
Veronica Santos
PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
BIOENGINEERING
Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Faculty Affairs
Rm. 3731-J, Boelter Hall
Email: vjsantos@ucla.eduPhone: (310) 825-2125
Websites
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
IN THE NEWS
- The Audacious Science Pushing the Boundaries of Human Touch | National Geographic, June 2022 (subscription required)
- Teaching robots to touch | Nature, May 2022
- Giving Robots a Sense of Touch | Mission Unstoppable, June 2021
- $100-million gift to UCLA shows growing role of private donors in public universities | Los Angeles Times, June 2019
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