual Reality, Symposium on Haptic Interfaces in Teleoperated and Virtual Environments . Orlando, FL. 2002-03-24., March 24, 2002 |
| Introduction to Haptics JHU Society of Women Engineers. Baltimore, MD. 2002-02-28., February 28, 2002 |
| Vision-Assisted Control for Manipulation Using Virtual Fixtures Washington Area Computer-Aided Surgery Society. University of MD. 2002-02-19. (Invited), February 19, 2002 |
| Vision-Assisted Control for Manipulation Using Virtual Fixtures JHU ERC Seminar. Baltimore, MD. 2002-02-06. (Invited), February 6, 2002 |
| Haptic Reality-Based Modeling ERC NSF Site Visit. Baltimore, MD. 2002-01-22. (Invited), January 22, 2002 |
| Uniting Haptic Exploration and Display International Symposium on Robotics Research. Lorne, Victoria, Australia. 2001-11-10., November 10, 2001 |
| Reality-based Modeling of Haptic Information Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Madison, WI. 2001-10-11. (Invited), October 11, 2001 |
| Reality-Based Modeling for Haptic Virtual Environments Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA. 2001-09-28. (Invited), September 28, 2001 |
| Reality-Based Haptic Rendering Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Workshop on Haptics,. Minneapolis, MN. 2001-06-14. (Invited), June 14, 2001 |
| Feature-Guided Exploration with a Robotic Finger 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Seoul, Korea. 2001-05-23., May 23, 2001 |
| Improving Reality-Based Models for Vibration Feedback American Society of Mechanical Engineers Haptics Symposium. Orlando, FL. 2000-11-10., November 10, 2000 |
| Haptics for Robotics and Virtual Environments Krieger Mind-Brain Institute, the Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2000-10-30. (Invited), October 30, 2000 |
| Vibration Feedback in Virtual Environments TIMC/IMAG Laboratory. Grenoble, France. 2000-10-24. (Invited), October 24, 2000 |
| Vibration Feedback in Virtual Environments INRIA, SHARP Project. Grenoble, France. 2000-10-23. (Invited), October 23, 2000 |
| Haptic Exploration of Unknown Objects with Robotic Fingers Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2000-09-28. (Invited), September 28, 2000 |
| Reality-Based Modeling for Haptic Virtual Environments NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology, The Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2000-09-27. (Invited), September 27, 2000 |
| Haptic Exploration of Unknown Objects with Robotic Fingers Workshop on Reality-based Modeling and Applications in Reverse Engineering, Computer Graphics, and VR, 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. San Francisco, CA. 2000-04-28. (Invited), April 28, 2000 |
| An Overview of Dexterous Manipulation 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Symposium on Dexterous Manipulation. San Francisco, CA. 2000-04-25., April 25, 2000 |
| Haptics for Robotics and Virtual Environments Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, CA. 2000-04-10. (Invited), April 10, 2000 |
| Haptics for Robotics and Virtual Environments Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington. Seattle, WA. 2000-03-30. (Invited), March 30, 2000 |
| Haptics for Robotics and Virtual Environments Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. 2000-03-23. (Invited), March 23, 2000 |
| Haptics for Robotics and Virtual Environments Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2000-03-00. (Invited), February 29, 2000 |
| Haptics for Robotics and Virtual Environments Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois. Urbana-Champaign, IL. 2000-03-00. (Invited), February 29, 2000 |
| Haptics for Robotics and Virtual Environments Department of Mechanical Engineering, California State University. San Jose, CA. 2000-02-18. (Invited), February 18, 2000 |
| Understanding by Feeling: Using Haptics in Education Stanford Workshop on Manufacturing Education '99, Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing. Stanford, Ca. 1999-06-14. (Invited), June 14, 1999 |
| Haptic Exploration of Fine Surface Features 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Detroit, MI. 1999-05-12., May 12, 1999 |
| Haptic Surface Exploration 1999 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics. Sydney, Australia. 1999-03-26., March 26, 1999 |
| Getting a Feel for Dynamics: Using Haptic Interface Kits for Teaching Dynamics and Controls Human Computer Interface Technology, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University. Stanford, CA. 1998-11-19. (Invited), November 19, 1998 |
| Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Leuven, Belgium. 1998-05-18., May 18, 1998 |
