People

Staff

• Alvo Aabloo, professor, head of the lab (polymer materials)
• Rudolf Kiefer, invited professor (Electroactive polymers, energy and solar applications)
• Andres Punning, senior researcher (ionic and dielectric electroactive polymer actuators and sensors)
• Tarmo Tamm, senior researcher (conducting polymers)
• Anti Liivat, senior researcher (currently in Uppsala) (cathode materials, ion-conducting polymers, computer simulations)
• Urmas Johanson, researcher (electrochemistry)
• Heiki Kasemägi, researcher (ion-conducting polymer, computer simulations)
• Anna-Liisa Peikolainen, postdoc (carbon materials, chemistry)
• Vahur Zadin, researcher (finite element modelling, molecular dynamics, high electric fields, CERN)
• Janno Torop, researcher (EAP materials)
• Roman Leinus, engineer (robotics)
• Teet Tilk, engineer (electronics)
• Tauri Tätte, engineer (robotics)
• Renno Rehtla, engineer (robotics)
• Kaupo Karja, engineer (mechanics)
• Helina Kitsing, project manager (human shape mannequins)

• Laivi Karu, assistant

Ph.D. students

• Artur Abels, Ph.D. student (nonlinear control)
• Karl Kruusamäe, Ph.D. student (EAP research)
• David Pugal, Ph.D. student (finite element modelling of polymeric materials)
• Jaas Ježov, Ph.D. student (fluid dynamics and robotics)

• Indrek Must, Ph.D student (EAP research)
• Rauno Temmer, Ph.D student (conductive polymers)
• Veiko Vunder, Ph.D. student (EAP Control)
• Artur Tamm, Ph.D. student (radiation defect modeling)
• Friedrich Kaasik, Ph.D. student (carbon-polymer actuators)
• Inga Põldsalu, Ph.D student (microfabrication, EAP)
• Endel Soolo, Ph.D. student (molecular dynamics simulations)
• Heilo Altin, Ph.D. student (educational robotics)
• Arko Kesküla, Ph.D. student (ionic liquid polymerization)

Students

• Margus Luik, student, surface modelling (robotics)
• Tõnis Tiimus, student (biorobotics)
• Erki Viidalepp, student (EAP)
• Ingrid Rebane, student (membranes)
• Kristi Kärner, student (textile finishing)
• Tõnis Lulla, student (EAP robotics)
• Georgi Olentsenko, student (Space robotics)
• Lauri Mihkels, student
• Madis Ollikainen, student (FEM)
• Karl Tarbe, student
• Silver Jõemetsa, student

Colleagues

• Daniel Brandell, ex-postdoctoral fellow (ion-conducting polymers)
• Alar Ainla, Ph.D. student (Nanoengineer in Sweden)
• Mart Anton, postdoctoral fellow, in Center for Biorobotics (EAP actuator control)
• Maarja Kruusmaa, professor in Center for Biorobotics (electroactive polymer artificial muscles, biorobotics, robot learning)
• Jaanus Karo, senior researcher Laboratory of Systems Biology
• Margus Rosin, ex-master student (FPGA)
• Viljar Palmre, The Man in Las Vegas