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July 2, 1996
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JHU Robotics Researcher to Receive National
Mechanical Engineering Award
Gregory S. Chirikjian, a Johns Hopkins University faculty member
who has developed innovative robots for medical and industrial
applications, will receive the 1996 Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal award
at an international conference in November.
Pi Tau Sigma is the national mechanical engineering honor
society. In cooperation with the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Pi Tau Sigma awards the Gold Medal each year for
outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within 10 years
of receiving an undergraduate degree.
Formal presentation of the award will take place during the
ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress in
Atlanta.
Chirikjian, an assistant professor at JHU's Whiting School of
Engineering, has designed and constructed a snakelike robot arm
that can configure itself into thousands of positions. He earned
his bachelor's and master's degrees at Hopkins, both in 1988,
then obtained a doctorate in applied mechanics at the California
Institute of Technology in 1992.
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