Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.

Erik D. Engeberg received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, in 2008. He is an Associate Professor at the Ocean and Mechanical Engineering Department, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA. His research interests include bioinspired control, robotics, energy harvesting, electrophysiology, and compliant sensors. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation through the National Robotics Initiative and I-Corps programs and also by the Office of Naval Research.

Dr. Engeberg has served as the Associate Editor of the 2014 and 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). He received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 2012 International Conference on Control and Automation Systems. He has delivered numerous invited presentations, most recently at the 2015 IEEE ICRA Robotic Hand Grasping and Manipulation Workshop, Seattle, USA.