Siamak Najarian received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Oxford University, England. He serves as Professor and Dean of Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran. Dr. Najarian s research interests are the applications of artificial tactile sensing (especially in robotic surgery) and design of artificial organs. His McGraw-Hill book, "Artificial Tactile Sensing in Biomedical Engineering", was a 2009 PROSE Awards finalist in the Engineering and Technology category.
Javad Dargahi, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and...