The Provost’s Office has awarded an Intellectual Community Planning Grant to Siobhan Oca, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science for her proposal “Building Community in Robotics and Automation in Medicine”. As a result, The first Duke Medical Robotics Symposium will be held on October 27, 2023.
Read more about the 2023 Intellectual Community Planning Grant projects.
Siobhan Rigby Oca, Symposium Director
Assistant Director for Robotics and Autonomy in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Siobhan Oca’s research focuses on medical robotics and robotics education. Specifically, she is interested in developing safe and effective autonomous medical procedures. Her doctoral research focussed on the development of autonomous ultrasound scanning with robotic arm, implemented in a human study, which also assessed trust and safety. Since starting as faculty, she has studied the methods used in teaching robotics to understand their efficacy in student learning and perception of robotics as a future career field.
She leads the Masters programs in Robotics for MEMS and is passionate about robotics curricula development that prepares students for their future in robotics and impacts on society, including through her Case Studies of Ethics in Robotics and Autonomy course.
APPOINTMENTS AND AFFILIATIONS
- Assistant Professor of The Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Assistant Director for Robotics and Autonomy in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Duke TAST Program Instructor
Stacey Traister
Program Coordinator
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Office Location: PO Box 90300, 144 Hudson Hall 100 Science Dr, Durham, NC 27708
- Office Phone: +1 919 684 7673
- Email Address: stacey.traister@duke.edu
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