Dr Dana D. Damian

PhD

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Senior Lecturer

Dana Damian
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d.damian@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5632
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Dr Dana D. Damian
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

Dana D. Damian received her diploma in computer science and engineering from the Technical University Timisoara, Romania in 2007. In the same year she joined the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to work on her diploma thesis with Prof. Nicu Sebe and Prof. Mihai Micea. At the end of 2007, she became a PhD candidate at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland under the supervision of Prof. Rolf Pfeifer.

In 2011 she was a Visiting Scholar for one year at the Haptics Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US and at the Collaborative Haptics in Robotics and Medicine, Stanford University, U.S.A. working with Prof. Allison Okamura. In 2012 she was a Visiting Scholar at the Soft Machines Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A., working with Prof. Carmel Majidi. From 2013 to 2015, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA, working with Prof. Pierre Dupont in the Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering Laboratory. Since 2011, she is also a founder of the Private Library "Damian" in Romania.

Research interests

Develop bionic and assistive robots that show life-like behavior and sustained operation in order to achieve long-term adaptive healthcare. My approach in tackling this challenge is to exploit the computational interplay between material structures and mechanics. This research resides at the intersection between soft robotics, embodied artificial intelligence and bioengineering. Some of my work includes robotic implants, prosthetic wearables (tactile sensors and haptic devices), and plant prostheses.

Publications

Edited books

  • Alboul L, Damian D & Aitken JM (Eds.) (2016) . Springer International Publishing.

Journal articles

  • Jones J & Damian DD (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 7(3), 1329-1340.
  • Soliman M, Forbes F & Damian DD (2025) . Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 6.
  • Esendag K, McAlindon ME, Rus D, Miyashita S & Damian DD (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 6(4), 1300-1308.
  • Pontin M & Damian DD (2024) . Science Robotics, 9(92).
  • Pontin M & Damian DD (2023) . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(4), 1943-1950.
  • Perez-Guagnelli E, Jones J & D. Damian D (2022) . Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022.
  • Perez Guagnelli ER & Damian D (2022) . Soft Robotics, 9(4), 713-722.
  • Atwya M, Kavak C, Alisse E, Liu Y & Damian D (2021) . IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 68(2), 568-578.
  • Pontin M & Damian DD (2020) . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2(4), 553-556.
  • Iwasaki H, Lefevre F, Damian D, Iwase E & Miyashita S (2020) . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), 2015-2022.
  • Perez Guagnelli ER, Jones J, Tokel AH, Herzig N, Jones B, Miyashita S & Damian DD (2020) . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2(1), 94-103.
  • Iwasaki H, Lefevre F, Damian D, Iwase E & Miyashita S (2020) Autonomous and Reversible Adhesion Using Elastomeric Suction Cups for In-Vivo Medical Treatments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
  • Damian D (2020) . Birth Defects Research, 112(2), 131-136.
  • Damian D, Price K, Arabagi S, Berra I, Machaidze Z, Manjila S, Shimada S, Fabozzo A, Arnal G, Van Story D , Goldsmith JD et al (2018) . Science Robotics, 13(14).
  • Damian D, Fischer M, Hernandez Arieta A & Pfeifer R (2018) . Advanced Robotics, 32(1), 12-24.
  • Shull PB & Damian DD (2015) . Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 12.
  • Damian DD, Newton TH, Pfeifer R & Okamura AM (2015) . IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 20(1), 263-274.
  • Damian DD, Miyashita S, Aoyama A, Cadosch D, Huang P-T, Ammann M & Pfeifer R (2014) . Adaptive Behavior, 22(2), 109-122.
  • Damian DD, Arita AH, Martinez H & Pfeifer R (2012) . IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 59(8), 2200-2210.
  • Kwan I, Cataldo M & Damian D (2012) . IEEE Software, 29(1), 90-93.
  • Damian DD, Arieta AH & Okamura AM (2011) . 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 3455-3458.

