PhD degrees
David Miller (May 2008): “An Intelligent Modular Tool for Minimally Invasive Surgery”
Xiaoli Zhang (August 2009): “Design and Development of Portable Tool Positioning Robot for Telesurgery”
S.G.M. Hossain (May 2014): “Towards A Sustainable Modular Robot System for Planetary Exploration”
Abolfazl Pourghodrat (August 2014): ““Fluid Powered Miniature In-Vivo Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)”
Baoliang Zhao (August 2015): “A Sensorless Haptic Interface for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery”
Tao Shen (August 2016): “Design, Analysis, Control and Testing of a Multifunctional NOTES Robot”
Cale Stolle (December 2016): “Design and Evaluation of Scalable Pediatric Gait Rehabilitation Robots”
Mohsen Zahiri (May 2017): “Application of Computer Vision in Surgical Training and Surgical Robotics”
Jay S. Chae (August 2023): “Robot Development with Application for Human Health”
MS degrees
Kimberly Ryland (May 2007): “Design and Development of a Novel Infant Surgical Table for 4-DOF Patient Manipulation”
David Albrecht (December 2007, non-thesis option): “Railroad Power Scavenging”
Vedvyas Kamarajugadda (August 2008): “Comparative Study of Inductive and Piezoelectric Power Scavenging Techniques for Track Health Monitoring”
Scott Siebler (August 2009): “Design and Development of a Free-Standing 4-DOF Infant Surgical Table”
Sean Hansen (August 2009): “Power Harvesting for Railroad Track Safety Enhancement Using Vertical Track Displacement”
Allan Provorse (December 2009): “An Under-Actuated 5-Degree-of-Freedom Robotic Manipulator for Ultrasound Inspection of Achilles Tendon”
Andrew Graham (May 2010, non-thesis option): “Assistive Gait Rehabilitation Design”
Jeff Berg (August 2010): “Mechanical Testing Device for Viscoelastic Biomaterials”
S.G.M. Hossain (August 2010): “Material Modeling and Analysis for the Development of a Realistic Blast Headform”
Eyitejumade Sogbesan (May 2011): “Design and Analysis of Blast Induced Traumatic Brain Injury Mechanism Using a Surrogate Headform: Instrumentation and Outcomes”
Chi Min Seow (August 2011): “Robotic Manipulator with Multiple Instruments for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery”
Wei Jian Chin (August 2011): “Articulated Mechanism Design and Kinematics for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery Robot”
Abolfazl Pourghodrat (August 2011): “Energy Harvesting Systems Design for Railroad Safety”
Kyle Phillips (August 2011): “Simulation and Control System of a Railroad Track Power Harvesting Device”
N. Thao Nguyen (May 2012): “A Conductivity Testing System Coupled with a Tensile Testing Machine to Measure the Surface Properties of Polymer Specimens”
Jeff Midday (May 2012): “Material Handling System for Robotic Natural Orifice Surgery”
Brent Griffin (August 2012, co-advised with C. Detweiler from CSE Dept.): “Automated Resonant Wireless Power Transfer to Remote Sensors from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”
Michael Head (December 2012): “Modular Joystick Design for Virtual Reality Surgical Skills Training”
Alan Goyzueta (May 2013): “Passive and Actuated Grasping using Superelastic Materials for Surgical Applications”
Etienne Dessauw (August 2013): “Design of a Compliant Underactuated Robotic Finger with Coordinated Stiffness”
Saeideh Akbarisamani (December 2015, co-advised with J. Hawks): “Visual Feedback System for Ultrasound Training”
Charles Ross Welch (May 2016, co-advised with B. Terry): “Design of Medical Devices for Diagnostics in the Gastrointestinal System”
James Higgins (August 2016, co-advised with C. Detweiler): “Design, Testing and Evaluation of Robotic Mechanisms and Systems for Environmental Monitoring and Interaction”
Kazi Mashfique Hossain (August 2016): “Design and Algorithms for a Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot”
R. Gonzalo Garay-Romero (August 2017): “Tool-Exchange System for a Two-armed Laparo-endoscopic Single-site Surgery Robot (R-LESS)”
Trevor Craig (August 2017): “Interacting with the Human Eye: Gaze Vector Shape Based Recognition and the Design of an Improved Episcleral Venomanometer”
Devin Elley (August 2017): “Application of DFX Methods to a Gait Rehabilitation System”
