Student Seminar 2006 10 20 Student Resources
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ERC CISST - Student Seminar
Advice and resources for ERC students (new and old)
Date: Friday, October 20, 2006
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00 pm, Lunch will be served before the seminar.
Place: Shaffer 301
Agenda
12:00 – 12:10 PM
Welcome & Speaker Introduction
Cyndi Ramey
12:10 – 1:00 PM
Guest speaker panel- discussion and Q&A session
Title: Advice and resources for ERC students (new and old).
Open discussion
Students: Please come prepared with questions
Biographies:
Maneesh Dewan- Maneesh Dewan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. He received the B.Tech. degree with honours in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India in 2000 and M.S.E Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 2002. His current research interests are in the areas of Computer Vision, Medical Imaging, Robotics and Computer Integrated Surgery.
Ameet Jain- Ameet Jain is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science. His work is primarily focussed on low cost interventional medical imaging technology, in particular X-ray and Ultrasound imaging. He graduated in 2001 with a Bach. of Technology degree from IIT-Bombay.
Panadda Marayong- Panadda (Nim) Marayong is currently a doctoral candidate in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Johns Hopkins University. She works in the Haptic Exploration Laboratory and is advised by Dr. Allison M. Okamura. She received her B.S. degree with Highest Honors from Florida Institute of Technology in 2001 and M.S. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2004, both in mechanical engineering. Her research interests include human-machine collaborative systems, robotic and computer-aided assistance, and medical robotics.
Robert Webster- Bob Webster graduated summa cum laude from Clemson University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. During undergraduate he worked as a summer intern and co-op in Nuclear Power, Telecommunications, and Robotics. He began his robotics research career as an undergraduate in mobile robotics at The University of Newcastle, Australia, and also worked with Ian Walker at Clemson on Hyperredundant Bio-inspired robotics. He has been at Johns Hopkins University for the past 4 years, supported by National Science Foundation and NDSEG fellowships, advised by Allison Okamura, working on medical device design and modeling. He earned his MS in Mechanical Engineering in 2004. His PhD thesis work focuses on miniaturizing surgical robots while simultaneously enhancing their dexterity.