Book chapters

  • Forbes F, Smith A & Damian DD (2022) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 105-113). Springer International Publishing
  • Thorn A, Afacan D, Ingham E, Kavak C, Miyashita S & Damian DD (2017) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 351-362). Springer International Publishing
  • ASTWOOD EB (1969) , Proceedings of the 1968 Laurentian Hormone Conference (pp. v-vi). Elsevier
  • () In Yu W, Chattopadhyay S, Lim T-C & Acharya UR (Ed.) CRC Press

Conference proceedings

  • Jones J, Pontin M & Damian DD (2024) . 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Proceedings (pp 7672-7678). Yokohama, Japan, 13 May 2024 - 13 May 2024.
  • Liu J, Soliman MA & Damian DD (2024) . 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Proceedings (pp 7665-7671). Yokohama, Japan, 13 May 2024 - 13 May 2024.
  • Esendag K, McAlindon M, Rus D, Miyashita S & Damian D (2023) . Proceedings of The 15th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2023 (pp 105-106)
  • Thanarak J, Damian D, Claeyssens F & Green N (2023) OPTIMISING THE FABRICATION, SURFACE TREATMENT AND MECHANICAL STIMULATION TO IMPROVE THE CELL PROLIFERATION AND COLLAGEN PRODUCTION FROM PRIMARY DERMAL FIBROBLASTS IN VITRO. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(11-12) (pp 1150-1151)
  • Liu J, Chen X, Lahondes Q, Esendag K, Damian D & Miyashita S (2022) . 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vol. 2022 (pp 2519-2525). Kyoto, Japan, 23 October 2022 - 23 October 2022.
  • Jones J & Damian DD (2022) . 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp 6913-6919), 23 October 2022 - 27 October 2022.
  • Duffield C, Smith AF, Rus D, Damian D & Miyashita S (2022) . 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp 465-471), 23 October 2022 - 27 October 2022.
  • Pontin M, Miyashita S & Damian DD (2022) . 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) (pp 62-67), 4 April 2022 - 8 April 2022.
  • Herzig N, Jones J, Perez Guagnelli E & Damian DD (2021) . Proceedings of 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021) (pp 11961-11967). Xian, China, 30 May 2021 - 30 May 2021.
  • Smith AF, Thanarak J, Pontin M, Green NH & Damian DD (2021) . Proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021) (pp 12428-12434). Xian, China, 30 May 2021 - 30 May 2021.
  • Jones J, Gillett Z, Perez Guagnelli ER & Damian DD (2020) . 2020 Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference, Vol. LNAI 12228 (pp 49-52). Online conference, 16 September 2020 - 16 September 2020.
  • Balasubramanian L, Wray T & Damian DD (2020) . Proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 5502-5508). Paris, France, 31 May 2020 - 31 May 2020.
  • Perez-Guagnelli E, Jones J & Damian DD (2019) . Proceedings of the 12th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (pp 3-4). London, UK, 23 June 2019 - 26 June 2019.
  • du Plessis dArgentre A, Perry S, Iwata Y, Iwasaki H, Iwase E, Fabozzo A, Will I, Rus D, Damian D & Miyashita S (2018) . Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 1511-1518). Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 21 May 2018 - 21 May 2018.
  • Perez-Guagnelli ER, Nejus S, Yu J, Miyashita S, Liu Y & Damian DD (2018) Axially and Radially Expandable Modular Helical Soft Actuator for Robotic Implantables.. ICRA (pp 1-9)
  • Thorn A, Afacan D, Ingham E, Cavak C, Miyashita S & Damian D (2017) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 10454 (pp 351-362). Guildford, UK, 19 July 2017 - 19 July 2017.
  • Ingham E, Miyashita S & Damian D (2017) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. TAROS 2017.(10454 ) (pp 540-547). Guildford, United Kingdom, 19 July 2017 - 19 July 2017.
  • Miyashita S, Guitron S, Yoshida K, Li S, Damian DD & Rus D (2016) . Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2016-J (pp 909-916). Stockholm, Sweden, 16 May 2016 - 16 May 2016.
  • Damian DD, Arabagi S, Fabozzo A, Ngo P, Jennings R, Manfredi M & Dupont PE (2014) . 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 786-792), 31 May 2014 - 7 June 2014.
  • Fries F, Miyashita S, Rus D, Pfeifer R & Damian DD (2014) . 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014) (pp 309-314), 5 December 2014 - 10 December 2014.
  • Roberts P, Damian DD, Shan W, Lu T & Majidi C (2013) . 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 3529-3534), 6 May 2013 - 10 May 2013.
  • Damian DD, Ludersdorfer M, Yeongmi Kim , Hernandez Arieta A, Pfeifer R & Okamura AM (2012) . 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 1038-1043), 14 May 2012 - 18 May 2012.
  • Cadosch D, Huang P-T, Damian DD, Miyashita S, Aoyama A & Pfeifer R (2011) . 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (pp 791-796), 9 October 2011 - 12 October 2011.
