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Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

Prof. Dr.

Director
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart
Haptic Intelligence

Contact

Heisenbergstr. 3
70569 Stuttgart
Germany

Qualifications and Career

Stages Periods and Details
Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical Engineering (B.S.), 1996-2000, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Master’s Degree Mechanical Engineering (M.S.), 2000-2002, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Doctoral Degree 2002-2006, Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D.), with Prof. Günter Niemeyer, Stanford University, USA “Characterizing and Controlling the High-Frequency Dynamics of Haptic Interfaces”
Honorary Professor since 2022, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Director since 2017, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
Associate Professor (with tenure) 2013-2016, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, secondary appointment in Computer and Information Science and graduate group membership in Electrical and Systems Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation (tenure-track) 2007-2013, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Postdoctoral Researcher 2006-2007, Prof. Allison Okamura, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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