People
From Intelligent Materials and Systems Lab
Staff
Alvo Aabloo, professor, head of the lab (polymer materials)
Rudolf Kiefer, senior researcher (electroactive polymers, energy and solar applications)
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, shared supervising with iCV)
Morteza Daneshmand, Ph.D. student (3D visualization and modeling of human body, shared supervising with iCV)
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
Alo Kivilo, PhD student (Conducting polymers)
Tianbao Zhang, PhD student- Faiza Summer Faiza Summer, PhD student
Students
- Georg Niit, student
Madis Harjo, student (nanocarbon composites)
Tõnis Tiimus, student (biorobotics)
Kristian Kuppart, student (MD in high electric fields)
Hans Priks, student (conducting polymers)
Kristjan Eimre, student (FEM in high electric fields)
Fred Elhi, student (microfabrication, EAP)
Markus Loide, student
Robert Aare, student (FEM simulations, atomistic surface structure dynamics)
Antti Jaaniste, student- Indrek Ardel, student
- Martin Liivak, student (FEM simulations of 3D-MB's)
Anna Zadoroznaja, student (Ionic liquid gels)- Ragnar Margus, student
- Karl-Kristjan Kokk, student
- Johannes Vainikko, student
Kadi-Anne Küppar, student
Colleagues
- Karl Kruusamäe, Post-doc at The University of Texas at Austin (Robotics)
- Margus Rosin, lecturer (FPGA)
- Aleksander Tõnnisson Aleksander Tõnnisson, Buildit (Hardware accelerator) CEO
Indrek Must, postdoc at Uppsala (Ion sensing)
Gholamreza Anbarjafari, associate professor (head of iCV Research Group, computer vision and applied image processing)
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 (conductive polymers)
Kätlin Rohtlaid, PhD student at Cergy-Pontoise University (EAP fabrication)
