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01/2021:published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
01/2021:published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
12/2020:Excited to share a article on "" along with accompanying education materials.
12/2020:Congratulations to PhD Candidate Leah Bowen on successfully completing her Comprehensive Exam presentation!
11/2020:presented by at the 2020 IROS Conference.
10/2020:published in Soft Robotics.
10/2020:Congratulations to PhD Candidate Karl Johannes on successfully completing his Comprehensive Exam presentation!
10/2020:Congratulations to PhD Candidate Kristin Calahan on successfully completing her Comprehensive Exam presentation!
09/2020:published in theASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control.
08/2020:Endoculus robotic capsule endoscope highlighted in the , , and .
8/2020: Max Anderson selected for 2020-2021BSI ScholarsDzپDz.
08/2020:Mark Rentschler promoted to Full Professor.
08/2020:published in theJournal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
07/2020:Comparing Visual Odometry Systems in Actively Deforming Simulated Colon Environments accepted for presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
07/2020:Congratulations to Dr. Greg Formosaon a success defense of his doctoral research!
05/2020:presented by at the 2020 IEEE ICRA Conference.
04/2020: Emily Zuetellselected for 2020-2021UROP position to study "Adhesion Mechanics and Optimization of Mushroom-Shaped Microstructures and Applications to Biomedical Devices".
04/2020:presented by at the 2020 RoboSoft Conference.
03/2020:published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
02/2020: It was a pleasure to join Marwa ElDiwiny on the last month, and get to share a number of aspects about our research.
01/2020:published in Design Studies.
01/2020:published in Mechanics of Materials.
12/2019:Congratulations to Greg Formosa on successfully completing his comprehensive exam!
11/2019:published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
11/2019:Congratulations to Dr. Micah Prendergaston a success defense of his doctoral research!
11/2019:Great Podcast here with our AMTL's Lieutenant Colonel Brodie Hoyer, "Veteran's Day Special with Lieutenant Colonel Brodie Hoyer".
09/2019:Dr. Mark Rentschler profiled in a College of Engineering and Applied Science story.
09/2019:Dr. Mark Rentschler invited to participate in the 2019.
09/2019:Dr. Mark Rentschler named amember of the 2019-2020 University of Colorado .
09/2019:A special thanks to Dr. Allison Okamura for hosting a for Mark Rentschler to share the AMTL's research efforts!
08/2019:Our Endoculus robotic capsule endoscope research featured in the !
08/2019:Excited to share our Endoculus robotic capsule endoscope research with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) on !
08/2019:Our research on micro-indentation and visualization featured in aCU Boulderand a College of Engineering and Applied Science story.
07/2019:published in Langmuir.
05/2019: A robot may one day perform your colonoscopy: CU Boulder Today, , , , , ,Greg Formosa Profile, Micah Prendergast Profile.
05/2019:Our robotic capsule endoscopy research was cited as #1, in article on, "The Strangest Reasons We've Seen Robots Engineered For So Far."
04/2019: Emily DiTommaso selected for summer UROP position.
04/2019: Greg Formosa named 2019 Best Reviewer.
04/2019: Brian Johnson named 2019 .
03/2019: Emily Zuetell selected for a DLA Poster Presentation.
03/2019: Professors Mark Rentschler and Christoffer Heckman (CU Boulder) along with Hua Wang and Hao Zhang at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) awarded an NSF Smart and Autonomous System (S&AS) collaborative grant to understand the cognition and adaptation needs of an intelligence-driven patient care approach to reduce medical errors.
03/2019: Mark Rentschler awarded a Dean's Faculty Fellowship for 2019-2020.
01/2019: Doug Fankell's ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering paper on A Small Deformation Thermo-Poromechanics Finite Element Model and its Application to Arterial Tissue Fusion, named Editor's Choice Paper for 2018.
01/2019: Mark Rentschler named 2019 Research and Innovation Office (RIO) Faculty Fellow.
12/2018: Story on Levi Pearson (AMTL Alum) and College of EngineeringOutstanding Graduate for Research.
11/2018: Our robotic capsule endoscopy research featured in Medical Device Developmentsmagazine story, .
11/2018: Levi Pearsonhas successfully defended his MS Thesis research!
11/2018: Levi Pearson namedOutstanding Graduate for Researchin theCollege of Engineering and Applied Science at December Graduation.
10/2018: Micah Prendergast presents our research on at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Madrid, Spain.
09/2018:published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
08/2018: Mark Rentschler named Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers().
07/2018: Micah Prendergast and Greg Formosa selected asMechanical Engineering Research Innovation Fellows for 2018-2019.
07/2018: Mark Rentschler advanced to Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ().
06/2018:published in Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering.
5/2018:published in International Journal of Engineering Education.
05/2018: Mark Rentschler represents CU-Boulder at the in Washington, DC.
