Dr. John P. Swensen is a new professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. While a name for the lab is still forthcoming, the research focus will be on tunably-compliant devices with applications in both medical robotics and modular robotics. See our research page to see some past research done by Dr. Swensen during his PhD at Johns Hopkins and his postdoctoral research at Yale University, and to see some of the new, exciting directions the lab is heading.