Current Lab Members
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Matt Frey
- M.S. candidate, Mechanical Engineering.
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Yu Sun
- Ph.D. candidate, School of Computing.
Emeritus Lab Members
Former Utah Graduate Students
- Richard Blomquist
- M.E., Bioengineering, 1998.
Project: Design of a Two-Joint Passive Artificial Arm.
- Robert Christensen
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1998
(jointly supervised with Sandy Meek).
Thesis: Inertial Control for a Locomotion Interface.
- Mark Colton
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, December 2006.
Dissertation: Reality-based Modeling of Nonlinear Passive Devices
for Haptic Simulations
- Lisa Durbeck
- M.S., Computer Science, 1999
(jointly supervised with Chris Johnson).
Thesis: Contrast Displays: an Interactive Haptic and Visual Interface
Designed Specifically for Mesh Quality Analysis.
- Rodney Freier
- M.E., Computer Science, March 1997. Staff member through 1999.
Project: Real-time Software Design and Specific Experience with
ControlShell.
- David Grow
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2006.
Thesis: Harness Design for Two-Axis Torso Haptics.
- Ryan Hayward
- M.S., Computer Science, 2001.
Thesis: Implementing Virtual Stairs on the Treadport Locomotion
Interface.
- Ben Newton
- M.S., Computer Science, University of Utah, 2005.
Thesis: Acoustic Perception of Room Size Using Beam Traced
Reflection Paths.
- Sucharita Otta
- M.S., School of Computing, 2007.
Project: A Virtual Audio System.
- Craig Parker
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 2005.
Thesis: Energetic and Biomechanical Comparisons of Treadmill
Slope Display Using Tilt Versus Tether Forces.
- Zhiling Qiu
- M.E., Computer Science, 1996.
Project: real-time systems for teleoperation and virtual environments.
- Abhijeet Vijayakar
- M.S., Computer Science, December 2000.
Thesis: A Comparison of Turning Strategies for the Sarcos Treadport
Locomotion Interface.
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
- Hitoshi Maekawa
- Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-1998, from MEL, Tsukuba, Japan.
- Yangming Xu
- Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-1996. Sarcos employee, 1997-2001.
Former Visiting Faculty
- He-Jun Kang
- Visiting Associate Professor, University of Ulsan, Dept. of
Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Ulsan, Korea, from 8/00 to
7/01.
- Yutaka Tanaka
- Visiting Associate Professor, Hosei University, Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, Tokyo, from 4/00 to 3/01.
Former Visiting Students
- Damaso Checcacci
- Visiting Ph.D. Student, from Dept. Mechanical
Engineering and PERCRO (Massimo Bergamasco's lab),
Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy, from 4/02 to 12/02.
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Peter Sekler
- B.S. candidate, Mechanical Engineering.
Former Summer Interns
- Rose Mills
- University of Iowa, 2000.
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