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Jun Ueda

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Professor, GWW School of Mechanical Engineering

Room 219, E.J. Love Jr. Manufacturing Building
771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0405
PHONE: 404-385-3900, FAX:404-894-8496
E-mail: jun.ueda-at-me.gatech.edu

Professional Appointment

  • Professor (2020-), Associate Professor (2014-2020), Assistant Professor (2008-2014)
    George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Visiting Professor, The University of ElectroCommunications, Japan, 2020-
  • Visiting Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan, 2020-
  • Visiting Professor, Kobe University, Japan, 2022-
  • Helmsley Distinguished Fellow at the ABC Robotics Initiative at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel,  May-July 2016
  • Woodruff Faculty Fellow  2015-2020
  • Director of the Robotics PhD Program & Associate Director of Academics at IRIM@GT 2015-2017
  • Adjunct Faculty
    Physiology program, School of Biological Sciences
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    March 2010 – Present
  • Lecturer
    2.12 Introduction to Robotics
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    September 2006 – December 2006
  • Visiting Scholar
    d’Arbeloff Laboratory for Information Systems and Technology (Prof. H. Asada’s lab)
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    March 2005 – Feb 2008
  • Assistant professor
    Robotics Laboratory (Prof. T. Ogasawara’s lab)
    Graduate School of Information Science
    Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
    April 2002 – April 2008
  • Senior Research Engineer
    Advanced Technology R&D Center
    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Hyogo, Japan
    April 1996 – March 2000

Education

  • Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, March 2002
    Kyoto University, Japan
    Advised by Professor Tsuneo Yoshikawa
  • M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, March 1996
    Kyoto University, Japan
    Advised by Professor Tsuneo Yoshikawa
  • B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, March 1994
    Kyoto University, Japan
    Advised by Professor Tsuneo Yoshikawa

