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Check out our new website at www.umass.edu/robotics/mrrl. 

The Mechatronics and Robotics Research Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is directed by Professor Frank Sup. We focus on the advancement of physical human-machine interaction. The core of the lab’s research is on human-centered mechatronic design in the development of collaborative and rehabilitative technologies. The research topics include wearable robotics such as intelligent prosthetics and exoskeletons, human motion simulation and prediction, and advanced design and control structures and methodologies. We strive to expand the boundaries in the research community, while providing a hands-on learning environment in leading-edge science.

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Undergraduate Lab Positions: If interested in volunteering in the lab for research please contact me directly at sup@umass.edu.

Graduate Research Positions: I am looking for new PhD students starting in Fall 2022. Please apply to the UMass Amherst Graduate School.

Research

Lower Limb Prostheses

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Sensing Physical Human-Robot Interaction

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Embedded Systems

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Interactive Robots

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Links to Our Past Research Projects

People

Lab Director

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BioSketch – Google Scholar – ResearchGate – LinkedIn – Twitter

email: sup [at] umass [dot] edu

MRRL Lab Members

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Graduate Alumni

Dr. Mark Price – 2016 MS / 2020 PhD – Post-Doc @ Human Robot Systems Lab and  Integrative Locomotion Lab

Dr. Ericber Jimenez Francisco – 2020 PhD – Post-Doc @ UMass Musculoskeletal and Orthopedic Biomechanics Lab -> San Francisco Giants

Dr. Vinh Nguyen – 2016 MS / 2019 PhD – Ghost Robotics

Soumitra Sitole – 2018 MS – PhD in the MRRL

Punith Lakshmi – 2017 MS – Integrated Construction – Robotics Division

Youssef Jaber – 2017 MS – Ingersoll Rand

Dr. Abhijit Kadrolkar – 2016 PhD – Medtronic

Dr. Andrew LaPre – 2012 MS / 2016 PhD – FTL Labs Corp

Qiandong Nie – 2016 MS – MS in CS @ LSU

Matthew Ryder – 2015 MS – Sensata Technologies

Jonathan Cummings -2014 MS – MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Dephy

Airton da Silva – 2014 MS – Avitas Systems

Haohan Zhang – 2014 MS – PhD, Columbia University – ROAR Lab

Zhe Zhang – 2013 MS – China Mobile Group Design and Consulting Company

Post-Docs and Visitor Scholars

Dr. Yali Han – 2018 Visiting Faculty – Associate Professor at Nanjing Institute of Technology

Dr. Ulvi Baspinar – 2015-16 Post-Doc – Assistant Professor at Marama University, Turkey

Dr. Lieselle Trinidad – 2015 & 2016 Visiting Faculty – Assistant Professor at SUNY Buffalo

Undergraduate Honors Alumni

David Javadian – 2020 – PhD, U. of Connecticut

Ian McGinty – 2018 – Secret Startup, PhD – TU Delft

Jacqueline Lagasse – 2018 – MS, UMass-Amherst

Steven Luk – 2018 – MS, Columbia University

John Melloni – 2018 – MS, Stanford University

Brian Jin – 2016 – MS, Columbia University – ROAM Lab

Carmine (CJ) Taglienti – 2016 – MS, UMass-Amherst

Caitlin McLain – 2015 – Apple

Devin Carroll – 2015 – PhD, U. of Pennsylvania

Liam Kelly – 2014 – Bose Corporation

Neil Mahesh Bajaj – 2014 – PhD, Yale University – GRAB Lab

Natalie Zucker – 2013 – Bose Corporation

Andrew Erwin – 2012 – PhD, Rice University – MAHI Lab

Amanda Willis – 2012 – Raytheon

Steve McKinley – 2011 – PhD, U. of California Berkley

Independent Studies and Volunteers 

Christoph Nüsslein – 2017 Intern, 2020 Summer Intern, I.S. 2020 – PhD, Georgia Tech – EPIC Lab

Meghan Mulloy – I.S. 2020, MS, U. of Pittsburgh

Abigail Risse – I.S. 2020 – iRobot

Christopher Knecht – MS/I.S. 2020

Jade Saint-Paul – 2017 Volunteer – BS, UMass Amherst

Mandira Marambe – 2017 Intern/I.S. – BS, Smith College

Megan McGahren – 2017 Intern – BS, Smith College

Nicolas Sawyer – 2016-17 I.S. – BS, UMass Amherst

Shannon Fan – 2016-17 Volunteer – BS, UMass Amherst

Karl Schmeckpeper – 2013-15 Lab Assistant – PhD, U. of Pennsylvania – GRASP Lab

Rebecca Schliemann – 2015 Intern – BS, Virginia Tech

Daniel Smoliga – 2015 I.S. – Huber+Suhner Astrolab

Yoshiaki Uwamino – 2015 Graduate Visitor – MS, Hokkaido University, Japan

Volker Boss – 2013 I.S.

Jacob Miller-Mack – 2013 I.S. – Pika Energy

Catherine Paquin – 2013 I.S. – Terumo Heart

Countries Represented by Current Students and Alumni

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Contact

Lab Director:

Frank C. Sup IV
sup [at] umass.edu

Campus Location: 15D Gunness Lab
Phone: 413-545-2946

Mailing Address:
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003

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