04/2018:published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
04/2018: Congratulations to Mitch Fulton on being awarded an for the next three years of his PhD studies!
03/2018: Carlye Lauff has successfully defended her doctoral research!
02/2018: Kristin Calahan and Karl Johannes both selected to present their research at the in Dublin, Ireland.
02/2018:published in ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.
02/2018:Professor Mark Rentschler honored as the Sylvia Norviel Cancer Research Faculty Fellow.
01/2018:published in Mechanics of Materials.
12/2017:Metro Denver's Article on our new NSF CPS Grant: "" Plus, articles in ,,, , and.
12/2017: CU Boulder Today: "A robotic small intestine? Researchers are making one."
10/2017: Professors Mark Rentschler, Nikolaus Correll, Sean Humbert and Christoph Keplingerawarded NSF CPS Grant to study .
10/2017:Professor Mark Rentschler named Director of Faculty Innovation Ambassadors, through the Vice-Chancellor for Research office.
09/2017: Micah Prendergast’s research highlighted in Department’s Spotlight on Research.
08/2017:published in Applied Bionics and Biomechanics.
07/2017: Doug Fankell has finished hisdoctoral dissertation.
07/2017:Karl Johannes awarded the in Mechanical Engineering.
06/2017: Congratulations to Haley Smith for being nominated for .
06/2017: Congratulations to Joan Ortega Alcaide and Levi Pearson! Their IEEE ICRA paper has been featured in the and .
05/2017: Karl Johannes awarded Mechanical Engineering Outstanding TA Award, 2016-2017.
05/2017:Doug Fankell awarded aCU Mechanical Engineering Summer Research Fellowship to complete his doctoral dissertation this summer.
04/2017:Alex O'Brien selected for theME Department's for April 2017.
04/2017: Carlye Lauff has two papers on, "What is a Prototype? Emergent Roles of Prototyping from Emperical Work in Three Diverse Companies," and "Perceptions of Prototypes: Pilot Study Comparting Students and Professionals," accepted to the , August 6-9, 2017, Cleveland, OH.
04/2017: Hyun Kim awarded funding to study water content measurement in biological tissue for tissue fusion.
04/2017:Professor Mark Rentschler's invited talk on "Micro-Patterned Materials to Enable In Vivo Robotic Capsule Endoscope Locomotion" noted as a .
04/2017:CarlyeLauff receives ME Department and Graduate School grants for upcoming travel to ASME conference.
04/2017: Blake Biskner awarded funding to study robotic capsule endoscopy.
03/2017: Greg Formosa awardedOutstanding GEAR2S Presentation in Bioengineering and Robotics & Control Award.
03/2017: published in Robotics and Automation Letters.
02/2017: published in Langmuir.
01/2017:CarlyeLauff's research and fellowship was featured in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering's Webpage,.
01/2017:CarlyeLauff completed her Comprehensive exam in January 2017
12/2016: Greg Formosa awarded M.E. Department’s for December.
12/2016: Madie Kern’s research highlighted in Department’s .
11/2016: Madie Kern recommended for in South Africa.
11/2016: Madie Kern has finished her doctoral dissertation.
09/2016: Doug Fankell awarded the .
08/2016: CarlyeLauff was chosen as a to promote prototyping for social impact at CU Boulder.
08/2016: Professors Rong Long and Mark Rentschler awarded NSF Grant to study .
07/2016: Eric Kramer has finished his doctoral dissertation.
06/2016: Professor Rentschler awarded the .
05/2016: published in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
05/2016: Carlye Lauff awarded an to conduct six months of doctoral research at the Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Design Innovation, Australia, during 2017.
05/2016: Eric Kramer awarded Mechanical Engineering Outstanding TA Award, 2015-2016.
05/2016: Greg Formosa awarded Mechanical Engineering Outstanding TA Award, 2015-2016.
05/2016: Professor Rentschler’s group awarded a Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade - Advanced Industries Accelerator Program Grant to develop an Endoscopically Deliverable Overtube to Prevent Colonoscope Looping and Colon Distension; Collaborator: Donald Kirkpatrick (Denver Health).
04/2016: Doug Fankell has finished his Comprehensive Exam.
04/2016: Professor Rentschler’s group awarded CU Innovative Seed Grant for Enabling Interactive Control of In vivo Robots; Collaborators: Sean Humbert (CU-Boulder), & Donald Kirkpatrick (Denver Health).
04/2016: published in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
03/2016: Rachel Wilmoth and Greg Formosa named Honorable Mention for .
02/2016: Doug Fankell has been selected to attend the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s .
01/2016: Eric Kramer has finished his Comprehensive Exam.
12/2015: Madalyn Kern has finished her Comprehensive Exam.
12/2015: John Kearns has finished his M.S. thesis.
