Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NEWS & AWARDS
2022
August – Postdoc Johannes Lachner joined the lab
May – de Florez Competition for Graduate Science 2nd place – James Hermus, for the presentation of the work, “A Dynamic Primitives Hypothesis: a Descriptive Model of Human Physical Interaction”
April – Postdoc Federico Tessari joined the lab
April – SNAME Travel Award in Ocean Engineering – James Hermus, for the presentation of the work, “Exploiting Redundancy to Facilitate Physical Interaction” at ICRA 2022.
April – Paper Published in IEEE RA-L, “Dynamic Primitives Limit Human Force Regulation during Motion” by A. Michael West Jr., James Hermus, Meghan Huber, Pauline Maurice, Dagmar Sternad, and Neville Hogan in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters [Link]
2021
October – Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition
1st place – James Hermus
Runner up – Kaymie Shiozawa
September – Paper Published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, “Frequency-dependent force direction elucidates neural control of balance” by Kaymie Shiozawa, Jongwoo Lee, Marta Russo, Dagmar Sternad, and Neville Hogan in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation [Link]
July – Jongwoo Lee defended his PhD “Effects of Mechanical Interventions on Human Locomotion”
July 2021 – Paper Published in IEEE T-RO, “Exploiting Redundancy to Facilitate Physical Interaction” by James Hermus, Johannes Lachner, David Verdi, and Neville Hogan in IEEE Transactions on Robotics [Link]
May – Lab Members receive Student Awards:
Prince Innovation Award – Gabrielle Enns
John C. and Elizabeth J. Chato Award – Laura Schwendeman
April – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Stephan Stansfield
April – IEEE Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award – Neville Hogan, “For seminal contributions in formulating methods for the control of robot manipulation based on human movement and dynamic interaction principles“
2020
December – 2021 School of Engineering Accenture Fellowship [Link] – Kaymie Shiozawa
November – Best student paper award at BioRob 2022 – Moses, for the paper titled “Dynamic Primaties Facilitate Manipulation a Whip”
October – Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition
1st place – Moses Nah
Runner up – Kaymie Shiozawa
May – John C. and Elizabeth J. Chato Award – Emily Skilling
March – Paper Published in Journal of Neurophysiology, “Separating neural influences from peripheral mechanics: the speed-curvature relation in mechanically constrained actions” by James Hermus, Joseph Doeringer, Dagmar Sternad, and Neville Hogan [Link]