Elliot Hawkes
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Contact
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award (2018-'19, 2022-'23); Early CAREER Award, National Science Foundation's ; Early Career Award, NASA; 2020 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering; Top 10 Robotics Technologies of the Year, Science Robotics; Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award (2020-'21)
Research
Hawkes' research focuses on bringing together design, mechanics, and non-traditional materials to advance the vision of robust, adaptable, human-safe robots that can thrive in the uncertain, unstructured world. Current projects involve bio-inspired microstructured adhesive materials, non-linear compliant mechanisms, high-power soft actuators, soft exoskeletons, and growing robots.
PhD Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
MS Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
AB Mechanical Engineering, Harvard University