Affiliation within Georgia Tech

Funding

  • Woodfull Launch Seed Grant FY2022-2023 with Dr. Ellen Mazumar
  • Woodfull Launch Seed Grant FY2022-2023 with Dr. Ye Zhao
  • Georgia Tech Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) Seed Grant, Team Forming and Testbed Prototyping for NSF Engineering Research Center for Connected Eldercare, PI: Ueda, $46,788, FY22 and FY23, 05/12/2022-
  • National Science Foundation, CMMI, DCSD, A Geometric Approach for Generalized Encrypted Control of Networked Dynamical Systems (#2112793), PI: Ueda, $378,570, 08/15/2021-08/14/2024
  • National Science Foundation, ERC-Eng Research Centers, Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Connected Eldercare (#2124319), PI: H. Asada (MIT), Co-PIs: J. Ueda (GT) and P. Bonato (MGH), $100,000, 09/01/2021-08/31/2022
  • Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at GT (IRIM) FY21 Seed Grant, Towards Closed-loop Perception and Decision-making of Highly Dynamic Robot Motions in Unstructured Environments PI: Ye Zhao, Co-PIs: Jun Ueda, Ai-Ping Hu, Tuo Zhao, $15,000, 1/7/2021-6/30/2021
  • National Science Foundation Data Science Supplement for CMMI, $66,361, for NSF #1662029, PI: Ueda, Co-Is, Dr. Ai-Ping Hu (GTRI) and Dr. Ye Zhao (ME)
  • CDMRP FY 2019 Discovery Award, Tunable resonant actuation for magnetic resonance elastography of active tissues, $287K, Department of the Army (award notice 10/4/2019, 04/01/2020-03/31/2022)
  • Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at GT (IRIM) Seed Grant, High-Precision MRI-guided Direct Cell Injection Robot (Phase 2), PI: Ai-Ping Hu (GTRI) and Co-PI: Jun Ueda (ME) in collaboration with John Oshinski (Emory) $12,500 (+ $12.5K matching from GTRI), 8/22/2019-06/30/2020
  • General Motors (extension of Phase 2), September 2019- August 2020
  • Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at GT (IRIM) Seed Grant, High-Precision MRI-guided Direct Cell Injection Robot, PI: Ai-Ping Hu (GTRI) and Co-PI: Jun Ueda (ME) in collaboration with John Oshinski (Emory) $25,000 (+ $25K matching from GTRI), 10/22/2018-06/30/2019
  • GTRI Independent Research and Development (IRAD), Phase 4, $20,000 (Ueda’s share $10,000), 07/1/2018-06/30/2019
  • National Science Foundation, CMMI, M3X – Mind, Machine, and Motor Nexus, Collaborative Research: Enhancing Gait Dynamics via Physical Human-human and Human-Robot Interactions at the Hands (#1761679), $319,231, PI: Essa, Co-PI: Ueda, 06/01/2018-05/30/2021 (NCE -05/30/2022).
  • Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN), Micro-/Nano- Electronics and Photonics for Challenges of Global Significance, $225,000 (for 3 years), Muscle-Inspired Actuators for Multiscale Robotics (MIAMuR), PI: Azadeh Ansari, co-PIs: Sponberg, Goldman, Ueda, Nadler, Ayazi, Bakir, Egerstedt
  • GTRI Independent Research and Development (IRAD), Phase 3, $45,000, 07/01/2017-06/30/2018
  • National Science Foundation, CMMI Program, Integrated Computer Vision System Based on Human Eye Motion (#1662029), $332,659, 07/01/2017-06/30/2021 (NCE)
  • US DOD, AFOSR (AOARD) – ROK MOTIE joint research collaboration, Hybrid Site Sensing and Human-Multi-Robot Team Collaboration For Disaster Relief at Nuclear Power Plants, US PI: Cho, US Co-PI: Ueda, 2017-2020, $336,648
  • General Motors (Phase 2), January 2017- January 2019
  • Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at GT (IRIM) Seed Grant, Musculoskeletal Disorder Prevention by Robotic Constrain-as-Needed Exoskeleton (CANE) for Construction Workers., PI: Cho (Civil Engineering) and Ueda (ME), $25,000, 08/27/2016-06/30/2017
  • GTRI Independent Research and Development (IRAD), Phase 2, $15,000 (Ueda’s share $10,000), 07/26/2016-06/30/2017
  • Samsung Electronics, 11/01/2015-01/31/2017
  • GT Neural Engineering Center seed grant, Robotic induction of neuromodulation in human motor system (renewal),  PI: Shinohara, co-PI: Ueda, $5,000, 11/14/2015-06/30/2016
  • GTRI Independent Research and Development (IRAD) 09/21/2015-06/30/2016
  • NITI-ON CO LTD (Phase 2 ) 07/01/2015-02/01/2016.
  • Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at GT (IRIM) Healthcare Cluster Seed Grant, Neuromechanical intervention robot for treating and preventing joint contracture, PIs: Shinohara and Ueda, $20,000, 01/01/2015-06/30/2015
  • GT Neural Engineering Center seed grant, Robotic induction of neuromodulation in human motor system,  PI: Shinohara, co-PI: Ueda, $10,000, 01/13/2015-06/30/2015
  • NITI-ON CO LTD, 08/01/2014-02/01/2015.
  • National Science Foundation Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, Fluid-Powered Surgery & Rehabilitation via Compact, Integrated Systems (renewed) (Y9-Y10), co-PIs: Barth, Vito, Webster, and Ueda, $300,000 (Ueda’s share approx. $100,000), 06/01/2014-05/31/2016 (Link to CCEFP).
  • National Science Foundation, IIS, NRI: Small: Understanding neuromuscular adaptations in human-robot physical interaction for adaptive robot co-workers (#1317718), PI: Ueda, co-PIs: Shinohara and Feigh, $1,199,427.00, 9/15/2013-8/31/2017. (Link to Award #1317718)
  • National Science Foundation, CMMI, Dynamic Systems, Role of Nonuniformly Quantized Actuation in Biological Motion Generation (#1300019), PI: Ueda, $289,417.00, 6/1/2013-5/31/2016. (Link to Award #1300019)
  • National Science Foundation Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, Fluid-Powered Surgery & Rehabilitation via Compact, Integrated Systems (renewed) (Y7-Y8), co-PIs: Barth, Vito, Webster, and Ueda, $344,812 (Ueda’s share $130,802), 06/01/2012-05/31/2014 (Link to CCEFP).
  • National Science Foundation, Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, EAGER: Muscle Adaptation Induced by the Physical Interaction with an Exoskeleton and its Application to Motor-Task Planning for Neurorehabilitation (#1142438), PI: Ueda and co-PI Shinohara, $49,863, 09/01/2011-08/31/2013 (Link to Award #1142438)
  • Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at GT 2011 Seed Grant, $25,000, – Spring 2012
  • National Science Foundation, Division of Computer and Network Systems, II-New: Motion Grammar Laboratory (#1059362), PI: Stilman, co-PIs, Christensen, Egerstedt, Essa, and Ueda, $303,000, 02/18/2011-02/28/2014 (Link to Award #1059362)
  • National Science Foundation, Cyber Physical Systems, CPS: Small: Generation of natural movement for a multiple degrees-of-freedom robot driven by stochastic cellular actuators (#0932208), PI: Ueda, $450,645, 9/1/2009-8/31/2012. (Link to Award #0932208)
  • National Science Foundation Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, 2G: Fluid-Powered Surgery & Rehabilitation via Compact, Integrated Systems (Y5-Y6), co-PIs: Webster, Ueda, $362,270 (Ueda’s share $137,439), 06/01/2010-05/31/2012 (Link to CCEFP).
  • General Motors (Phase 1), 11/01/2010-04/30/2011.
  • Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), Piezoelectric Tweezers for Robotic Surgery and Intervention in MRI, PI: Ueda, $37,469, 01/01/2011-06/30/2011.
  • National Science Foundation-Japan Science and Technology Agency (NSF-JST) Strategic Cooperative program in Robotics, Joint Research Program for Innovative Rehabilitation Support Technology Based on Fusion of Engineering, Medical, and Physiological Sciences (US side PI: Ueda, Japan side PI: Ogasawara), 04/2010-09/2012 (Link to JST).
  • Georgia Tech/Emory Healthcare system institute Seed grant program, Extracting Impaired Modulation of Muscle Activation Pattern in Neurological Patients Using Pinpointed Muscle Control Robot, PI: Ueda, co-PIs: Shinohara, Krishnamoothy, $50,000, 09/01/2008-06/30/2009 (Link to HSI)

