Professor Gillespie received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis, M.S., and Ph.D. from Stanford University. At Stanford, he was associated both with the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) and the Dextrous Manipulation Laboratory. After his Ph.D., he spent three years as a postdoc at Northwestern University working in the Laboratory for Intelligent Machines (LIMS). Currently, he holds the position of Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Mark Nail received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 2020. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan.

Mark’s current interests include field robotics, autonomy, robotic control, rapid prototyping, and design.

Zachary Brei received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University with a minor in Computer Science in 2020. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Zachary’s current research interest is the modeling and control of soft robotic systems.

Hannah Baez received her BS and MS in Robotics Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2020 and 2021 respectively. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan jointly working under Prof. Nadine Sarter (THInC Lab) and Prof. Brent Gillespie. Hannah’s research focuses on developing trust and transparency between humans and robotic systems to encourage efficient function allocation.

Hannah’s research interests include human-robot interaction, modeling and control of robotic systems, and cognitive ergonomics.

Siddhesh More (Sid) received his BS in Mechanical Engineering and Minor in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2020. He is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering (specializing in controls) at the University of Michigan. Sid is currently working with Akshay Bharadwaj on Haptic Communication in Human-Human Interactions Project.

Sid’s research interests include Human-Machine Interaction, Modeling, and Control of Mechatronic and Robotics systems.

Max Wu received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly SLO in 2021. He is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering (specializing in Mechatronics) at the University of Michigan. Max is currently working with Akshay Bharadwaj on Haptic Communication in Human-Automation Interactions Project.

Max’s research interests include Modeling and Control of Mechatronic and Robotics systems, Autonomous Vehicles, and Vehicle Dynamics.

Xiang Ye is currently pursuing a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.

He is working with Akshay Bhardwaj on Shared Control in Vehicle Steering project.