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_data/experience.yaml

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- place: "Stanford"
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title: "Successful PhD Defense!"
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subtitle: "I passed my PhD defense! Now a Dr. of robot stuff."
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subtitle: "Optical Sensing of Physical Interaction: Visual and Tactile Perception."
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time: "March 2023"
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title: "Started IP Strategy Consulting"
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subtitle: "Led innovation sessions with many great clients to identify patent solutions."
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category: "school"
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subtitle: "Led innovation sessions with many clients to identify potential patent solutions."
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category: "work"
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- place: "Stanford"
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time: "March 2023"
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title: "Back at School Full-time"
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subtitle: "Time to finish my PhD in robot stuff."
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title: "Returned Full-time to PhD"
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subtitle: "Rediscovered the passion for research."
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- place: "New York City"
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title: "Started Leave of Absence from PhD"
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subtitle: "Stints in content marketing, meme-based education, autonomous trucking, and domestic robotics."
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title: "Became a Stanford PhD Dropout"
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subtitle: "Stints in software engineering for a content marketing startup, community management for a meme-based edtech startup, project management for autonomous trucking, and product management for domestic robotics, among other hats I wore."
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- place: "Stanford University"
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time: "October 2020"
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title: "Became a PhD Candidate"
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subtitle: "Adjusting to grad school was rough,<br/>but I officially became a PhD Candidate!"
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subtitle: "M.S. in Mechanical Engineering <br/> Concentration: Robotics <br/>"
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title: "Graduation (magna cum laude)"
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description: "Invited research talk at University of Michigan's Robot Studio."
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description: "Successfully passed my PhD defense."
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link: "https://youtu.be/B8rVM_Yolyo"
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description: "Successfully passed my PhD defense!"
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description: "Featured interview for Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)."
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- date: "9 April 2024"
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link: "https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-miniaturized-vision-based-tactile-sensor.html"
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description: "Interviewed about my research on TechXplore."
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- date: "16 June 2024"
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link: "https://me.stanford.edu/spring-2022-soe-jedi-graduation-award"
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description: "Received Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Award from the Stanford Department of Mechanical Engineering."
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link: "https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-miniaturized-vision-based-tactile-sensor.html"
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description: "Interviewed about my research on TechXplore."
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link: "https://www.peointernational.org/educational-support/scholar-awards/"
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description: "Awarded the full P.E.O. Scholarship after nomination."
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link: "https://astronautical.org/events/goddard/"
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description: "Invited guest (fellowship awardee) to the AAS Goddard Memorial Symposium."
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_data/projects.yaml

