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Shorya Awtar is the Joseph E. Shigley Collegiate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. His work focuses on mechanical design, precision engineering, mechatronic systems, and robotics.
- Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004)
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2000)
- B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur (1998)
His research spans constraint-based design, flexure mechanisms, and medical devices for minimally invasive surgery. Key contributions include precision motion stages for semiconductor metrology and rehab robotics. Recent work addresses motion sickness mitigation in autonomous vehicles using mechatronic systems.
He has received prestigious awards such as the NSF CAREER Award, R&D100 Awards, and ASME Fellow recognition. His patents and innovations, including FlexDex Surgical's needle driver, have garnered media attention from Mit Tech Review and NBC.
- Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, SAE (2012)
- Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (2011)
- ASME Leonardo da Vinci Award (2011)
- ASME Freudenstein / General Motors Young Investigator Award (2011)
He advises students in graduate fellowships (e.g., NIST-ARRA Graduate Fellowship) and leads the Precision Systems Design Laboratory (PSDL), which has won multiple ASME Best Paper Awards and design competitions.
