"The human hand is one of the most precise and wonderful mechanical devices in creation and vastly more impressive than any mechanical device that man has made."

– Stuart Burgess, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Research Division Members

Division Director


Kris Valdes

Board Liaison

Jane Fedorczyk

Journal Club

Nancy Naughton (Chair)
Beverly Bass
Eugene Boeglin, Jr.
Virginia O'Brien

Scientific Review & Mentorship Board

Kris Valdes (Chair)
Joseph Basante
Beverly Bass
Eugene Boeglin
Lydia Christesen
Brian Patrick Connors
Christine Eddow
Nancy Forget
Michael Kim
Hope Martin
Virgil Mathiowetz
Nancy Naughton
Virginia O’Brien
Victoria Priganc
Phyllis Rogers Ross
Caroline W. Stegink-Jansen
Stephanie Sueoka
Aviva L Wolff

Website Committee

Phyllis Rogers Ross (Chair)
Eugene Boeglin, Jr.
Brian Patrick Connors
Caroline W. Stegink-Jansen

Staff Liaison

Jessica Keenan Smith


To contact the ASHT Research Division, email research@asht.org.