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Congratulations to Dr. Ullal on the successful defense of his dissertation!… Read More

Akshiths poster discusses the AR Project and Abigale’s poster discusses the driving simulator and ongoing deployment across the country. You can find Abigale’s poster here: Abigale’s Poster… Read More

RASL’s very own Dr. Sarkar, in collaboration with Dr. Keivan Stassun from the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation and Mary Baker-Ericzen from San Diego State University, has received the CIVIC Innovation Challenge Award of $1 Million from the National Science Foundation. The award will go towards exploring an integrated… Read More

Alexandra successfully defended her PhD Dissertation! Congratulations Dr. Watkins!… Read More

Her poster presented four ongoing projects in the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Lab (RASL) that aim to address societal challenges with use-inspired technologies. See the poster here!… Read More

Ritam and Nibraas visited our collaborators at The Ohio State University last month to successfully deploy SARConnect at two nursing homes in the Columbus area! Learn more about the SARConnect project here!… Read More

Ashwaq successfully defended her PhD Dissertation! Congratulations Dr. Amat!… Read More

“The lack of social connections in older adults can lead to serious health consequences, including cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, depression, and suicide,” said Sarkar, an expert in human-machine interaction. “Three-dimensional interactive technologies offer real promise when it comes to enhancing a person’s perception that their friends and loved ones are… Read More

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Smart and Connected Health Grant* to VKC researchers Nilanjan Sarkar, Ph.D., (Principal Investigator), Amy Weitlauf, Ph.D., (Co-PI, TRIAD associate director of Research) and John Staubitz, M.Ed., BCBA (TRIAD associate director of Behavior Analysis) to develop and study the use of wearable technology to identify… Read More