People

Staff

• Alvo Aabloo, professor, head of the lab (polymer materials)
• Rudolf Kiefer, invited professor (electroactive polymers, energy and solar applications)
• Gholamreza Anbarjafari, Assistant professor (robotics, image processing)
• Andres Punning, senior researcher (ionic and dielectric electroactive polymer actuators and sensors)
• Tarmo Tamm Tarmo Tamm, senior researcher (conducting polymers)
• Urmas Johanson, researcher (electrochemistry)
• Heiki Kasemägi, researcher (ion-conducting polymer, computer simulations)
• Anna-Liisa Peikolainen Anna-Liisa Peikolainen, postdoc (carbon materials, chemistry)
• Vahur Zadin Vahur Zadin, researcher (finite element modelling, molecular dynamics, high electric fields, CERN)
• Priit Kull, engineering project manager (robotics)
• Aleksander Tõnnisson Aleksander Tõnnisson, engineer (electronics) & Computer engineering study programme manager
• Roman Leinus, engineer (robotics)
• Teet Tilk Teet Tilk, engineer (electronics)
• Tauri Tätte Tauri Tätte, engineer (robotics)
• Renno Rehtla, engineer (robotics)
• Koit Kulper, engineer (robotics
• Kaupo Karja, engineer (mechanics)
• Helina Kitsing Helina Kitsing, project manager (robotics)
• Laivi Karu, assistant
• Merle Miliste, assistant
• Mariana Raudsepp, assistant

Ph.D. students

• Artur Abels, Ph.D. student (nonlinear control)
• David Pugal, Ph.D. student (finite element modelling of polymeric materials)
• Indrek Must, Ph.D student (EAP research)
• Rauno Temmer, Ph.D student (conductive polymers)
• Veiko Vunder Veiko Vunder, Ph.D. student (EAP Control)
• Artur Tamm Artur Tamm, Ph.D. student (radiation defect modeling)
• Friedrich Kaasik, Ph.D. student (carbon-polymer actuators)
• Inga Põldsalu, Ph.D student (microfabrication, EAP)
• Heilo Altin, Ph.D. student (educational robotics)
• Arko Kesküla, Ph.D. student (ionic liquid polymerization)
• Simon Vigonski, Ph.D. student (modelling materials in high electromagnetic fields)
• Tõnis Lulla, Ph.D. student (EAP robotics)

Students

• Tõnis Tiimus, student (biorobotics)
• Erki Viidalepp, student (EAP)
• Lauri Mihkels Lauri Mihkels, student
• Madis Ollikainen, student (MD simulations)
• Silver Jõemetsa, student (MD simulations)
• Tõnis Terasmaa, student (robotics)
• Jevgeni Savostkin, student (EAP)
• Martin Mölder, student (EAP)
• Siim Schults, student (robotics)
• Kristian Hunt, student (robotics)
• Andres Traumann, student (robotics)
• Kristian Kuppart, student (MD in high electric fields)
• Raido Uudel, student (EAP robotics)
• Kert Kahu, student (EAP)
• Mart Weber, student (EAP)
• Sven Erik Mändmaa, student (EAP)
• Kati Kongi, student (EAP)
• Priidik Möls, student (EAP)
• Hans Priks, student (conducting polymers)

Colleagues

• Karl Kruusamäe, Post-doc at AIST-Osaka (EAP research)
• Jaanus Karo, senior researcher Laboratory of Systems Biology
• Margus Rosin, lecturer (FPGA)
• Janno Torop, postdoc at Linköping(EAP materials)
• Jaas Ježov, Ph.D. (fluid dynamics and robotics)

Our defenders

Guys serving their time in our glorious invincible army :)

• Paul Jaakson, student (vax)
• Tõnis Paara, student (vax)
• Fred Elhi, student (microfabrication, EAP)
• Edgar Hamburg, student (EAP)