Faculty

Victoria Webster-Wood
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Biomedical Engineering, Robotics Institute, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Materials Science and Engineering
Victoria Webster-Wood received her B.S. in 2012, M.S. in 2013, and Ph.D. in 2017 in mechanical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, receiving graduate support as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and GAANN Fellow in the Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab. She subsequently completed her postdoctoral training as a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Tissue Fabrication and Mechanobiology Lab at the same institution.
Upon joining Carnegie Mellon University, she established the CMU Biohybrid and Organic Robotics Group (B.O.R.G.). The B.O.R.G.’s research focuses on the use of organic materials as structures, actuators, sensors, and controllers toward the development of bioinspired, biodegradable, and biohybrid robotics.
Research team
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Ji Min Seok
Post-Doctorate
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Humphrey Yang
Post-Doctorate
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Kiyn Chin
Post-Doctorate
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Michael Bennington
Doctorate
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Duncan McGee
Doctorate
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Camila Fernandez
Doctorate
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Myungbo Kim
Doctorate
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Kuanren Qian
Doctorate
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Ravesh Sukhnandan
Doctorate
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Avery Williamson
Doctorate
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Siddarth Ashok
Master's
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Imogen Barnes
Master's
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Gerardo Vega
Master's
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Justin Whitfield
Master's
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Aviva Young
Master's
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Zoey Zhou
Master's
Ph.D. alumni
- Wenhuan Sun (Fall 2022, first position after CMU - Paypal)
- Kevin Dai (Summer 2023, first position after CMU - Schwartz Center Innovation Commercialization Postdoctoral Fellow)
- Ashlee Liao (Summer 2024, first position after CMU - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
- Saul Schaffer (Summer 2024, first position after CMU - LLNL)
M.S. alumni and MS project students
- Jiarui Chang (MS, MechE)
- Gordon Gao (MS, BME)
- Kathleen Gladson (MS, MechE)
- Chenxiang Li (MS, MechE)
- Hima Pamu (MS, MechE)
- Jason Paulovich (MS, BME)
- Avery Sonora Williamson (MS, MechE)
- Ravesh Sukhnandan (MS, BME)
- Anika Sun (MS, MechE)
- Yu Wang (MS, MechE)
- Bella Zhang (MS, BME)
Past and present undergraduate researchers
- Jacob Abrams
- Nathan Ang
- Charli Ann Hooper
- Adam Assad
- Befeker Assefa
- Ashveen Banga
- Ryan Bao
- Lameck Beni
- Anaya Bhammar
- Catherine Cai
- Annie Chen
- Theophilos Cockrell
- Jenna Cui
- Anais del Rosario
- Manvi Dhekane
- Abirami Elangovan
- Zimo Ge
- Andrew Hung
- Lekha Kesavan
- Riti Krishna
- Leon Lai
- Justin Lam
- Janice Lee
- Rose Lee
- Iris Li
- Catherine Liu
- Yon Maor
- Brandon Mercado
- Bajram Metjahic
- Isabelle Millan
- Nickia Muraskin
- Arpita Nag
- Holden Neely
- Fernando Plata
- Allison Rojas
- Nicole Segale
- Gian Seixas
- Avani Shukla
- Summer Sun
- Ian Turner
- Emily Wang
- Vicki Wang
- Karen Whirley
- Jessica Wu
- Timothy Yang
- Audrey Young
- Xochitl Zazueta
- Riley Zhao