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Blake Hannaford has a strong background in engineering, particularly in digital hardware and software design, and medical image processing. He pursued his graduate study with a focus on multiple target tracking in medical images and the control of time-optimal voluntary human movements. Hannaford worked with remote control robot manipulators in the Man-Machine Systems Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1986 to 1989, where he also supervised a group during that time. Since September 1989, he has been a faculty member at the University of Washington in Seattle, contributing significantly to the field, apart from a brief tenure at Google Life Sciences in 2014-15. He has received numerous accolades, including the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Young Investigator Award and the Early Career Achievement Award from the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. His current research interests encompass haptic displays, surgical biomechanics, and biologically based design of robotic manipulators. Additionally, he co-founded the spinout company Applied Dexterity in 2013, focusing on robotics innovation, and he is heavily involved in teaching and developing a new master's program in robotics at the University of Washington.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Faculty member at the University of Washington with a focus on electrical and computer engineering.
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