  • (2011) Design and evaluation of a multi-modal haptic skin stimulation apparatus.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, Vol. 2011 (pp 3455-3458)
  • David N, Carstea CG, Ratiu IG, Patrascu L & Damian D (2010) Web Services - Opportunities and challenges. International Conference on Applied Computer Science Proceedings (pp 436-439)
  • Damian DD, Martinez H, Dermitzakis K, Hernandez-Arieta A & Pfeifer R (2010) . 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 904-909), 18 October 2010 - 22 October 2010.
  • Cadosch D, B繹iler M, Ammann M, Damian DD, Miyashita S & Pfeifer R (2010) Attempt towards the cyborg-plant robotic response to water stress in avocados. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems Cogsys 2010
  • Damian DD & Dermitzakis K (2010) Morphological design for a prosthetic hand: Bone curvature and ridged skin. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems Cogsys 2010
  • Ratiu IG, Carstea CG, David N, Damian D & Patrascu L (2010) Dynamic control of genetic algorithms using fuzzy logic techniques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section A Physical Sciences, Vol. 80(1) (pp 71-80)
  • Patrascu L, Ratiu IG, Carstea CG, Damian D & David N (2009) Equity capitals situation - Definitive in assessing the company's financial statements. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering Quality and Production Systems Meqaps 09, Vol. 1 (pp 170-174)
  • Carstea C, Ratiu IG, Patrascu L, Plesea D, Damian D & David N (2009) Effects of IT on competition. Proc 9th Wseas Int Conf Simulation Modelling and Optimization Smo 09 5th Wseas Int Symp Grid Computing Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Digital Libraries Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Data Mining (pp 69-73)
  • Plesea D, Patrascu L, Carstea CG, Ratiu IG, Damian D & David N (2009) Economic risk analysis (operating). Proc 9th Wseas Int Conf Simulation Modelling and Optimization Smo 09 5th Wseas Int Symp Grid Computing Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Digital Libraries Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Data Mining (pp 57-60)
  • David N, Patrascu L, Ratiu IG, Carstea CG, Plesea D & Damian D (2009) On some probabilistic models for software reliability. Proc 9th Wseas Int Conf Simulation Modelling and Optimization Smo 09 5th Wseas Int Symp Grid Computing Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Digital Libraries Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Data Mining (pp 61-64)
  • Damian D, Carstea CG, Patrascu L, Ratiu IG, David N & Plesea D (2009) An economic application on the it繫 lemma. Proc 9th Wseas Int Conf Simulation Modelling and Optimization Smo 09 5th Wseas Int Symp Grid Computing Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Digital Libraries Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Data Mining (pp 65-68)
  • Damian D (2009) A mathematical model for the study of economic phenomenons. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering Quality and Production Systems Meqaps 09, Vol. 1 (pp 158-163)
  • Patrascu L, Plesea D, Ratiu IG, Carstea CG, Damian D & David N (2009) Study on financial performance. Proc 9th Wseas Int Conf Simulation Modelling and Optimization Smo 09 5th Wseas Int Symp Grid Computing Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Digital Libraries Proc 5th Wseas Int Symp Data Mining (pp 47-50)
  • Damian DD, Hernandez-Arieta A, Lungarella M & Pfeifer R (2009) . 2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (pp 139-146), 23 June 2009 - 26 June 2009.
  • Cirean D & Damian D (2006) (pp 172-181)
  • Perez-Guagnelli ER, Nejus S, Yu J, Miyashita S, Liu Y & Damian D () . Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 4297-4304). Brisbane, Australia, 21 May 2018 - 21 May 2018.
Grants
  • A new treatment for short bowel syndrome using a soft-matter robotic implant a preclinical study, MRC, 10/2023 - 09/2024, 瞿174,943, as PI
  • Tissue-RIMOTE: , EPSRC, 10/2019 - 08/2022, 瞿260,698, as PI
  • Swiss National Foundation, Advanced Postdoc Mobility, 2014-2015, P300P2_151248, sole applicant
  • Swiss National Foundation, Prospective Researcher Fellowship, 2013, PBZHP2_143344, sole applicant
  • Swiss National Foundation, Prospective Researcher Fellowship, 2011, PBZHP2-135917, sole applicant
  • Swiss National Foundation, Dynamical Coupling in motor-sensory function substitution, 2010, #CR23I2_132702/1, co-applicant
Teaching activities

Module leader

ACS231 Mechatronics 

Also teaches on 

ACS6502 Mechatronics for Robotics

Guest lecturer

Introduction to Bioengineering, University of Sheffield, Fall 2015
Artificial Life course, University of Zurich, 2009
Neural Networks course, University of Zurich, 2008
Introduction to Robotics lecture, Lucian Blaga National High School, Sebes, Romania

Links

  Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group