We are a passionate group of students, postdocs, and faculty excited about improving healthcare through robotics. Would you like to join our team? Contact: Ann.MajewiczFey@utexas.edu. Lab meetings are on Zoom on Fridays from 10-11am. UT students are welcome to join to learn more about what we do.
PI: Ann Majewicz Fey
Ann Majewicz Fey completed B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of St. Thomas, the M.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Dr. Majewicz Fey joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering as an Associate Professor in August 2020, where she directs the Human-Enabled Robotic Technology Laboratory. She holds at courtesy appointment in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at Dell Medical School. Her research interests focus on the interface between humans and robotic systems, with an emphasis on improving the delivery of surgical and interventional care, as well as enhancing surgical skill training and assessment. Her research has been primarily supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. She is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award (2019) and the CRII award (2014).
Favorite Superhero:
Iron Man
Visiting Scholars
Roman Mykhailyshyn
Education:
Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University (TNTU), 2018
M.S. in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, TNTU, 2014
B.S. in Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies, TNTU, 2013
Research Interests:
Robotics, motion planning and optimization, modeling of physical systems, additive manufacturing, minimization of energy costs for transport operations by industrial robots, and design of gripping devices for industrial robots.
Favorite Superhero:
Rocket
Graduate Students
Yi Zheng
Education:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, MA, 2017
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, 2015
Research Interests: Surgical Performance Evaluation, Haptic Guidance and Feedback
Favorite Superhero: Iron Man
Jonathan Madera
Education:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2019
Research Interests: Haptic and Robotic Systems for Surgical Training
Favorite Superhero: Iron Man
Aldo Galvan
Education:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2019
Research Interests: Haptic Rendering
Favorite Superhero: Barnacle Boy
Lourdes Reyes
Education:
B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, 2021
Research Interests: Haptic and visual telementoring for surgical skill training and assessment
Favorite Superhero: Mermaid Man
Chang Shi
Education:
M.S. in Robotics System Development, Carnegie Mellon University, 2021
B.S. in Computer Science, Remin University of China, 2019
Research Interests: Reinforcement learning for haptic guidance
Favorite Superhero: Spider-Man
Michael Kasman
Education:
B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2022
Research Interests: Machine learning
Favorite Superhero: All Might
Drake Rowland
Education:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2018
Research Interests: Haptic Guidance and Feedback
Favorite Superhero: Spider-Man
Masters Students
Andy Hassun
Education:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2023
Research Interests: Surgical Training Systems
Favorite Superhero: Spider-Man
Undergraduate Students
Vishal Kantharaju
Research Interests: Applications of robotics & machine learning in medicine
Favorite Superhero: Thor
Alumni
Jacob Boehm
Former: Doctoral Student (2023)
Current: Post-Doc at Heidelberg University
Taylor Higgins
Former: Post-doc Researcher (2023)
Current: Assistant Professor at Florida State
Edoardo Battaglia
Former: Post-doc Researcher (2022)
Current: Assistant Professor at the University of Utah
Meenakshi Narayan
Former: Doctoral Student (2020)
Current: Assistant Professor at Miami University (Ohio)
Ziheng Wang
Former: Doctoral Student (2019)
Current: Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Intuitive Surgical
Marzieh Ershad
Former: Doctoral Student (2019)
Current: Scientist at Intuitive Surgical