09/2015: published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
09/2015: Mark Rentschler awarded the Department of Mechanical Engineering 2014-2015 Woodward Outstanding Faculty Award.
08/2015: published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.
07/2015: Levin Sliker has finished his doctoral dissertation.
07/2015: Mark Rentschler awarded the 2015 CU-Boulder’s Provost Faculty Achievement Award.
07/2015: Research showing that published in Surgical Endoscopy.
05/2015: Levin Sliker awarded a Mechanical Engineering Summer Support Fellowship.
05/2015: Micah Prendergast awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for May.
04/2015: Madalyn Kern awarded an with the
04/2015: Levin Sliker awarded a CU Graduate Summer Doctoral Fellowship.
04/2015: Micah Prendergast awarded a .
04/2015: Carlye Lauff awarded a .
03/2015: Eric Kramer awarded Best Presentation at GEAR2S 2015.
12/2014: Preconditioning protocol for mechanical measurement of small intestinal tissue published.
12/2014: Douglas Fankell awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for December.
12/2014: Emily Lindley, Vikas Patel, Evelyn Burger and Mark Rentschler awarded a grant for A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study Comparing the Analgesic Efficacy of Cannabis versus Oxycodone. As reported by , and the .
10/2014: Mark Rentschler awarded the Department of Mechanical Engineering 2013-2014 Outstanding Graduate Education Award.
08/2014:, published in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
07/2014: published in the ASME Journal of Medical Devices.
07/2014: Carlye Lauff awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for July.
06/2014: Madalyn Kern, Carlye Lauff, and Doug Fankell all received Graduate School Travel Grants for upcoming conferences.
05/2014: Virginia Ferguson and Mark Rentschler awarded a to study Biomechanical Measurements of the Uterine Cervix at Parturition.
04/2014: Nick Anderson received Boettcher Foundation Educational Enrichment Grant.
04/2014: Micah Prendergast named National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention.
03/2014: Eric Kramer awarded Best Poster at GEAR2S 2014.
03/2014: Douglas Fankell awarded Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Teaching Assistant Award (2013-2014).
02/2014: Tissue bond strength research accepted to the Design of Medical Devices Conference.
02/2014: Joan Ortega has finished his M.S. thesis through the Balsells Scholarship Program.
02/2014:Cognitive Ethnographies of Engineering Design research accepted to the International Conference on Learning Sciences (ICLS) and American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Zone IV Conference.
01/2014: Small bowel biaxial measurement and viscoelastic model to be published in the International Journal of Experimental and Computational Biomechanics.
12/2013: Mark Rentschler award the College of Engineering and Applied Science 2013 .
12/2013: published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B.
12/2013: Morgan Hill has finished her M.S. thesis.
12/2013: Matthew Francisco has finished his M.S. thesis.
11/2013: Madalyn Kern awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for November.
10/2013: published in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
10/2013:“Restoring surgeons' sense of touch during minimally invasive surgeries” - wireless tissue palpation research highlighted in and .
10/2013: Nicholas Anderson awarded funding to study load-controlled tissue fusion.
10/2013: published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
10/2013: Eric Kramer awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for October.
09/2013: Our Robotic Capsule Endoscope research featured in .
09/2013: published in Tribology Letters.
09/2013: published in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
08/2013: AMTL receives NSF Research Grant to study, “.”
07/2013: published in the Medical Engineering and Physics.
07/2013: published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A.
07/2013: James Cezo has finished his doctoral dissertation.
06/2013: James Cezo selected to join the in the at the University of Minnesota.
05/2013: James Cezo awarded a Mechanical Engineering Summer Support Fellowship.
04/2013: Michael Zimkowski discusses shape memory hernia patch research with the .
04/2013: awarded a to study Biorobotics at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy during 2013-2014.
04/2013: Tissue fusion group awarded CU Innovative Seed Grant for Thermal Tissue Bonding Mechanics for Improved Device Design; PI: Virginia Ferguson, Co-PI: Mark Rentschler.
04/2013: Levin Sliker awarded a to study Biorobotics at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy during 2013-2014.
04/2013: Charles Wheeler awarded a .
01/2013: published in the Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
01/2013: published in Tribology International.
10/2012: Mark Rentschler awarded the Department of Mechanical Engineering 2011-2012 Outstanding Graduate Education Award.
10/2012: Levin Sliker awarded the .
09/2012: AMTL receives NSF Research Grant to study, “.”
07/2012: Allison Lyle has finished her M.S. thesis.
07/2012: Xin Wang has finished his doctoral dissertation.
07/2012: published in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
06/2012: published in the Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
06/2012: published in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
05/2012: published in the Journal of Surgical Endoscopy.
05/2012: Ben Terry receives the Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2012.
05/2012: Ben Terry has accepted a faculty position at the University of Nebraska in the .
04/2012: Nicholas Anderson on College of Engineering and Applied Science webpage.