Colin Elley (August 2017): “Design of an Ankle Prosthesis for Two-Degree-of-Freedom Motion in the Sagittal and Coronal Planes”
Ashish Shinde (December 2017): “Cam-based Pose-Independent Counterweighting for Partial Body-weight Support in Rehabilitation”
Dil Abulimiti [Dilmurat Kizghin] (August 2018): “Design of Parallel Robot for Dental Articulation and its Optimization”
Tze Yeen Yap (December 2019): “Design of a Portable Venomanometer System for Episcleral Venous Pressure Measurement”
Nathan Jensen (May 2020): “A New 6-Degree-of-Freedom 3-Leg Parallel Manipulator”
Tanner Buresh (May 2020, non-thesis option): “Design of Modular Robotics Platform using the Compliant Rolling-Element Joint”
Mitchell Bruckner (August 2020): “A Modular Robot System for Assistive Tasks”
Luke Monhollon (December 2020, co-advised with D. Keshwani): “Incorporating Spatial Variability into Integrated Models of Agricultural Practices and Sustainability"
CheeTown Liew (August 2021, co-advised with S. Pitla): “Development of Tractor Instrumentation System: Hydraulics, and Controller Area Network Data Analysis of Agricultural Machinery”
Zvonimir Pusnik (May 2022): “Design of Path Correction for Improved Gait Rehabilitation”
Austin Griswold (December 2022, co-advised with B. Terry): “Design and Implementation of a Detection System for Aerosolized Threats”
Nick Swerczek (December 2023): “Design and Fabrication of an Articulated Surgical Stapler-cutter with Improved Range of Motion for Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery”
Undergraduate researchers
UCARE program:
- Evan Luxon (2006-08)
- Chi Min Seow (2007-09)
- Khoa Chu (2008-10, also McNair program)
- Michael Head (2009-10)
- Alan Goyzueta (2010-11)
- Christian Padilla (2011-13, also McNair program)
- Jared Ostdiek (2010-13)
- Joseph Tran (2012-13, also McNair program)
- David Pacheco (2013, also McNair program)
- M. Jackie Hernandez (2012-13, also McNair program)
- Rohit Thallam (2014)
- Jordan McElligott (2015)
- Ethan Brush (2016-2018)
- Cole Dempsey (2017-2018, also McNair program)
- Hadi Alsafwani (2018-2019)
- Pin-Hao Cheng (2018-20)
- Adonis Nesser (2019-20)
- Alberto Alaniz (2020-21)
- Mohammed Sbai (2021-22)
- Noah Garcia (2021-22, also McNair program)
- Amber Tannehill (2022-23)
- Peyton Kullmann (2023-24)
- Tyler Downey (2023-24, also McNair program)
UNL honors program:
- Erin Hammons (2008-09): ARO RED Head project
- Eric Pohl (2008-09): ARO RED Head project
- Eric Wood (2008-09): adaptive control using 2-input 1-output scheme
- Jack Mondry (2008-09): NASA microgravity project
- Zach Burton (2011): Ergonomic rake linkage
- Natalie Lenners (2013-14): “Novel Ankle-Foot Prosthesis Design”
- Griffin Hovorka (2013-14): “Design and Optimization of a Small Off-Road Vehicle Transmission”
- Kevin Kreis (2013-14): “Loom Revitalization Project”
- Caleb Berggren (2013-14): “Mechanical Design of a Microgravity Free-Flyer”
- Nick Goeser (2013-14): “Gripper Design for Objects of Various Orientations”
Other undergraduate researchers:
- Scott Thorson (summer 2009)
- Andrew Guthrie (2009-10)
- Alyssa Koch (summer 2010)
- Ernest Puckett (summer 2010)
- Corbin Reagan (summer 2011)
- Britt Woodin (summer 2012)
- Kevin Warburton (summer 2013)
- Michael Morikone (summer 2014)
- Maria Sayago-Capielo (summer 2014)
- R. Gonzalo Garay-Romero (summer 2014)
- Shannon Fischer (summer 2015)
- Alex Drozda (fall 2015 – summer 2016)
- Trevor Craig (fall 2015)
- Nathan Mann (spring-summer 2016)
- Nathan Borcyk (2016-2018)
- Nick Nelson (summer 2017)
- Nathan Jensen (2017-2018)
- Victoria Nelson (2018-2019)
- Tyler Sherrill (summer 2019)
- John Lowery (summer 2019)
- Tyler Heiman (2019-21)
- Monica Bomze (summer 2021)
- John Cerny (2021-23, UCARE AY22-23)
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Isaac Regier (2021-23, UCARE AY22-23)
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Charles McCoy (2021-23, UCARE AY22-24)
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Simon Thengvall (2023-24, UCARE AY23-24)
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Lily Scholnik (summer 2023)
- Lucas Petrusha (AY23-24)
- Jake Green (AY23-24)
- Ty Fleshman (AY23-24)
Postdoctoral researchers
Xiaoli Zhang, PhD
Mohsen Zahiri, PhD