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_data/publications.yaml

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- title: "Using Fiber Optic Bundles to Miniaturize Vision-based Tactile Sensors"
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authors: "<b>Julia Di</b>, Zdravko Dugonjic, Will Fu, Tingfan Wu, Romeo Mercado, Kevin Sawyer, Victoria Rose Most, Gregg Kammerer, Stefanie Speidel, Richard E Fan, Geoffrey Sonn, Mark R Cutkosky, Mike Lambeta, Roberto Calandra"
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authors: "<u>Julia Di</u>, Zdravko Dugonjic, Will Fu, Tingfan Wu, Romeo Mercado, Kevin Sawyer, Victoria Rose Most, Gregg Kammerer, Stefanie Speidel, Richard E Fan, Geoffrey Sonn, Mark R Cutkosky, Mike Lambeta, Roberto Calandra"
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venue: "IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2024)"
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paper_pdf: "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.05500"
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code: "https://github.com/facebookresearch/digit-design/tree/main"
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- title: "Locomotion As Manipulation With ReachBot"
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authors: "Tony G. Chen, Stephanie Newdick, <b>Julia Di</b>, Carlo Bosio, Nitin Ongole, Mathieu Lapôtre, Marco Pavone, Mark R Cutkosky"
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authors: "Tony G. Chen, Stephanie Newdick, <u>Julia Di</u>, Carlo Bosio, Nitin Ongole, Mathieu Lapôtre, Marco Pavone, Mark R Cutkosky"
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venue: "Science Robotics (2024)"
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paper_pdf: "https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scirobotics.adi9762"
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video: "https://youtu.be/N02lvgjVyeM?si=BFJsvY7TZWmdm4Vg"
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code: "https://zenodo.org/records/10836305"
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- title: "AstrobeeCD: Change detection in microgravity with free-flying robots"
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authors: "Holly Dinkel, <b>Julia Di</b>, Jamie Santos, Keenan Albee, Paulo VK Borges, Marina Moreira, Ryan Soussan, Oleg Alexandrov, Brian Coltin, Trey Smith"
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authors: "Holly Dinkel, <u>Julia Di</u>, Jamie Santos, Keenan Albee, Paulo VK Borges, Marina Moreira, Ryan Soussan, Oleg Alexandrov, Brian Coltin, Trey Smith"
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authors: "Josselin Somerville Roberts, Paul-Emile Giacomelli, Yoni Gozlan, <b>Julia Di</b> <i>(as Supervisor)</i>"
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venue: "IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (2023) <b>Best Student Paper Award</b>"
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authors: "Josselin Somerville Roberts, Paul-Emile Giacomelli, Yoni Gozlan, <u>Julia Di</u>"
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venue: "IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (2023)"
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award: "Best Student Paper Award (as Supervisor)"
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paper_pdf: "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10473555"
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- title: "A Multi-Axis FBG-Based Tactile Sensor for Gripping in Space"
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authors: "Samuel Frishman<sup>‡</sup>, <u>Julia Di</u><sup>‡</sup>, Zulekha Karachiwalla, Richard J Black, Kian Moslehi, Trey Smith, Brian Coltin, Bijan Moslehi, Mark R Cutkosky"
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venue: "IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2021)"
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paper_pdf: "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9635998"
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authors: "<u>Julia Di</u>"
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paper_pdf: "/assets/publications/2020_retrospective/paper.pdf"
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- title: "Rapid Mission Concept Development at the 2019 Caltech Space Challenge: A Small Lander Network Studying the Habitability of Enceladus"
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authors: "Katiyayni Balachandran, Paolo Cappuccio, <b>Julia Di</b>, Kelsey Doerksen, Jared Fuchs, Alessia Gloder, Rebecca Jolitz, Monica Li, Dan Limonchik, Lotfi Massarweh, Atila Meszaros, Daniel Naftalovich, Erica Nathan, Thomas Peev, Marc Rovira-Navarro, Shreya Santra"
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authors: "Katiyayni Balachandran, Paolo Cappuccio, <u>Julia Di</u>, Kelsey Doerksen, Jared Fuchs, Alessia Gloder, Rebecca Jolitz, Monica Li, Dan Limonchik, Lotfi Massarweh, Atila Meszaros, Daniel Naftalovich, Erica Nathan, Thomas Peev, Marc Rovira-Navarro, Shreya Santra"
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authors: "Ori Kedar, Christie Capper, Yan-Song Chen, Zhaoyang Chen, <u>Julia Di</u>, Yonah Elzora, Lingjian Kong, Yuanxia Lee, Julian Oks, Jorge Orbay, Fabian Stute, Chad Tarpley, Joni Mici, and Hod Lipson"
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index.html

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I recently earned my PhD from the <a href="http://bdml.stanford.edu/">Biomimetic & Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory</a> at Stanford University, advised by Mark Cutkosky. My dissertation work was on optical sensing for visual and tactile perception to improve the physical interaction capabilities of robots. My interests in life revolve around <b>robotic sensing</b>, <b>art</b>, <b>climate change and conservation</b>, and <b>social impact</b>.
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I recently earned my PhD from the <a href="http://bdml.stanford.edu/">Biomimetic & Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory</a> at Stanford University, advised by Mark Cutkosky, for research on optical sensing for visual and tactile perception. During my PhD I was supported by a <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/space-tech-research-grants/nstrf-2018/">NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship</a> (for first try at the PhD), <a href="https://www.peointernational.org/educational-support/scholar-awards/">P.E.O. Scholarship</a>, <a href="https://www.zonta.org/Web/Web/Programs/Education/Amelia_Earhart_Fellowship.aspx">Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship</a>, and the <a href="https://futurespaceleaders.org/">Future Space Leaders Foundation</a>. I care about a great many things in life, including: <b>robotic sensing</b>, <b>space exploration</b>, </b><b>art</b>, <b>climate change and conservation</b>, and <b>social impact</b>.
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<p>In the past I have worked on NASA robots, an X-plane, and domestic robots; I've also done a few thru-hike sections (so far El Camino de Santiago, John Muir Trail), jumped out of a plane, and earned an open water dive license. I have been very grateful to receive the 2020 Interact Fellowship, 2019 Threshold Ventures Fellowship, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellowship, and 2017 AIAA 20 Twenties Laureate. I received my B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 2018, where I started the <a href="http://www.columbiaspace.org">Columbia Space Initiative</a> and was very active on campus as a student organization leader.
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<p>In the past I have worked on NASA robots, an X-plane, and domestic robots; I've also done a few thru-hike sections (so far El Camino de Santiago and John Muir Trail), jumped out of a plane, and earned an open water dive license. I have been grateful for the recognition and support provided by the 2020 Interact Fellowship, 2019 Threshold Ventures Fellowship, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellowship, and 2017 AIAA 20 Twenties. I received my B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 2018, where I started the <a href="http://www.columbiaspace.org">Columbia Space Initiative</a> and was very active on campus as a student organization leader.
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