Cameron N. Riviere
Associate Research Professor
The
Robotics Institute, Carnegie
Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
My research involves biomedical
applications of high-precision
human-machine interfaces (e.g., active tremor canceling for manual
microsurgery), control systems, learning algorithms, adaptive signal
processing, and mechatronics.
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical
Engineering,
September
1995
Thesis: "Adaptive Suppression of
Tremor for Improved Human-machine
Control."
Advisor: Nitish
V. Thakor,
Department
of Biomedical Engineering
B.S. in Aerospace
Engineering,
December
1989
B.S. in Ocean Engineering, December
1989
Minor in Music
Awards
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Best
Mini Presentation, 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting, International
Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery:
T. Ota, N. A. Patronik, C. N. Riviere, M. A.
Zenati, “Epicardial injection using a miniature crawling robotic device
through
a subxiphoid approach.”
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Second
Place, IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Whitaker Foundation
Student Paper Competition, 1995.
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National
Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship Award, NASA-Ames Research Center,
1995 (declined in favor of CMU).
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National
Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship Award, U.
S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center,
1995 (declined in favor of CMU).