Jeremy D. Brown
Jeremy is a graduate of the Atlanta University Center’s Dual Degree Engineering Program, earning B.S. degrees in Applied Physics and Mechanical Engineering from Morehouse College and the University of Michigan, respectively. Following his undergraduate studies, he went on to attain M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Upon completing his Ph.D., he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in the Haptics Research Group, which is part of Penn’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) laboratory. His research focuses on the interface between humans and robots with a specific interest in medical applications and haptic feedback. He has been honored to receive several awards including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, the best student paper award at the 2012 IEEE Haptics Symposium, and the Penn Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity. He is now a John C. Malone Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University where he directs the Haptics and Medical Robotics (HAMR) Laboratory, which is part of the Hopkins Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR).