Jeff Hawks Email & Phone Number

I am currently managing several projects in robotic development, fabrication automation and product design. This includes robotic arms for welding applications and material handling, mechatronic devices to improve the efficacy of the fabrication process, and new product development and redesign for emerging applications. In the past, I have managed several research projects in the areas of robotics, mechatronics, biomedical devices, and biomechanics. Projects involved autonomous cooperative robot systems, computer vision applications, miniature surgical robotics, wheeled robotics, autonomous sensor platforms, biomedical device design for spaceflight, and finite-element analysis of soft-tissues and fluids. While working in academia, I taught the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mechanical & Materials Engineering Department’s senior capstone design course and an introductory biomechanics course for juniors, seniors and graduate students. The biomechanics course is aimed at bridging the interdisciplinary gap between physiology and engineering mechanics, and the course routinely attracts an even mix of students from biological system engineering, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering and physiology (i.e. pre-med majors). I have a strong interest in research biomechanics and sports sciences for designing assistive devices for rehabilitation. I worked closely with the Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the Nebraska Athletic Performance Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I have advised graduate students researching motion kinematics, and I was a member of the host planning committee for the 2013 American Society of Biomechanics in Omaha, NE. My background in engineering, robotics, biomedical device design, soft-tissue modeling and biomechanics uniquely qualifies me to consult on a wide variety of projects and applications.

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  University Of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Mechanical Engineering