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)
- Andres Punning, senior researcher (ionic and dielectric electroactive polymer actuators and sensors)
- Tarmo Tamm, senior researcher (conducting polymers)
- 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)
- Priit Kull, engineering project manager (robotics)
- Aleksander Tõnnisson, engineer (electronics) & Computer engineering study programme manager
- Roman Leinus, engineer (robotics)
- Teet Tilk, engineer (electronics)
- Tauri Tätte, engineer (robotics)
- Renno Rehtla, engineer (robotics)
- Kaupo Karja, engineer (mechanics)
- Helina Kitsing, project manager (robotics)
- Laivi Karu, assistant
- Merle Miliste, assistant
Ph.D. students
- Artur Abels, Ph.D. student (nonlinear control)
- 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
- Tõnis Tiimus, student (biorobotics)
- Erki Viidalepp, student (EAP)
- Tõnis Lulla, student (EAP robotics)
- Lauri Mihkels, student
- Madis Ollikainen, student (FEM)
- Silver Jõemetsa, student (MD simulations)
- Tõnis Terasmaa, student (robotics)
- Fred Elhi, student (microfabrication, EAP)
Colleagues
- Karl Kruusamäe, Post-doc at AIST-Osaka (EAP research)
- Jaanus Karo, senior researcher Laboratory of Systems Biology
- Margus Rosin, lecturer (FPGA)