People

Staff

• Alvo Aabloo, professor, head of the lab (polymer materials)
• Rudolf Kiefer, invited professor (electroactive polymers, energy and solar applications)
• Gholamreza Anbarjafari, Associate 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) & Computer engineering study programme manager
• Anna-Liisa Peikolainen Anna-Liisa Peikolainen, postdoc (carbon materials, chemistry)
• Vahur Zadin Vahur Zadin, researcher (finite element modelling, molecular dynamics, high electric fields, CERN)
• Artur Abels, teaching assistant (digital electronics)
• Priit Kull, engineering project manager (robotics)
• 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
• Mariana Raudsepp, assistant

Ph.D. students

• Indrek Must, Ph.D student (EAP research)
• 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)
• Kaur Leemets, Ph.D. student (printable sensors)
• Priit Priimägi, Ph.D. student (modelling of microbatteries)
• Armen Sahakyan Armen Sahakyan, Ph.D. student (Human Gesture Recognition)
• Pejman Rasti Pejman Rasti, Ph.D. student (A New Lens for Satellite Image Acquisition)
• Morteza Daneshmand, Ph.D. student (virtual human body)

Students

• Kätlin Rohtlaid, student (EAP fabrication)
• Inna Baranova, student (EAP fabrication)
• Sandra Kuusik, student (ionic liquids)
• Madis Harjo, student (nanocarbon composites)
• Tõnis Tiimus, student (biorobotics)
• Madis Ollikainen, student (MD simulations)
• Paul Jaakson, student (electronics, CPs)
• Silver Jõemetsa, student (microfabrication)
• Tõnis Terasmaa, student (MD softsens)
• Kert Pjatkin, student
• Anton Pjatkin, student
• Sander Soo, student
• Jevgeni Savostkin, 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)
• Karel Pärlin, student
• Kristjan Eimre, student (FEM in high electric fields)
• Iiris Lüsi, student (robotics)
• Anastasia Bolotnikova, student (robotics)
• Robert Valner, student (computer science, SICM)

Colleagues

• Aleksander Tõnnisson Aleksander Tõnnisson, Buildit (Hardware accelerator) CEO
• 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 :)

• Lauri Mihkels Lauri Mihkels, student
• Tõnis Paara, student (vax)
• Fred Elhi, student (microfabrication, EAP)
• Edgar Hamburg, student (EAP)