04/2012: Morgan Hill awarded funding to redesign and evaluation a computer-controlled pressure algometer.
04/2012: Mark Rentschler receives the University of Colorado at Boulder, Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Faculty Award, 2011-2012.
04/2012: Ben Terry has finished his doctoral dissertation.
03/2012: Madie Kern awarded a .
03/2012: published in Journal of Robotic Surgery.
03/2012: Ben Terry has completed his oral doctoral dissertation exam.
03/2012: published in ASME Journal of Medical Devices.
02/2012: published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
01/2012: Mark Rentschler featured in University of Nebraska Medical Center, ().
12/2011: Mark Rentschler Surgical Crawlers on College of Engineering and Applied Science webpage.
12/2011: Allison Lyle awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for December.
11/2011: Ben Terry, Xin Wang, Jim Cezo, Levin Sliker, Allison Lyle, and Madie Kern present research at ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
11/2011: published in Surgical Innovation.
10/2011: published in ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
10/2011: Nick Anderson awarded funding to design, fabricate, and experimentally test a novel magnetic camera for single incision surgery.
09/2011: Charlie Wheeler awarded funding to experimentally evaluate micro-patterned treads for robotic capsule endoscopy.
08/2011: Levin Sliker awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Awardfor August.
07/2011: Xin Wang has completed his comprehensive exam and is now a Ph.D. candidate.
06/2011: published in ASME Journal of Medical Devices.
06/2011: Ben Terry has completed his comprehensive exam and is now a Ph.D. candidate.
06/2011: Nicholas Anderson awarded a .
05/2011: Madalyn Kern awarded a .
05/2011: Michael Zimkowski has completed his doctoral preliminary exams.
04/2011: Levin Sliker has completed his doctoral preliminary exams.
04/2011: Keir Hart has finished his M.S. thesis.
04/2011: Zachary Mills has finished his M.S. thesis.
01/2011: Zachary Mills awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for January.
12/2010: Gastrointestinal Tract Tissue Mechanics Characterization for Mobile In vivo Surgical Robots, Junior Faculty Pilot Award project, with Dr. Jonathan Schoen (CU-Anschutz), has been funded by the .
12/2010: published in ASME Journal of Medical Devices.
11/2010: GI Crawler project discussed in the Denver Post’s article on, “.”
11/2010: Tissue Model for Vessel Sealing project, with Dr. Virginia Ferguson (CU-Boulder) has been funded by Conmed Electrosurgery.
09/2010: Madalyn Kern awarded funding to design, fabricate, and experimentally test a small robotic crawler for the small bowel.
08/2010: published in ASME Journal of Medical Devices.
08/2010: Jim Cezo awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for December.
07/2010: Michael Zimkowski has finished his M.S. thesis.
07/2010: Xin Wang awarded the ASME Applied Mechanics Division’s Haythornthwaite Foundation Travel Award for his conference paper to be presented at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Vancouver, Canada, in November, 2010.
05/2010: Professor Rentschler by w3w3.com regarding working with CU’s Technology Transfer Office and the New Inventor Award.
05/2010: Levin Sliker awarded the Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Senior for Research Award and Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Senior Award.
04/2010: Levin Sliker’s Discovery Learning Apprenticeship research poster awarded in “Sensing What You Can’t See” division.
04/2010: Ben Terry awarded an .
04/2010: Levin Sliker awarded a .
04/2010: Rentschler Research Group’s efforts highlighted in CU Engineering article, “”.
03/2010: Allison Lyle awarded funding for the summer to measure shear properties of the small bowel for in vivo mobility.
03/2010: Xin Wang awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for March.
02/2010: published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
01/2010: Professor Rentschler awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder by the Technology Transfer Office.
12/2009: Michael Zimkowski awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for December.
10/2009: Professor Rentschler honored as Professor of Match during CU’s volleyball match.
08/2009: Austin Ruppert has finished his M.S. thesis.
07/2009: Rosie Steinhaus’ summer UROP work by the CU Athletics Department.
07/2009: Ben Terry awarded M.E. Department’s Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student Award for July.
06/2009: published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
05/2009: Levin Sliker awarded a .
05/2009: Professor Rentschler’s group awarded CU Innovative Seed Grant for New Dynamic Tissue Modeling for Mobile In vivo Surgical Robots; Collaborators: Jerry Qi (CU-Boulder), & Jonathan Schoen (CU-Anschutz).
04/2009: Rosie Steinhaus awarded funding for the summer to evaluate a new laparoscopic port camera.
04/2009: Levin Sliker awarded funding for the summer to study improved in vivo robotic locomotion.
02/2009: Scott Macdonald awarded award for his work on an improved boutonniere brace.
02/2009: published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering.
01/2009: Scott Macdonald awarded funding for the spring semester to continue his work on an improved boutonniere brace.