Kenneth Waldron, PhD

Background     

Dr. Waldron joined Stanford in 2000 after 21 years at Ohio State University. He had chaired the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering for 7 years there. He has published over 300 journal articles and conference proceedings, and has advised 30 doctoral students to completion.

Research Interests

His research interests are in the general area of machine design, with particular emphasis on robotics and haptics. He has worked extensively in biomechanics and medical device design. He is the program lead for the HAVnet sub-project on teldermatology

Project Role

Dr. Waldron is the Project Leader for the development of the Remote Tactile Sensor. In addition in his role as Program Manager, he prepares the technical and financial reports, working with the contract and accounting office. His expertise as Program Manager for the Phase II NGI project is relied on as well in the training of the new Program Managers.

Selected Publications

Dev, P., Montgomery, K., Senger, S., Heinrichs, W.L., Srivastava, S. and Waldron, K.J. “Simulated Medical Learning Environments on the Internet”, J Am Med Inform Assoc 2002; 9: 437-447.

Tollon, K., Waldron, K.J., Heinrichs, W.L., "Performance Characteristics of the Immersion Bimanual Surgical simulation Interface," Presented at MMVR 12, Newport Beach, Jan. 14-17, 2004, Digest p 142.

S.P. Singh and K.J. Waldron, “GL-Link: A Framework Supporting Distributed Mechatronic Research via the Internet,” paper no. IMECE2003-42093, Proceedings of the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Washington DC, November 15-21, 2003.

Waldron, K.J. and Tollon, K., “Mechanical Characterization of the Immersion Corp. Haptic, Bimanual, Surgical Simulator Interface, Proceedings of International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, (ISER ’02) July 8-11, 2002 Ischia, Italy.

Stanley, C., Temkin, B., Dev, P., Heinrichs, W.L., Srivastava, S., Waldron, K.J., "Networked Stereoscopic Virtual Environment System", Proceedings of 14th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2001) 26–27 July 2001, Bethesda, MD. Hatfield P, Temkin B, Griswold JA, Deeb SA, Dev P, Heinrichs WL, Srivastava S, Waldron KJ. (2002) Volumetric virtual body structures, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 02/10, J.D.Westwood et al (eds), IOS Press, 185-187.