Funding (at NAIST)

  • Grants-in-aid of Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 16300058 (Ueda:co-I), 30304158 (Ueda:co-I), 13450104 (Ueda:co-I), 18300194 (Ueda: International Collaborator)
  • Mitsubishi Foundation, PI:Ogasawara, co-PIs: Ueda and Takemura, Human gait measurement and analysis, 2004-2005
  • Sharp Corporation, Fingerprint Pointing Device, 2004
  • Research subsidy from Suzuki Foundation (Suzuki motor co., Japan), March 2004
  • Research subsidy from Artificial Intelligence Research Promotion Foundation, Japan, Dec., 2003

Awards and Recognitions

  • 7th Nagamori Award (May 2021)
  • 2019 DSCC Vibrations Technical Committee Best Paper Award in Theory, “Configuration Optimization For End-Point Stabilization Of Redundant Manipulators With Base Flexibility” written by Michael LiBretto, Yong K. Cho, Yong Han Ahn, Chang Soo Han, Jun Ueda
  • IEEE RAS Senior Member, 2018-
  • Member of ASME Intelligent Robotics Delegation for the 12th Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC) organized by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and Ministry of Science and Technology, P. R. China, 5/14-5/19, 2018
  • Plenary Speaker, IEEE AIM 2017 Conference
  • Helmsley Distinguished Fellow at the ABC Robotics Initiative at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel,  May-July 2016
  • 2015 SICE SI2015 Best Presentation Paper Award
  • 2015 Advanced Robotics Best Paper Award
  • Woodruff Faculty Fellow, 2015-2020
  • Semi-Plenary Presentation Finalist,  2012 ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Conference
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
    2009 Early Academic Career Award in Robotics and Automation
  • Best Automation Paper Finalist
    2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
  • Postdoctoral fellowships for research abroad
    JSPS (the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), 2004
    Scholarship from Feb. 2006 to Feb. 2008 at MIT
  • Overseas advanced educational research practice support program
    MEXT (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan), 2004
    Scholarship from March 1, 2005 to Jan. 31, 2006 at MIT
  • Special award of 2004 Original Paper Awards from FANUC FA and Robot Foundation, March 4, 2005
  • Research incentive award from Human Interface Society, March 2, 2004
  • As advisor for the following student awards and recognitions:
    • 2011 Georgia Tech Research & Innovation Conference Travel Award (Greg Henderson)
    • 2011 ARCS Fellowship (Joshua Schultz)
    • 2012 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship (Ellenor Brown)
    • 2012 Air Products ME Undergraduate Research Award (James Shealy)
    • 2012 ASME DSCD Best Student Paper on Mechatronics (William Gallagher)
    • 2013 Air Products ME Undergraduate Research Award (Ilya Kovalenko)
    • 2013 Georgia Tech President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) (Ravi Haksar and Rohan Katoch)
    • 2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Ravi Haksar and Cole Simpson)
    • 2014 Fulbright Fellowship (Cole Simpson)
    • 2014 Georgia Space Grant Consortium Fellowship (Ellenor Brown)
    • 2014 Georgia Tech President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) (Ilya Kovalenko)
    • 2014 2nd Place, Technical Poster Presentation, FPIRC14 (formerly CCEFP annual PI meeting), Nashville (Melih Turkseven)
    • 2015 Georgia Tech Career,  Research, Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC), $1500 Travel Grant (Michael Kim)
    • 2015 IEEE ICRA 2015, Student Travel Grant (Michael Kim)
    • 2016 Georgia Tech Career,  Research, Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC), $1500 Travel Grant (Michael Kim)
    • 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Ilya Kovalenko)
    • 2017 Georgia Tech Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award (Kevin Pluckter)
    • 2018 Georgia Tech Career,  Research, Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC), $1500 Travel Grant (Terese Martinez)
    • 2018 ORISE Fellowship at FDA (Ellenor Brown)
    • 2019 Georgia Tech President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) (Alex Zabaldo)
    • 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Daniel E. Martinez)
    • 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Heriberto (Andy) Nieves)
    • 2022 Georgia Tech President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (Fall 2022 PURA) (Alaz Cig)
    • 2022 DSCD Rising Stars at MECC 2022 (Dr. Waiman Meinhold)
    • 2023 Georgia Tech President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (Spring 2023 PURA) (Saahas Yechuri)
    • 2023 Georgia Tech President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (Spring 2023 PURA) (Hyuk Bin Kwon)
    • 2023 Georgia Tech President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (Spring 2023 PURA) (Charles Hong)
    • SICE International Young Authors Award (SIYA) at IEEE/SICE System Integration Symposium International (SII) 2023 (Dr. Waiman Meinhold)

Student advising

  • PhD Program (at Georgia Tech, 2008-)

    • Joshua Schultz: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2012 – Associate Professor, University of Tulsa
    • Billy Gallagher: PhD in Robotics, 2013 – Robotics Engineer, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
    • David MacNair: PhD in Robotics, 2013 – Academic Professional, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Melih Turkseven – PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2016 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (until 2019), Assistant Professor, Sabanci University, Turkey (2019-)
    • Michael Kim, PhD in Mechanical Engineering 2016, Mechanical Engineering, Auris Health
    • Ellenor Brown – PhD in Applied Physiology 2017 (co-advised with Dr. Shinohara, Applied Physiology), ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow at FDA, Research Scientist at FDA
    • Euisun Kim, PhD in Mechanical Engineering 2020, Teaching Assistant Professor, Drexel University (September 2021-)
    • Michael Libretto, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2021
    • Waiman Meinhold, PhD in Robotics, 2021, Postdoctral Fellow, Georgia Tech (2021-)
    • Antonio Moualeu, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2022
    • Yingxin Qiu, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2022
  • MS Program (at Georgia Tech, 2008-)

    • Greg Henderson: MS in Mechanical Engineering, 2012 – Cerdec – U.S. Army
    • Timothy McPherson, MS in Mechanical Engineering, 2012 – Mathworks Inc.
    • Lauren Lacey – MS in Mechanical Engineering, 2014, Sandia National Laboratories
    • Efrain Teran, MS in Mechanical Engineering 2014, Mechanical Engineering – Assistant Professor at the Engineering in Mechanical and Production Sciences, The Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
    • Chenlu Han, MS in Mechanical Engineering 2014, Mechanical Engineering, Graduate student at the University of British Columbia
    • Quincey Lowery, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ME, Spring 2018, Sandia National Labs
    • Alex Zabaldo, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Summer 2021
  • PhD Program (at NAIST, Japan, 2002-2008)
    • Hiroshi Takemura, PhD in Information Science – Professor, Tokyo Science University.
    • Yuichi Kurita, PhD in Information Science. – Professor, Hiroshima University.
    • Masahiro Kondo, PhD in Information Science. – Nintendo
    • Mind Ding, PhD in Information Science. – Assistant Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (2015-2019), Associate Professor, Nagoya University (2019-)

