Mitra Hartmann
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
2145 Sheridan Road
Tech D153
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
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BME Departmental Bio
ME Departmental Bio
Hartmann Lab
Post-doc Bio-Computing
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Post-deoc 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
Research Interest:
Neurobiology and biomechanics of active sensing behaviors
Selected Recent Publications:
- R Blythe Towal;Brian W Quist;Venkatesh Gopal;Joseph H Solomon;Mitra J Z Hartmann, "The morphology of the rat vibrissal array: a model for quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of whisker-object contact", PLoS computational biology, (2011)
- HJ CHIEL;LH TING;O EKEBERG;MJZ HARTMANN, "The Brain in Its Body: Motor Control and Sensing in a Biomechanical Context", Journal of Neuroscience, (2009)
- JH Solomon, MJZ Hartmann, "Extracting Object Contours with the Sweep of a Robotic Whisker Using Torque Information", The International Journal of Robotics Research, (2009)
- JH SOLOMON, MJZ HARTMANN, "Artificial Whiskers Suitable for Array Implementation: Accounting for Lateral Slip and Surface Friction", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS, (2008)
- Towal, R. B.; Hartmann, M. J. Z., "Variability in velocity profiles during free-air whisking behavior of unrestrained rats.", Journal of Neurophysiology, (2008)
- Birdwell, J. A.; Solomon, J. H.; Thajchayapong, M.; Taylor, M. A.; Cheely, M.; Towal, R. B.; Conradt, J.; Hartmann, M. J. Z., "Biomechanical models for radial distance determination by the rat vibrissal system.", Journal of Neurophysiology, (2007)
