People
From Intelligent Materials and Systems Lab
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, researcher (carbon materials, chemistry)
- Vahur Zadin Vahur Zadin, researcher (finite element modelling, molecular dynamics, high electric fields, CERN)
- Janno Torop, researcher (flow cell supercaps, carbon materials)
- Zicai Zhu, postdoc (control of IEAP materials)
- 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)
- Ramon Rantsus, educational robotics project manager (education)
- Laivi Karu, assistant
- Mariana Raudsepp, assistant
Ph.D. students
- 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)
- Pejman Rasti Pejman Rasti, Ph.D. student (A New Lens for Satellite Image Acquisition)
- Morteza Daneshmand, Ph.D. student (3D visualization and modeling of human body)
- Zane Zondaka, Ph. D. student (Conductive polymers carbon composites)
- Sunjai Nakshatharan, Ph. D. student (Modelling and Control of Ionic Polymer Actuators)
- Robert Valner, PhD student (Conducting polymers)
- Fatemeh Noroozi, PhD student (Emotional Recognition)
Students
- Inna Baranova, student (EAP fabrication)
- Sandra Kuusik, student (ionic liquids)
- Madis Harjo, student (nanocarbon composites)
- Tõnis Tiimus, student (biorobotics)
- Paul Jaakson, student (EAP encapsulation)
- Siim Schults, student (robotics)
- Andres Traumann, student (robotics)
- Kristian Kuppart, student (MD in high electric fields)
- Hans Priks, student (conducting polymers)
- Kristjan Eimre, student (FEM in high electric fields)
- Iiris Lüsi, student (Mathematical models for signal and image processing)
- Anastasia Bolotnikova, student (robotics)
- Edgar Hamburg, student (EAP)
- Fred Elhi, student (microfabrication, EAP)
- Markus Loide, student
- Robert Aare, student (FEM simulations, atomistic surface structure dynamics)
- Tarvo Metspalu, student (MD sputtering)
- Rainer Keerdo, student (Robotics)
- Antti Jaaniste, student
Colleagues
- Karl Kruusamäe, Post-doc at University of Texas in Austin (Robotics)
- Margus Rosin, lecturer (FPGA)
- Aleksander Tõnnisson Aleksander Tõnnisson, Buildit (Hardware accelerator) CEO
- Indrek Must, postdoc at Uppsala (Ion sensing)
- Silver Jõemetsa, PhD student at Chalmers University of Technology (biosensor development)
- Madis Ollikainen, student at ETH Zürich (MD simulations)
- Mihkel Veske, PhD student at University of Helsinki (modelling materials in high electromagnetic fields)
- Rauno Temmer, Postdoc at Cergy-Pontoise University (conductive polymers)
- Kätlin Rohtlaid, PhD student at Cergy-Pontoise University (EAP fabrication)