| Haptic Exploration with Robotic Fingers Robotics Seminar, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University. Stanford, CA. 1997-11-10. (Invited), November 10, 1997 |
| Exploratory Procedures with Robotic Fingers Design Theory and Methodology Forum, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University. Stanford, CA. 1997-04-30. (Invited), April 30, 1997 |
| Haptic Exploration of Objects with Rolling and Sliding 1997 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Albuquerque, NM. 1997-04-24., April 24, 1997 |
| Enhancing Graphics Education with Stereoscopic Images in PC Based CAD American Society for Engineering Education, Design Graphics Division. San Francisco, CA. 1993-01-10., January 10, 1993 |
Committees
| : Founding Member, IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics |
| 2007 - 2010: Member, program and organizing committee, Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems |
| 2008 - 2009: Area Chair, 2009 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference |
| 2008 - 2009: Associate Editor, 2009 World Haptics Conference |
| 2008 - 2009: Video Proceedings program committee, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| 2008 - 2009: Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Awards Nomination Committee |
| 2008 - 2009: Co-leader of Medical Robotics Area, 2008-2009 CCC/CRA Robotics Roadmap Committee |
| 2007 - 2009: Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Admissions Committee |
| 2007 - 2009: Curriculum Committee for the Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 2006 - 2009: Vice Chair for Finance, IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics |
| 2004 - 2008: Machine Shop/Undergraduate Laboratories Committee for Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 2007 - 2007: Co-organized (with George Bekey) the first IEEE RAS Fellowship for a female graduate student in robotics and automation |
| 2007 - 2007: Editor-in-Chief Search Committee, IEEE Transactions on Haptics |
| 2007 - 2007: Co-chair, special sessions committee, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) |
| 2007 - 2007: Program Committee, Robotics: Science and Systems |
| 2007 - 2007: Scientific Review Committee, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Aided Intervention (MICCAI) |
| 2007 - 2007: Vdeo Proceedings Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| 2006 - 2007: Member, Haptics Journal Steering Committee |
| 2006 - 2007: Member, Search Committee for JHU Director of Biomedical Engineering |
| 2006 - 2007: Membership co-Chair, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society |
| 2006 - 2007: Led the organization of the first IEEE RAS Birds of a Feather Lunch for Women at ICRA 2007. Co-organizers were Danica Kragic, Nancy Amato, Mihoko Otake, Aude Billard, and Robin Murphy. Over 100 people attended the event, which included presentations and a discussion panel with a Q & A session. |
| 2004 - 2007: Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Recruiting Committee |
| 2004 - 2007: Department of Mechanical Engineering Student Affairs Committee |
| 2002 - 2007: ME Dept. Undergraduate Recruiting/Admissions Committee |
| 2002 - 2007: ME Dept. Student Affairs Committee |
| 2006 - 2006: On thesis committee of JHU ME Ph.D. student Jin Seob Kim and Psychology & Brain Sciences Ph.D. student Melanie Palomares. On GBO committees of Robert Webster, Wooram Park, Aris Skliros, Brian Weibeler, and Henry Lin. GBO alternate for Kiju Lee, Stephen Martin, Axel Krieger. On departmental qualifying exam committees for 7 students. |
| 2004 - 2006: ME Dept. Machine Shop and Undergraduate Labs Committee |
| 2005 - 2005: ME Dept. Graduate Recruiting and Admissions Committee |
| 2004 - 2005: ME Dept. Undergraduate Recruiting and Admissions Committee Chair (starting Fall 2004) |
| 2004 - 2005: Surgical Assistants Thrust Leader, NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (appointed Fall 2004) |
| 2004 - 2004: On Ph.D. thesis committees of JHU ME graduate students Yu Zhou and Alexandru Patriciu, and McGill Univeristy Student Hsin Yun Yao |
| 2004 - 2004: On GBO Committees of JHU students Guanqi Ye (CS), Panadda Marayong (ME), Emad Boctor (CS), Ralf Philipp (ECE), Jason Corso (CS), and Ming Li (CS). Also an alternate for several other students. |
| 2002 - 2004: ME Dept. Web/Publicity Committee Chair (through Summer 2004) |
| 2002 - 2002: On Ph.D. thesis committees of JHU ME graduate student David Smallwood, and McGill Univeristy Student Dingrong Yi |
| : SHARP Project Grenoble, France 2000-10-23 (Inivited) |