Dr. Janelle Clark

Assistant Professor · Tenure-Track

Department of Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

About

Janelle P. Clark received her A.S. in Engineering Science at Monroe Community College in 2012, her B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA in 2015, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA in 2017 and 2022, respectively. She is currently an assistant professor of mechanical engineering with the University of Maryland – Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Research interests

Human-robot interaction, assistive and rehabilitative robotics, haptics, user-centered design.

Teaching interests

Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Haptics, Mechatronics, Machine Design

Education

  • Postdoc, Computer ScienceUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell (2024)
  • Ph D, Mechanical EngineeringRice Univeristy (2022)
    Individualized Haptics: On relating Psychophysics, Contact Mechanics, and Physiology in Indenting and Skin Stretch Haptic Cues
  • MS, Mechanical EngineeringRice University (2017)
    Skin Stretch as Haptic Feedback for Upper Limb Prostheses
  • BS, Mechanical EngineeringClarkson University (2015)
  • AS, Engineering ScienceMonroe Community College (2012)