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Education
- 2024-Present: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN.
- 2020-2024: B.S., Bioengineering, Valparaiso University; Valparaiso, IN.
Research Interests
- Medical Robotics
- Robot Design, Modeling, and Control
Experience
- Aug. 2021 - May 2024: Undergraduate Researcher - Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
- May 2022 - Aug. 2022: Research and Design Intern - Stryker, Columbia City, IN
- May 2021 - Aug. 2021: Undergraduate Researcher - Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Awards
- Dean's Graduate Fellowship - College of Engineering, Vanderbilt University. Aug 2024 - Present
- Tau Beta Pi Scholarship - Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society. Aug 2023 - May 2024
- Valparaiso Presidential Scholarship - Valparaiso University. March 2020 - May 2024
- Z* Award - College of Engineering, Valparaiso University. March 2024
- Outstanding Oral Presentation - American Physical Society Annual Meeting. April 2021
- Outstanding Freshman Engineering Student Award - College of Engineering, Valparaiso University. March 2021
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Education
- 2023-Present: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN.
- 2019-2023: B.E., Biomedical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN.
Research Interests
- Surgical Robotics
- Robotic Perception
- Low Resource Medical Devices
Awards
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2023)
Contact
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Education
- 2022 - Present: PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- 2016 - 2020: B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Research Interests
- Surgical Robotics
- Robot Design, Modeling, and Control
Experience
- Aug 2020 - Jun 2021: Robotics Engineer, Interact Technologies, Istanbul, Turkey
- July 2021 - July 2022: Intern, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MS
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Education
- 2023-Present: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN.
- 2018-2023: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT.
Research Interests
- Medical Robotics
- Haptics
- Computer Vision and AI
Journal Publications
- Sperry, A. J., Schwehr, T. J., Pinegar, E. K., Richards, O. B., Rolston, J. D., Alexander, M. D., ... & Kuntz, A. (2023). Screw-tip Soft Magnetically Steerable Needles. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.
Conference Publications
- Richards, O., Ahronovich, E., Joos, K., & Simaan, N. (2025). Robot-Informed Rapid Segmentation of Optical Coherence Tomography Images for Collaborative Ophthalmic Surgery. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Anaheim, California, USA. [Under Review].
- Richards, O., Ahronovich, E., Shihora, N., Yildiz, A., Atoum, J., Wu, J. W., Obstein, K. L., & Simaan, N. (2024). A Robotic Mediation Device for Skill Assessment and Training During Colonoscopy. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Short Papers and Abstracts
- Richards, O., Obstein, K. L., Simaan, N. (2025). Exploring Accelerated Skill Acquisition via Tandem Training for Colonoscopy. Hamlyn Symposium, London, UK, 2025. [Under Review].
- Richards, O., Ahronovich, E., Joos, K., & Simaan, N. (2025). Robust OCT Image Segmentation using Robot Kinematics. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology| ARVO, May 4-8th, 2025, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- Richards, O., Ahronovich, E., Joos, K., & Simaan, N. (2024). Robot-Assisted Image Segmentation for OCT. Southeastern Vision Research Conference, Nov. 11-12th, 2024, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- Richards, O., Ahronovich, E., Shihora, N., Yildiz, A., Atoum, J., Wu, J. W., Obstein, K. L., & Simaan, N. (2024). A Novel Robotic Platform for Objective Technical Skill Assessment in Colonoscopy. American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting, Oct. 26-28th, 2024, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Irwin, P., Bollwinkel, E., Richards, O., Monteiro, A., Smith, B., Ashby, M., Brignone, J., Battaglia, E. (2023) Wearable Haptics for Proprioception of Shoulder Movement. IEEE World Haptics Conference, Jul. 10-13th, 2023, Delft, Netherlands.
Experience
- May 2023 - July 2023: Associate Electromechanical Engineer - Northrop Grumman, Salt Lake City, UT
- Jan. 2022 - May 2023: Automation Engineering Intern - Northrop Grumman, Salt Lake City, UT
- May 2021 - Jan. 2022: Technical Intern - Northrop Grumman, Roy, UT
Awards
- Outstanding Poster Presenter - American College of Gastroenterology National Meeting Poster Committee. Oct. 2024
- David Jorgensen Scholarship - College of Engineering, University of Utah. Aug. 2018 - May 2023
- Good Engineering Award - Mission Systems Intellectual Property Committee, Northrop Grumman. May 2023
- Good Engineering Award - Mission Systems Intellectual Property Committee, Northrop Grumman. Sep. 2022
- Global Summit Design Competition, 2nd place - Space Sector, Northrop Grumman. Aug. 2021
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Education
- 2020 - Present: PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- 2014 - 2018: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA
Research Interests
- Steerable Catheter Design, Modeling, and Control
- Sensing Modalities for Endovascular Procedures
- Mechanics Modeling of Flexible Rods
- Medical Image Segmentation and Image-Guided Control
Experience
- June 2018 - July 2020: Mechanical Engineer, Neocis Inc, Miami, FL
- May 2017 - May 2018: Intern, Medtronic, North Haven, CT
- May 2016 - May 2017: Intern, Medtronic, Boston, MA
Publications
- N. Shihora, J. Lawson, P. Moubarak, M. Reese, L. Wang and N. Simaan, "On the Use of Tension Transition Zones for Kinematic and Compliance Performance Analysis of Wire-actuated Continuum Robots," 2024 Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics (JMR) (Accepted)
- C. Abah, J. Lawson, R. Chitale and N. Simaan, "Self-steering Catheters for Neuroendovascular Interventions," 2024 Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (TMRB) (Accepted)
- J. Lawson, M. Veliky, C. Abah, M. Dietrich, R. Chitale and N. Simaan, "Endovascular Detection of Catheter-Thrombus Contact by Vacuum Excitation," 2024 Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
- J. Lawson, R. Chitale and N. Simaan, "Model-based Pose Estimation of Steerable Catheters under Bi-Plane Image Feedback," 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK, 2023
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