Veronica Santos

PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
BIOENGINEERING

Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Faculty Affairs

37-140, Eng IV

Email:
Phone: (310) 825-2125

Websites
UCLA Biomechatronics Laboratory (Director)

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

Grasp and manipulation, hand biomechanics, haptics, human-machine systems, machine learning, machine perception, neural control of movement, prosthetics, robotics, stochastic modeling, tactile sensors.

NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar page

IN THE NEWS

$100-million gift to UCLA shows growing role of private donors in public universities

EDUCATION

Cornell University, 2007
- Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with Biometry minor
University of California, at Berkeley, 1999
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Music minor

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2018: Robohub.org list of “25 women in robotics you need to know about”
2018-2019: Defense Science Study Group Selectee
2017: UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept. Teaching Award
2010: National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium Selectee
2010: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program CAREER Award