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ARMA presented the IREP (Insertable Robotic Effectros Platform) at TEDMED 2011 in San Diego. Andrea Bajo and Nabil Simaan traveled to present a demonstration of this new system as part of a university campaign presenting collaborative works between engineers and surgeons. Here are some photos form our experience at TEDMED:
At the end of the day the IREP got some good night rest In September 2011 Dr. Jian Zhang and his wife Weiwei Chu donated a $1000 gift to ARMA lab to support eductaion and reserach activities and to encourage outstanding graduate students who exhibit outstanding academic acheivement during their academic career.
In 2010 Dr. Jian graduated from ARMA earning a Ph.D. degree with destinction. His Ph.D. reserach area focused on the design of steerable electrode arrays and methods of electrode insertion for Cochlear Imnplant Surgery. He has published several journal papers and conference papers in the area and helped strengthen ARMA's lead in medical robotics. He joined Intuitive Surgical in 2010 after his graduation. He is responsible for developing new medical robotics technologies for future ISI products.
Dr. Jian's success and generosity in giving back to ARMA set a wonderful presedence towards supporting the lab activity. Dr. Kai Xu passed his thesis defense exam on 8/5/2009. His thesis exam committee included his advisor Professor Nabil Simaan as well as Professor Richard Longman. Professor Peter Allen from the department of Computer Science and Dr. Dennis Fowler from the Department of Surgery.
Kai's picture with his Ph.D. dissertation committee. His thesis titled "“Design, Modeling and Analysis of Continuum Robots as Surgical Assistants with Intrinsic Sensory Capabilities” included a thorough study of the experimental and the theoretical aspects of flexible continuum robots for surgical applications. Dr. Xu was unianimously nominated for an Award of Distinction by his thesis exam committee for a thesis that is uniquely outstanding in its breadth, depth, originality, and rigor. On August 21, 2009, Dr. Xu will leave ARMA to join as an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiaotong Joint Institute. ARMA members wished Kai the best of luck pursuing his future career in a farewell party. Here are some pictures:
On 5/25/2011 Roger Goldman successfully defended his thesis dissertation titled "Analysis, Algorithms, and Control for Intelligent Surgical Exploration and Intervention". His thorrough reserach won him a unianimous vote for graduation with destinction - an honor that is typically saved for the top 10% of graduate students. Roger is the 4th Ph.D. student to graduate from ARMA with destinction. Congtratulations Roger :-). In February 26 2009 the NSF has funded Dr. Simaan's Career grant. This 5-year grant aims at designing new algorithms and continuum robots for safe interaction with the anatomy. A description of the project is available HERE. Dr. Wei Wei graduated from ARMA in 2010 is the new president and founder of Huawei Zhongxing Electric - a new company focused on developing robotic solutions for manufacturing. Huawei Welding Machine Won 2nd Award of National Science & Technology Development with aproject titled "Technique and Equipment Development of Hot Wall Hydrogenation Anti-Corrosion Automatic Deposit Welding of Small Pipe Inner Surfaces" and 1st Award of National Science & Technology Development for the project titled "Technique and Equipment Development of Hot Wall Hydrogenation Deposit Welding of Small Pipe Inner Surfaces". Huawei Zhongxing Electric has also been succesful in entering the automotive industry sector by securing manufacturing contracts with BYD - the Chinese Automobile Manufacturer.
Congratulations Wei on your continued success :-).
February 25 2009: Kai Xu wins the China Scholarship Award: Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self Financed Graduate Students Abroad. Congratulations Kai. Roger Goldman, Andrea Bajo, and Jason pile all had their 3 papers accepted the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation to be held in Shanghai China. ICRA is among the premiere robotics conferences and typically has acceptance rates around 40%. The three accepted papers are:
February 25 2009: Jian Zhan recieves IEEE ICRA Travel award. Congratulations Jian. Dr. Simaan won the 2010 Benjamins Award with his student Jian Zhang and his collaborators Dr. Spiros Manolidis and Dr. Tom Roland. The Benjamins Award is given by the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum (CORLAS) and is regarded by many as the most impressive international award by the Otolaryngology society. Simaan and his research partners won the award for their work on robotic insertions of steerable cochlear implant electrodes.Their work was presented last month at the annual Collegium in Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Jienan (Jayson) Ding joined ARMA lab in June 2008 as a post-doctoral scientist with a primary appointmet in the department of Surgery. Dr. Ding recieved his Ph.D. from Tianjin Universiuty in 2008. His research is focused on the NIH-funded project titled "Image Guided In Vivo Tooling Platform for Minimal Access Surgery". See the following link for description of the project.
Welcome Youhua Dr. Youhua Chen joined ARMA lab on March 15 2008 as a post-doctoral scientist. His research is focused on the design, control, and automation scheduling of an autonomous automation system for high-throughput biodosimetry. See the Biodosimetry Project description for detail.
Dr. Alessio Salerno left ARMA in December 15, 2007. He left ARMA to join the Canadian Space Agency where he has joined their space-robotics effort. ARMA members express their gratitude for his hard work during the period he served as a post-doc in the lab. Below is a picture of Alessio's farewell party. Good luck Alessio :-)
Jian has finished his Ph.D. and reserach work at ARMA and immediately joined Intuitive Surgical. Congratulations Jian ! Siemens Science Day 2007
Lab members Wei Wei and Kai Xu participated as instructors in Columbia University's collaborative Siemens Science Day. Columbia hosted more than 1300 students and parents with workshops promoting math and science education. The ARMA Lab demonstrated surgical robotics by allowing the students to practice in a mock robotic surgical setup. Below, Wei Wei looks on as a student attemps a robotic maneuver. Columbia News Article: Siemens Science Day, October 24, 2007 In June 2010 the NIH published an article about our ongoing project on designing future generation technology for single port access surgery. The article can be access HERE. Professors Nabil Simaan (ME Department) and Peter Allen (CS Department) recently recieved an NIH grant together with Dennis Fowler. This $1.2M 3-year NIH grant is titled “Image Guided In Vivo Tooling Platform for Minimal Access Surgery”.The goal of the grant is to support research on novel image-guidded robotic-assisted surgical approaches to Less Invasive Surgery (LIS). This research project will study the design, telemanipulation control, image-guidasnce, and the efficacy of of novel flexible snake-like robots for single-port surgery. The preliminary work for this project was carried out at ARMA with the participation of Ph.D. student Kai Xu. Wei Wei and Jian Zhang: Two more Ph.D. graduates join the ARMA Alumni Dr. Wei Wei and Dr. Jian Zhang graduated with destinction. They join Dr. Kai Xu to make the group of the first Ph.D. students to graduate from ARMA. Due to the tremendous talents and effort Wei, Jian, and Kai distinguished themselves through quality publications. Below are some pictures from 2010 May 14 convocation. Congratulations Drs Wei Wei & Jian Zhang.
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Dr. Simaan organized a whole day workshop on robotics for health-care in collaboration with ME faculty Dr. Webster, Goldfarb, Sarkar, Barth and Dr. Stacy Gardener with the 
