PhD Candidate Ali Ebrahimi won the Best Medical Robotics Paper Award at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation . The paper titled “Adaptive Control of Sclera Force and Insertion Depth for Safe Robot-Assisted Retinal Surgery” is co-authored with Dr. Niravkumar Patel, Changyan He, Dr. Peter Gehlbach, Dr. Marin Kobilarov, and Dr. Iulian Iordachita.
Visiting Masters Student Di Wu was the finalist of the Best Symposium Paper Award at the International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR’19). The paper titled “Remotely Actuated Needle Driving Device for MRI-guided Percutaneous Interventions” is co-authored Dr. Gang Li, Dr. Niravkumar Patel, Jiawen Yan, Dr. Reza Monfaredi, Dr. Kevin Cleary and Dr. Iulian Iordachita.
PhD Candidate Berk Gonenc won the Best Paper Award at the IEEE 2015 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. The paper titled “Force-Based Puncture Detection and Active Position Holding for Assisted Retinal Vein Cannulation,” is co-authored with Nhat Tran, Dr. Cameron Riviere, Dr. Peter Gehlbach, Dr. Russell Taylor, and Dr. Iulian Iordachita.
PhD Candidate Berk Gonenc won the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE SENSORS 2014 conference. The paper titled “Force-Sensing Microneedle for Assisted Retinal Vein Cannulation,” is co-authored with Dr. Peter Gehlbach, Dr. James Handa, Dr. Russell Taylor, and Dr. Iulian Iordachita.
PhD Candidate Xingchi He was the finalist of the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA’14). The paper titled “A Multi-Function Force Sensing Instrument with Variable Admittance Robot Control for Retinal Microsurgery,” is co-authored with Dr. Marcin Balicki, Dr. Peter Gehlbach, Dr. James Handa, Dr. Russell Taylor, and Dr. Iulian Iordachita.
