Faculty DirectoryMitra Hartmann
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies for Biomedical Engineering
Contact
2145 Sheridan RoadTech B284
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
847-467-4633Email Mitra Hartmann
Website
Neuroscience and Robotics Lab (NxR)
Departments
Affiliations
Education
Post-doc Bio-Computing, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Post-doc Computational Neurobiology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Ph.D. Integrative Neuroscience, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
B.S. Applied and Engineering Physcis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Significant Recognition
- McCormick School of Engineering Teacher of the Year, 2010
- McCormick School of Engineering Teacher of the Year, 2011, 2010, 2009
- NSF CAREER Award, 2008
- NAE 14th Annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2008
- Invited Participant, NINDS Workshop on Neuroprosthetics, 2008
- Packard Nominee, Northwestern University, 2006
- Searle Junior Fellow, Northwestern University, 2006-07
- Everhart Distinguished Graduate Student Lecturer Award, Caltech, 1996
Significant Professional Service
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Neurophysiology
- NIH SMI Study Section Member
- Programming Committee Member, Barrels Society, 2007 - Present
- Guest Editor, Autonomous Robots, Special Issue on Biomorphic Robotics, 2001
In the Classroom
Profesor Hartmann teaches ME 241 and BME 270. Both classes are titled Introductory Fluid Mechanics. The flow of fluids is important in many applications ranging from blood flow in the human body to air flow over the wing of a jet aircraft. Undergraduates take this course at the end of their second year or at the beginning of their third year. The course uses integral calculus and differential equations, so these courses are prerequisites. It also helps to have taken physics and thermodynamics prior to this course.
Professor Hartmann also teaches a graduate level course, BME 462: Neural Engineering - Sensory Acquisition through Movement. This course focuses on an understanding of how animals move to acquire sensory data across multiple modalities, including vision, audition, and somatosensation. A previous introductory course in neuroscience is helpful.