Sheila Russo
Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)
2026 REU Project: Pneumatically Tunable Soft Optical 3DOF Contact Sensor for Force and Touch Detection
Professor Sheila Russo’s Material Robotics Lab focuses on the design, mechanics, and manufacturing of novel multi-scale and multi-material biomedical robotic systems.background is at the intersection of biomedical robotics, soft robotics, advanced manufacturing, and advanced materials technologies. Her research focuses on design, development, and fabrication of biocompatible, smart, soft, and miniaturized surgical robots that could help restore sensor feedback and distal dexterity in minimally invasive procedures. She is interested in developing robotic technologies to improve human health, tackling current limitations in medicine and enabling novel therapies not possible to perform today.
Previous REU/RET Projects Include:
- Departments
- Materials Science Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
- Affiliation
- Faculty
- Program Year
- 2023 and 2024