Mahdieh Babaeiasl

Mahdieh Babaiasl is currently an instructor, researcher, and founder at Mecharithm, a startup company that is dedicated to learning and research in Robotics and Mechatronics with the ultimate mission of Educational Robotics.

She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, USA. As her Ph.D. research, she has developed a mechanics-based model for cut-depth of waterjet in soft tissue as well as a waterjet steerable needle system to be used for robotics-assisted surgery. Her past research included designing and controlling an exoskeleton robot for upper-limb rehabilitation and a surgical robot.

She serves as a reviewer for several prestigious journals and conferences, including IEEE RA-L, MBEC, IEEE access, TIMC, and COMPELECENG, among others. Her research interests are educational robotics, steerable needles, water-jet-assisted medical applications, and medical devices.