Jekyll2021-04-20T09:31:20-07:00/sburden/Sam BurdenAsst Prof in UW ECENSF CAREER Award2021-03-31T00:00:00-07:002021-03-31T00:00:00-07:00/sburden/nsf-career<p>My NSF CAREER proposal was funded through the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505402">Mind, Machine, Motor Nexus (M3X) Program</a> under PM Robert Scheidt!</p>
<p>The project title is “<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2045014">human/machine collaborative learning and control for contact-rich dynamics</a>”. I am thrilled and honored to have this proposal selected for funding. The award holds special significance for me, as it represents the genuine merger of two previously-separate threads of research I started in my PhD and postdoc: modeling and control of contact-rich dynamics, and human sensorimotor learning and control.</p>
<p><img width="100%" src="/sburden/images/2021-nsf-career.png" alt="human/machine collaborative control of contact-rich dynamics" /></p>My NSF CAREER proposal was funded through the Mind, Machine, Motor Nexus (M3X) Program under PM Robert Scheidt!New Smellicopter Research Manuscript2021-02-01T00:00:00-08:002021-02-01T00:00:00-08:00/sburden/smellicopter-biomimetics<p>Joseph publishes new research article with UW collaborators in Biology and Mechanical Engineering.</p>
<p>Last year posed unprecedented challenges for all of us, so I’m relieved to have ended 2020 with some good news.</p>
<p>Back in December, my collaborators and I published <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/abbd81/meta?casa_token=SdAZ4jH13HUAAAAA:hmkU4O4dIKAlRcGgIWWXCnEBFypjBmLyaYe5RMw-WU6sGY7uVT4PSuc_1A7yPBBKHx1R08t7">our latest research article</a> on the Smellicopter project, which appears in the journal <em>Bioinspiration & Biomimetics</em>. This research is a continuation of work I did during my master’s degree program, under Dr. Tom Daniel (UW Biology) and Dr. Sawyer Fuller (UW Mechanical Engineering). If you are interested in learning about this project, I encourage you to read <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/smellicopter-drone-live-moth-antenna">this interview</a> with my collaborators that was published in <em>IEEE Spectrum Magazine</em>.</p>Joseph Garret Sullivanjgs6156@uw.eduJoseph publishes new research article with UW collaborators in Biology and Mechanical Engineering.Joey and Maneeshika pass quals2020-12-02T00:00:00-08:002020-12-02T00:00:00-08:00/sburden/joey-maneeshika-quals<p>Joey Sullivan and Maneeshika Madduri both passed their ECE PhD Qualifying Exams – congratulations, Joey and Maneeshika!</p>Joey Sullivan and Maneeshika Madduri both passed their ECE PhD Qualifying Exams – congratulations, Joey and Maneeshika!Momona wins Best Paper Award from CNT2020-11-25T00:00:00-08:002020-11-25T00:00:00-08:00/sburden/momona-best-paper<p>PhD student Momona Yamagami receives the <a href="http://centerforneurotech.org/students/cnt-best-paper-award-neurotechnology-advancement">Fernando Family Fund Best Student Paper Award</a> from the <a href="http://centerforneurotech.org/">Center for Neurotechnology</a> for her paper on <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376224">Decoding intent with control theory: Comparing muscle versus manual interface performance</a>, which appeared at the prestigious <a href="https://chi2020.acm.org/">ACM CHI conference in 2020</a>.</p>
<p>The paper was selected based on its significance and potential impact, its technical content, the originality of the proposed approach and the clarity of solutions presented.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Momona!</p>PhD student Momona Yamagami receives the Fernando Family Fund Best Student Paper Award from the Center for Neurotechnology for her paper on Decoding intent with control theory: Comparing muscle versus manual interface performance, which appeared at the prestigious ACM CHI conference in 2020.Momona receives a fellowship2020-11-18T00:00:00-08:002020-11-18T00:00:00-08:00/sburden/momona-fellowship<p>PhD student Momona Yamagami is the 2020-2021 recipient of the Irene Peden Fellowship from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, named in honor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_C._Peden">Professor Irene Carswell Peden</a>.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Momona!</p>PhD student Momona Yamagami is the 2020-2021 recipient of the Irene Peden Fellowship from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, named in honor of Professor Irene Carswell Peden.Andrew defends his PhD2020-10-07T00:00:00-07:002020-10-07T00:00:00-07:00/sburden/andrew-defense<p>PhD student #2, Andrew Pace, successfully defended his PhD thesis on “Stepping Towards Control of Systems Undergoing Impact for Legged Locomotion”.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Andrew!</p>PhD student #2, Andrew Pace, successfully defended his PhD thesis on “Stepping Towards Control of Systems Undergoing Impact for Legged Locomotion”.ECE Colloquium series – Toward Telelocomotion2020-10-06T00:00:00-07:002020-10-06T00:00:00-07:00/sburden/ece-colloquium<p>I am thrilled to be hosting my Department’s Colloquium series this quarter – we have a fantastic lineup!</p>
<p>The talks will be recorded and made available on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/UWECEmedia">UW ECE YouTube channel</a>; the lineup is depicted below.</p>
<p><img width="100%" src="/sburden/images/2020-ece-colloquium.jpg" alt="ECE Colloquium Fall 2020" /></p>I am thrilled to be hosting my Department’s Colloquium series this quarter – we have a fantastic lineup!Welcome Amber2020-09-30T00:00:00-07:002020-09-30T00:00:00-07:00/sburden/welcome-amber<p>Welcome to Amber Chou, who is joining us after completing her master’s degree in Biological Systems Engineering at UC Davis. Amber will be working on sensorimotor fusion and multibehavioral robots.</p>
<p><img src="/sburden/people/amber_chou.jpg" alt="Amber Chou" class="pull-left" /></p>Welcome to Amber Chou, who is joining us after completing her master’s degree in Biological Systems Engineering at UC Davis. Amber will be working on sensorimotor fusion and multibehavioral robots.Maneeshika receives NDSEG fellowship2020-04-17T00:00:00-07:002020-04-17T00:00:00-07:00/sburden/maneeshika-ndseg<p>Maneeshika Madduri received the <a href="https://ndseg.sysplus.com/">National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship</a> awarded by the Department of Defense starting in September 2020.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Maneeshika!</p>Maneeshika Madduri received the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship awarded by the Department of Defense starting in September 2020.
Congratulations, Maneeshika!Welcome Maneeshika2020-01-06T00:00:00-08:002020-01-06T00:00:00-08:00/sburden/welcome-maneeshika<p>Welcome to Maneeshika Madduri, who is a new PhD student co-advised with <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/aorsborn/">Professor Amy Orsborn</a>.</p>
<p>Maneeshika is interested in studying the neural principles underlying motor learning using brain-machine interfaces and is joining UW after working at a medical devices start-up and Sandia National Labs. Maneeshika finished her undergraduates and masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.</p>Welcome to Maneeshika Madduri, who is a new PhD student co-advised with Professor Amy Orsborn.
Maneeshika is interested in studying the neural principles underlying motor learning using brain-machine interfaces and is joining UW after working at a medical devices start-up and Sandia National Labs. Maneeshika finished her undergraduates and masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.