Dr Dana D. Damian
PhD
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 5632
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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
葫芦影业
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Dana D. Damian received her diploma in computer science and engineering from the Technical University Timisoara, Romania in 2007. In the same year she joined the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to work on her diploma thesis with Prof. Nicu Sebe and Prof. Mihai Micea. At the end of 2007, she became a PhD candidate at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland under the supervision of Prof. Rolf Pfeifer.
In 2011 she was a Visiting Scholar for one year at the Haptics Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US and at the Collaborative Haptics in Robotics and Medicine, Stanford University, U.S.A. working with Prof. Allison Okamura. In 2012 she was a Visiting Scholar at the Soft Machines Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A., working with Prof. Carmel Majidi. From 2013 to 2015, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA, working with Prof. Pierre Dupont in the Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering Laboratory. Since 2011, she is also a founder of the Private Library "Damian" in Romania.
- Research interests
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Develop bionic and assistive robots that show life-like behavior and sustained operation in order to achieve long-term adaptive healthcare. My approach in tackling this challenge is to exploit the computational interplay between material structures and mechanics. This research resides at the intersection between soft robotics, embodied artificial intelligence and bioengineering. Some of my work includes robotic implants, prosthetic wearables (tactile sensors and haptic devices), and plant prostheses.
- Publications
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Edited books
- . Springer International Publishing.
Journal articles
- . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 1-1.
- . Science Robotics, 9(92).
- . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1-8.
- . Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022.
- . IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 68(2), 568-578.
- . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), 2015-2022.
- . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2(1), 94-103.
- Autonomous and Reversible Adhesion Using Elastomeric Suction Cups for In-Vivo Medical Treatments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
- . Birth Defects Research.
- . Science Robotics, 3(14).
- . Advanced Robotics, 32(1), 12-24.
- . Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 12(1).
- . IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 20(1), 263-274.
- . Adaptive Behavior, 22(2), 109-122.
- . IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 59(8), 2200-2210.
- . IEEE Software, 29(1), 90-93.
- . 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
- A physical soft tissue growth simulator
for implantable robotic devices. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.
- Deflected vs Pre-shaped Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Design and Performance Analysis Towards Reliable Soft Robots. Soft Robotics.
Chapters
- , Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (pp. 105-113). Springer International Publishing
- , Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (pp. 351-362). Springer International Publishing
- , Proceedings of the 1968 Laurentian Hormone Conference (pp. v-vi). Elsevier
- CRC Press
Conference proceedings papers
- Pulsating Fluidic Sensor for Sensing of Location, Pressure and Contact Area. Proceedings of (pp 7672-7672)
- Thermally-activated Biochemically-sustained Reactor for Soft Fluidic Actuation. Proceedings of
- OPTIMISING THE FABRICATION, SURFACE TREATMENT AND MECHANICAL STIMULATION TO IMPROVE THE CELL PROLIFERATION AND COLLAGEN PRODUCTION FROM PRIMARY DERMAL FIBROBLASTS IN VITRO. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(11-12) (pp 1150-1151)
- . 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 23 October 2022 - 27 October 2022.
- . 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 23 October 2022 - 27 October 2022.
- . 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 23 October 2022 - 27 October 2022.
- . 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2022 (pp 62-67)
- . 2020 Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference, Vol. LNAI 12228 (pp 49-52). Online conference, 16 September 2020 - 16 September 2020.
- . Proceedings of the 12th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (pp 3-4). London, UK, 23 June 2019 - 26 June 2019.
- . Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 4297-4304), 21 May 2018 - 25 May 2018.
- . Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 1511-1518), 21 May 2018 - 25 May 2018.
- In-Silico Modelling of Oesophageal Tissue for Treatment of Long Gap Oesophageal Atresia. Proceedings of the Virtual Physiological Human conference (VPH), Zaragoza, Spain, 5-7 September 2018
- Axially and Radially Expandable Modular Helical Soft Actuator for Robotic Implantables.. ICRA (pp 1-9)
- . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 10454 (pp 351-362), 19 July 2017 - 21 July 2017.
- . Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 10454 LNAI (pp 540-547)
- . 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 16 May 2016 - 21 May 2016.
- . 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 786-792), 31 May 2014 - 7 June 2014.
- . 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014), 5 December 2014 - 10 December 2014.
- . 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 6 May 2013 - 10 May 2013.
- . 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 14 May 2012 - 18 May 2012.
- . Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS (pp 3455-3458)
- . 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 9 October 2011 - 12 October 2011.
- Web Services - Opportunities and challenges. International Conference on Applied Computer Science - Proceedings (pp 436-439)
- . 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 18 October 2010 - 22 October 2010.
- Attempt towards the cyborg-plant robotic response to water stress in avocados. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, CogSys 2010
- Morphological design for a prosthetic hand: Bone curvature and ridged skin. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, CogSys 2010
- Dynamic control of genetic algorithms using fuzzy logic techniques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section A - Physical Sciences, Vol. 80(1) (pp 71-80)
- Equity capitals situation - Definitive in assessing the company's financial statements. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering, Quality and Production Systems, MEQAPS '09, Vol. 1 (pp 170-174)
- Effects of IT on competition. Proc. 9th WSEAS Int. Conf. Simulation, Modelling and Optimization, SMO '09, 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Grid Computing, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Digital Libraries, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Data Mining (pp 69-73)
- Economic risk analysis (operating). Proc. 9th WSEAS Int. Conf. Simulation, Modelling and Optimization, SMO '09, 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Grid Computing, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Digital Libraries, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Data Mining (pp 57-60)
- On some probabilistic models for software reliability. Proc. 9th WSEAS Int. Conf. Simulation, Modelling and Optimization, SMO '09, 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Grid Computing, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Digital Libraries, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Data Mining (pp 61-64)
- An economic application on the it么 lemma. Proc. 9th WSEAS Int. Conf. Simulation, Modelling and Optimization, SMO '09, 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Grid Computing, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Digital Libraries, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Data Mining (pp 65-68)
- A mathematical model for the study of economic phenomenons. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering, Quality and Production Systems, MEQAPS '09, Vol. 1 (pp 158-163)
- Study on financial performance. Proc. 9th WSEAS Int. Conf. Simulation, Modelling and Optimization, SMO '09, 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Grid Computing, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Digital Libraries, Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Symp. Data Mining (pp 47-50)
- . 2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 23 June 2009 - 26 June 2009.
- (pp 172-181)
- Fault Tolerant Control in Shape-Changing Internal Robots. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
- Model and Validation of a Highly Extensible and Tough Actuator based on a Ballooning Membrane. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings] IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
- Design and Development of a Robotic Bioreactor for In Vitro Tissue Engineering. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings] IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
- . Springer International Publishing.
- Grants
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- A new treatment for short bowel syndrome using a soft-matter robotic implant 鈥 a preclinical study, MRC, 10/2023 - 09/2024, 拢174,943, as PI
- Tissue-RIMOTE: , EPSRC, 10/2019 - 08/2022, 拢260,698, as PI
- Swiss National Foundation, Advanced Postdoc Mobility, 2014-2015, P300P2_151248, sole applicant
- Swiss National Foundation, Prospective Researcher Fellowship, 2013, PBZHP2_143344, sole applicant
- Swiss National Foundation, Prospective Researcher Fellowship, 2011, PBZHP2-135917, sole applicant
- Swiss National Foundation, Dynamical Coupling in motor-sensory function substitution, 2010, #CR23I2_132702/1, co-applicant
- Teaching activities
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Module leader
ACS231 Mechatronics
Also teaches on
ACS6502 Mechatronics for Robotics
Guest lecturer
Introduction to Bioengineering, University of 葫芦影业, Fall 2015
Artificial Life course, University of Zurich, 2009
Neural Networks course, University of Zurich, 2008
Introduction to Robotics lecture, 鈥淟ucian Blaga National High School鈥, Sebes, Romania
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