Sang-Eun “Sam” Song, MSc, PhD, DIC
Associate Professor of Medical Robotics
F. T. Harrington Endowed Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
E‑mail: ssong@uakron.edu
Office: ASEC N 108B
Experiences
Associate Professor & F. T. Harrington Endowed Chair · 2023/08 – Current
Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME), Joint appointments at the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (BME), and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), The University of Akron, Akron, U.S.
Associate Professor · 2015/08 – 2023/05
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Joint appointment at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), University of Central Florida, Orlando, U.S.
Research Associate · 2014/07 – 2015/07
BioDesign Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, U.S.
Instructor in Radiology · 2010/10 – 2014/06
Surgical Navigation & Robotics Laboratory, NIH National Center for Image-guided Therapy (NCIGT), Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, U.S.
Associate Research Scientist · 2008/08 – 2010/10
NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) and Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins Medicine), Baltimore, U.S.
Research Scientist · 2006/11 – 2008/07
Institute for Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (ICAOS), Western Pennsylvania Hospital (Carnegie Mellon University), Pittsburgh, U.S.
Research Fellow · 2006/01 – 2006/10
Neuromotor Control Lab., Mechanical Engineering Department, University of British Columbia (Vancouver General Hospital), Vancouver, Canada
First Lieutenant · 1995/03 – 1997/06
Republic of Korea Army, South Korea
Education
PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Medical Robotics) · 2005/12
Mechatronics In Medicine Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, U.K.
MSc in Mechanical Systems Engineering · 1999/10 – 2000/12
Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.
BSc in Mechanical Engineering · 1991/03 – 1992/02
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea.
