Executive Committee

The 18HÂþ»­ Robotics Executive Committee consists of the academics, PDRA and PhD student across the University who are leading on our four research themes.

Interim Director

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Professor Sanja Dogramadzi

Professor of Medical Robotics
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Email address
s.dogramadzi@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 5643

Director of Operations

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Dr James Law

Senior Experimental Officer at 18HÂþ»­ Robotics
School of Computer Science
Email address
j.law@sheffield.ac.uk

Co- theme Lead - Cyber Physical and Urban Infrastructures

Kiril Horoshenkov
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Professor Kirill V Horoshenkov

Professor of Acoustics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: sensors for water industry | acoustic materials | physical acoustics | robotic autonomous systems
Email address
k.horoshenkov@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 7855
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Professor Aidan While

Professor of Urban Planning
School of Geography and Planning

Aidan’s research examines how cities and urban social life are being reimagined and redesigned in response to climate change and automation.
Email address
a.h.while@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 6184

Co-theme Lead - Health and Social Care

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Dr Dana D. Damian

Senior Lecturer
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research interests: Surgical and medical robotics, Soft robotics and Biomedical technologies.
Email address
d.damian@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 5632
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Dr Shuhei Miyashita

Lecturer in Robotics
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research interests: Micro and milli robotics, Self-assembling machine, 4D printing and Biomedical robots.
Email address
shuhei.miyashita@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 5662

Co-theme Lead - Manufacturing Robotics

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Gianmarco Pisanelli

Technical Fellow in Novel Robotics
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Email address
g.pisanelli@amrc.co.uk
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Dr Robert Ward

Industrial Research Fellow
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Email address
r.a.ward@sheffield.ac.uk

Co- theme Lead - Trustworthy Autonomous Systems

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Dr David Cameron

Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Email address
D.S.Cameron@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 2644
Lyudmila S Mihaylova
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Professor Lyudmila Mihaylova

Professor of Signal Processing and Control
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Email address
L.S.Mihaylova@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 5675

PDRA Representative

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Dr Salah Talamali

Research Associate in Energy Aware Swarm Programming
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Email address
m.s.talamali@sheffield.ac.uk

PhD Representative

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Rea Nkhumise

PhD Researcher in Robot Learning
School of Computer Science

18HÂþ»­ Robotics Administrator

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Louise Caffrey

Centre Administrator for 18HÂþ»­ Robotics
School of Computer Science
Email address
l.caffrey@sheffield.ac.uk