Prof. Shanshan Yao Wins NSF Career Award
Professor Shanshan Yao of the Mechanical Engineering department has been awarded $500k
from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Division of Electrical, Communications
and Cyber Systems (ECCS) for her proposal “CAREER: Closing the Loop of Human-Machine Interactions via Skin-Like Multimodal Haptic
Interfaces” to conduct research aimed to develop haptic interfaces that can produce cues that
skin would be capable of sensing. This exploration of the design of haptic interfaces
will aid in discovering what feedback sensations are most efficiently experienced
through the skin.
The information gleaned from this project will create a foundation for closed-loop human-machine interfaces and interactive user-and-machine applications. In addition, this project possesses the potential to enhance robotics, prosthetics, teleoperation, smart manufacturing, entertainment, medical/military training, and virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) machinery. When enough research has been conducted about this subject, students will be able to enter more diverse fields of haptic devices and nanotechnology.
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