Open PhD and Master Student Research Positions in Robotics
About Prof. Hao Su
Dr. Su is the Assistant Professor in the mechanical engineering department at City University of New York. He was the postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Prior to this role, he was a Research Scientist at Philips Research North America. He obtained the Ph.D. degree from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Su received the Best Medical Robotics Paper Runner-up Award in the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). He received the Advanced Simulation & Training Award from the Link Foundation and Dr. Richard Schlesinger Award from the American Society for Quality. He holds 8 patents on surgical robotics and socially assistive robots. Dr. Su is the Junior Chair of the Technical Committee on Mechanisms and Design of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal: Frontiers in Robotics and AI. He is the Associate Editor of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation and the BioRobotics theme editor of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC).
PhD positions are available in the Biomechatronics and Intelligent Robotics Lab of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the City University of New York (CUNY). The students will work with Prof. Hao Su to develop soft wearable robots and surgical robots. The projects include: electric motor design, soft pneumatic motor design, soft exoskeletons to help stroke and spinal cord injury patients, robots for minimally invasive surgery, and etc. You will have the opportunity to work with surgeons and physical therapists from Harvard University, Columbia University, and Cornell University. The candidates can work with our Zahn Innovation Center, a startup incubator that has created $6M startups' revenue and 100 internships. Send your resume to Prof. Hao Su haosu.ieee@gmail.com to apply.
Details of CCNY’s doctoral program in mechanical engineering are provided in
https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/mecheng/upload/ME_CCNY_DoctoralEducationA.pdf
Formal admissions requirements for the CCNY PhD program can be found in
http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/admissions/grad/index.cfm
Graduate student researchers
PhD students can be admitted in 2017 Fall or 2018 Spring. PhD students will receive tuition waiver and stipend support. Applicants are expected to have strong background in at least one of these areas: mechanical design, electric motor control, embedded system, and artificial intelligence. Undergraduate or Master students with strong skills will be considered with financial support.
Undergraduate research opportunities
We welcome undergraduates who are interested in gaining research experience in the areas of robotics, including but not limited to mechanical design, embedded system, controls, design of sensors and actuators. Students looking for internship are also welcome.
