Using Summer to get a Firm Grip on Research

Local high school interns prove pivotal to new research into tactile sensing for human-centered robotics.

Over the summer of 2023, Christian Hable and Matthew Zhu, two students from Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia, served as research interns for Ye Zhao, Assistant Professor; School of Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines, and Ting Zhu, Woodruff Professor; School of Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Institute for Materials, both learning from the experience and proposing new research paths to their hosting lab team.