
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
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
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