Service

  • Journal Editorial Board
    • Senior Editor, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023-2024
    • Management Committee, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2018-2022
    • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2017-2022
    • Associate Editor, International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 2016-2020
    • Best Paper Award Committee, Member, International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 2019, 2020
    • Associate Editor, IEEE RAS Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2015-2018
    • Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2014-2017
    • Associate (Technical) Editor, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2008-2012
    • Editorial board, Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, April 2004 – March 2005
  • Conference Organization
    • Organizing Committee, General Chair, IEEE 2023 SII, in Atlanta
    • Organizing Committee, General Co-Chair, IEEE 2022 SII
    • Organizing Committee, Publication Chair, 2022 IEEE CCTA
    • Conference Editorial Board, Chair, IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2021-2023
    • Workshop Chair, ISMR 2020
    • Workshop Chair, 2019 IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2019)
    • Organizing Committee, Local Arrangement Chair, 2018 Dynamic Systems and Controls Conference (DSCC)
    • Organizing Committee, Program Co-Chair, 2017 IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2017)
    • Organizing Committee, Publication Chair, 2016 IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2016)
    • Organizing Committee, Program Co-Chair, IEEE/SICE SII2016
    • Organizing Committee, Publication Chair, 2014 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO2014)
    • Organizing Committee, Young and student member chair, the 2012 ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2012)
  • Conference Program Committee
    • Associate Editor, ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
    • Associate Editor, American Control Conference (ACC), 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
    • Associate Editor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
    • Associate Editor, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011, 2012, 2013
    • Associate Editor, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2009, 2013, 2016, 2018
    • Associate Editor, 2013 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO2013, 2014, 2017)
    • Executive Program Committee, The third IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) 2010
    • Program Committee, Robotics Science and Systems Conference (RSS), 2010, 2014, 2015
    • Program Committee, International Symposium of Medical Robotics (ISMR), 2018, 2019
  • Workshop/special session organization
    • Frontier (Special) Session Co-organizer, ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Conference, 2010, 2011, 2012
    • Invited Session Co-organizer on Biosystems and Wearable Devices, ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Conference, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
    • Panel Discussion Session Organizer and Moderator, Panel discussion session on Mechatronics for Biosystems and Healthcare, at the 2010 IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 2010
    • Workshop co-organizer, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014)
    • Workshop co-organizer, 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013)
    • Workshop co-organizer, Biologically-inpired Actuation, the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011)
  • Journal Special Issue organization
    • Guest Editor, Focused Section on Soft Actuators, Sensors, and Components (SASC), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (with Drs. Kam Leang, Fumiya Iida, Jamie Paik, and Yonglae Park)
    • Guest Editor, International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Intelligent Robotics for Rehabilitation and Human Assistance (with Drs. Jingang Yi and Xiangyang Zhu), 2016
    • Guest Editor, Neural Plasticity on Body Representations: Advancing Translational Rehabilitation” (NPBR), Neural Plasticity (with Drs. Izumi and Ota), 2016
    • Guest Editor, Embodied-Brain Systems Science and Adaptive Intelligence, Advanced Robotics (with Drs. Ota and Pagello), 2016
    • Lead Guest Editor, Focused Section on Sensing Technologies for Biomechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol.16, Issue 5, 2011.
    • Guest Editor (with Dr. Ozawa), Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, No. 7, Vol. 23, October, 2005
  • Others
    • External Academic Advisor for “Kobe Medical Initiative” City of Kobe and Kobe University, Japan, 2020-2025
    • Technical Advisor for NITI-ON, Inc
    • Co-Chair, IEEE RAS, Biorobotics TC, 2019-
    • Founding Technical Committee Member, IEEE RAS, Technical Committee on Advanced Mechatronics
    • Director for the Robotics PhD Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-2017
    • Associate Director of Academic, the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Tech, 2015-2017
    • National Science Foundation Review Panel, 2010, 2013, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020
    • Technical Committee Member, Biosystems and Healthcare, ASME Dynamics, Measurement & Control Division, October 2009-present (TC Chair, 2016-2017)
    • Technical Committee Member , Mechatronics, ASME Dynamics, Measurement & Control Division, 2014–present (TC Vice Chair, 2017-2018)
    • Faculty Advisor, Georgia Institute of Technology RoboJackets
    • Robotics REU Advisor, REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) , National Science Foundation #1263049, 5/1/2013-4/30/2016, PI: Ayanna Howard
    • Training Faculty, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, Training Movement Scientists: Focus on Prosthetics and Orthotics (1T32 HD055180-01A1) at the School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Student advisor, NRT: Accessibility, Rehabilitation, and Movement Science (ARMS): An Interdisciplinary Traineeship Program in Human-Centered Robotics, National Science Foundation #1545287, 09/01/2015-8/31/2020, PI: Ayanna Howard

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