Marcia K. O'Malley
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation George R. Brown School of Engineering
Assumed office
May 1, 2021
Preceded byGang Bao
Personal details
BornJanuary 7, 1975
Ohio, United States
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materPurdue University (BS)
Vanderbilt University (MS)
Vanderbilt University (PhD)

Marcia Kilchenman O'Malley is an American mechanical engineer, the Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Mechanical Engineering and associate dean for research and innovation for the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University. Her research concerns "systems for enhancing the human sensorimotor control system",[1] including work on exoskeletons, neuroprosthetics, haptic technology, and brain–computer interfaces.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education and career

O'Malley is a 1996 graduate of Purdue University, where she majored in mechanical engineering.[6][3] She went to Vanderbilt University for graduate study, earning a master's degree in 1999 and completing her Ph.D. in 2001.[1][6]

She has been on the Rice University faculty since 2001,[1][6] and holds courtesy appointments in electrical and computer engineering and computer science at Rice, and in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Before being named the Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor, she was Stanley C. Moore Professor of Mechanical Engineering.[7]

Recognition

O'Malley was named an ASME Fellow in 2014.[8] In 2019 she was named an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to rehabilitation robotics and haptic systems",[7] and in 2022 she was named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering for her "outstanding contributions to rehabilitation robotics, haptics and robotic surgery".[9]

In 2019, Purdue University gave her their Outstanding Mechanical Engineer Award.[3] In 2020 she was named the ASME Dynamic Systems and Controls Division Nyquist Lecturer.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kurp, Patrick (April 30, 2021), Marcia O'Malley named associate dean for research and innovation, Rice University George R. Brown School of Engineering, retrieved 2022-04-29
  2. ↑ Patton, Carol (August 2008), "Touch the Future, Part II: Rice University and Carnegie Mellon reach for haptic technology", Ed Tech Magazine
  3. 1 2 3 Groll, Eckhard (2019), Outstanding Mechanical Engineer Awards, Purdue Engineering, retrieved 2022-04-29
  4. ↑ Danigelis, Alyssa (April 18, 2011), "'Iron Man'-Type Exoskeleton Aids Recovery", NBC News
  5. ↑ Boyd, Jade (October 29, 2018), Can you feel what I'm saying? Rice's MAHI Lab studies technology that communicates by touch, Rice Robotics Initiative, retrieved 2022-04-29
  6. 1 2 3 "Marcia K. O'Malley", ORCiD, retrieved 2022-04-29
  7. 1 2 Kurp, Patrick (December 3, 2019), Marcia O'Malley named IEEE Fellow, Rice University George R. Brown School of Engineering, retrieved 2022-04-29
  8. ↑ ASME Fellows List (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, retrieved 2022-04-29
  9. ↑ Dr. Marcia O'Malley Elected to the 2022 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows (PDF), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, February 18, 2022, retrieved 2022-04-29
  10. ↑ Kurp, Patrick (October 14, 2020), O'Malley named ASME's Dynamic Systems and Controls Division Nyquist Lecturer for 2020, Rice University George R. Brown School of Engineering, retrieved 2022-04-29
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