Affidivation:

University of Michigan

NSF Directorate:

CISE

Gender:

M

Award Year:

2001

Citation:

For doing groundbreaking research on haptic (touch exploration) devices that emulate the ability of humans to feel texture and other properties of objects. His work has potential for automated modeling of virtual tools, instruments and medical remote surgery techniques. He promotes expertise in his field by developing undergraduate and graduate courses with hands-on tools for teaching system dynamics and human-machine interaction.