NEWS

Congratulations to Dr. Greg Sawicki on being selected to serve as Interim Director for the Institute of  Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). This is a huge honor and we are all so proud  of him! Read more about this position HERE.

Jennifer Leestma has successfully defended her dissertation on robotics exoskeletons in human balance augmentation. Advised by Dr. Aaron Young and Dr. Greg Sawicki, Jenny as been a pillar of the Georgia Tech community and been a mentor to so many.…

Congrats to our very own Kinsey Herrin for her well deserved celebration by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Kinsey’s work at the institute is exceptional and we’re so proud to be her colleagues and friends!

Congrats to Thendral Govindaraj for successfully defending her thesis and earning her PhD in Mechanical Engineering! Way to go, Thendral!

Massive congratulations to Felicia Davenport for successfully defending her thesis and earning her PhD in BioEngineering! Next up, Felicia heads to her home state of Ohio to join the Air Force Research Lab at the end of summer. We’ll miss you,…

Felicia Davenport takes home the gold with the ASB Diversity Travel Award. Congrats, Felicia!

Congrats to Associate Professors Gregory Sawicki and Aaron Young, and others from the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, for being awarded a five-year, $2.6 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The R01…

Jenny Leestma stays winning as she was awarded the 2024 ASB Pre-Doctoral Achievement Award. Congrats, Jenny!

Congrats to Jenny Leestma on receiving a PhD Research Excellence Award, supported by the Maddox Fellowship of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering!

Congrats to Kristen Jakubowski and Jenny Leestma for their accepted papers to BioRob 2024! They’ll head to Germany this Fall to present their findings on the topics below: Kristen’s paper: Center of mass kinematics robustly predict multidirectional reactive joint torques…