Introduction
My name is Hannes Daepp and I am a graduate student at Georgia Tech. I'm working towards a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering as part of the Intelligent Machines and Dynamics Laboratory (IMDL). My research is related to the construction and development of a compact fluid powered search and rescue robot, focusing particularly on user control and haptic interfacing of the robot. The project is one of four testbeds of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, a National Science Foundation research center.
About Me
I grew up primarily in Lewisburg, a small college town in central Pennsylvania, though I spent most of my summers and a few amazing school years in my father's homeland of Switzerland. After high school, I left the rolling hills of Pennsylvania for the colorful Boston suburb of Somerville, where I received my B.S. in mechanical engineering at Tufts University. Over the course of my undergraduate career, I was fortunate enough to be able to study various areas of mechanical engineering in my courses, labs, and internships at home and abroad, broadening my perspective of the field as a whole. In particular, research positions at a Fraunhofer Institute and Virginia Tech led me to realize that I wanted to further my education and pursue a higher degree. These experiences, along with projects such as my senior thesis in the development of a jellyfish-inspired actuator as well as a senior design project in medical device design, helped to develop my interest in the fields of mechatronics and robotics.
