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Zach’s final day of his REU program

  For Zach’s final day of his REU program, he presented the results of his and Brett’s study “Improving Robotic Surgery Training with Bimanual Wrist Squeezing Haptic Feedback” in a culminating poster and platform session.

Local Paper Moon Diner for our first lab social even

  With the summer session drawing to a close, the HAMR Lab headed to the local Paper Moon Diner for our first lab social event! We celebrated the work completed over the summer and Zach’s completion of his time in the lab. We wish him…

Neha Thomas

The HAMR Lab welcomes another Ph.D. student today

  The HAMR Lab welcomes another Ph.D. student today, Neha Thomas! Neha comes from Drexel University where she completed her B.S. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering. Neha will be pursing a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. while working with Jake and Chris on the Upper-Limb Prosthesis project.

Zach and Brett have been giving tours of the Mock Operating Room

  Over the past few weeks, Zach and Brett have been giving tours of the Mock Operating Room in Hackerman Hall (pictured on right) to high school students and incoming freshman from the Baltimore area. This includes an overview of the work being done in…

Today Jake, Chris, and Dr. Brown traveled to Dankmeyer Inc.

  Today Jake, Chris, and Dr. Brown traveled to Dankmeyer Inc., a prosthetics and orthotics company in Baltimore, to discuss a partnership for the upper-body prosthesis project! The team is hoping to have Dankmeyer help them assemble the prosthesis that will be used in their…

Welcome to the HAMR lab’s first PhD student, Mohit Singhala!

  Welcome to the HAMR lab’s first PhD student, Mohit Singhala! Mohit is completing his Master’s in Bioengineering Innovation and Design this summer and will become a full-time Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering in the Fall. He will be working on an Operator-Sensitive Haptic Display…