People
Faculty
Vishesh Vikas
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Email : vvikas at ua dot edu
Vishesh Vikas
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Email : vvikas at ua dot edu
Graduate Students
David Leech
David Leech completed his BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Alabama where he made both the President's List and Dean's List. His research interests include soft robot controls and intelligent sensing. David is also a competitive shooter and a college football fanatic.
David Leech
David Leech completed his BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Alabama where he made both the President's List and Dean's List. His research interests include soft robot controls and intelligent sensing. David is also a competitive shooter and a college football fanatic.
Miranda Tanouye
Miranda Tanouye is from Summerville, SC. Her research interests include controls, modeling and analysis of bio-inspired robots. Current projects include studying the locomotive principles of SMA actuated small scale soft robots and analysis of a planar tensegrity mechanism to model a human knee. Her other interests include travelling, hiking, and cooking.
Michael Maynard
Michael Maynard completed his BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Alabama. His research interests include bio-tensegrity, soft robot fabrication and 3D printing.
Undergraduate Students
Tyler Rhodes
Tyler's research interest include shape morphing robotic structures. His current research project includes design and control of tensegrity structures.
Matthew Pilus
Matthew's research project includes real time DAQ using Beaglebone for multiple inertial sensors.
Georgia Patterson
Georgia's research project includes design of soft exo-gloves actuated by motor-tendon actuators capable of extension and flexion of human hand.
Lab Alumni
