Rachael joined the Haptic Intelligence Department in 2017 as a Whitaker International Fellow. Her doctoral work focuses on developing a Haptic Empathetic Robot Animal for Children with Autism (HERA). Rachael’s research addresses human-robot interaction from multiple angles, including building novel robot tactile sensors, creating believable and intelligent robot emotions, and investigating robot design for target populations.
Rachael earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering at the George Washington University in 2015 and 2017, respectively. Rachael conducted her graduate research in socially assistive robotics with Dr. Chung Hyuk Park in the Assistive Robotics and Telemedicine (ART-Med) Lab at GW.
Rachael was named a 2021 HRI Pioneer for her work on HERA. She also attended the 2021 Rising Star Workshop by the Center for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop. Rachael has been selected to participate in the 2022 Gordon Research Summit on the Future of Robotics: Possibilities for Transforming Healthcare.
Please click here to view Rachael’s CV: Curriculum Vitae
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