Nathan J. Delson
`
`
` UC San Diego
`Tel. (858) 534 - 0655
` 9500 Gilman Ave
`Email: ndelson@ucsd.edu
` La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
`
`INTERESTS
`Mechanical Design, Mechatronics, Robotics, Biomedical Devices, and Design
`Education.
`
`
`EDUCATION
`Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Minor in
`6/90-5/94
`Biomechanics. Thesis: "Robot Programming by Human Demonstration".
`
`
`Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thesis: "Design of Bracing End-
`9/88 - 6/90
`Effectors for Dynamic Advantage with Application to Robotic Grinding".
`
`Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
`
`9/81-6/86
`
`University of California at San Diego. Cum Laude.
`
`ACADEMICS
`1/08 – present
`
`
`7/99 – 12/07
`
`
`7/96 - 6/99
`
`Teaching Professor and Director of the Mechanical Engineering Design Center
`Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego.
`Academic Coord. and Director of the Mechanical Engineering Design Center
`Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego.
`Director of the Mechanical Engineering Design Studio, Yale University Dept. of
`Mechanical Engineering.
`Lecturer, Yale University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Instruct design courses,
`7/95 – 6/99
`and supervise senior and master level projects.
`
`INDUSTRY
`
`1994 – present Consultant: Design Continuum, Sixense, Drivecam, and others.
`
`Co-founder of Coactive Drive Corporation. Design of electromechanical actuator
`6/96 – 1/08
`that was patented and licensed in the industry.
`
`Visiting Engineer, Daikin Industries, LTD. Osaka, Japan.
`7/93 - 8/93
`
`Co-founder of Sensor Lab Partnership that developed a science education kit for
`6/92 - 6/94
`hands-on physics and biomechanics educational experiments.
`
`Associate Structural Analysis Engineer, United Technologies, Advanced Systems
`7/86 - 6/88
`Division, San Diego CA. Structural analysis and design for manufacturability.
`
`
`
`
`
`AWARDS
`2015
`2014
`2009-10
`2005
`1999
`
`
` Outstanding Technical Paper, Engineering Design Graphics Division ASEE
`Outstanding Teaching Award, Warren College UC San Diego
`Best Teaching Award, MAE Dept., Jacob School of Engineering Dean’s Office
`Best Paper Finalist, 12th International Conference on Advanced Robotics
`Collegiate Inventors Competition Winner of Two Adviser Awards, National
`Inventors Hall of Fame.
`
`Immersion Ex 2009-1
`Apple v Immersion
`IPR2016-01381
`
`

`

`
`
`
`
`N. Delson
`
`
`
`
`
`SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
`Houston J., and Delson N., “Synchronized Vibration Device For Haptic Feedback,” U.S. Patent No.
`8,384,316, issued Feb 26, 2013
`Delson, N., and Anderson M., “Optimization from a Working Baseline: A Design Education Approach,”
`2012 ASEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA on June 10 - 13, 2012
`Delson, N., “RateMyTeammate.org: A Proposal for an Online Tool for Team Building and Assessment”,
`2012 ASEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA on June 10 - 13, 2012
`Delson, N; Sloan, C; McGee, T; Kedarisetty, S; Yim, W; Hastings, RH., “Parametrically Adjustable
`Intubation Mannequin With Real-Time Visual Feedback,” Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of
`the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 7(3):183-191, June 2012.
`Shea D. Aiken, MD, Nathan Delson, PhD, Terence M. Davidson, MD, and Randolph H. Hastings MD.,
`“A Two-Dimensional Model of Anatomic Relationships during Laryngoscopy,” Anesthesia and
`Analgesia 105: 1118-1126, October 2007.
`Delson, N., “Dynamic Legged Robot,” US Patent No. 7,168,513, Issued 1/30/2007.
`Delson, N., Hanak, T., Loewke K., and Miller, D., “Modeling and Implementation of McKibben
`Actuators for a Hopping Robot,” 12th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Seattle,
`Washington, USA on July 18-20, 2005
`Delson, N., 2004, “Creating a Positive Introductory Design Experience” Education that Works: The
`NCIIA 8th Annual Meeting, March 18-20, San Jose CA, 2004, pp. 59-65
`Delson, N., Koussa N., and Tejani N., 2003, “Measuring 3D Force and Motion Trajectories of a
`Laryngoscope in the Operating Room” Journal of Clinical Engineering, October/December 2003, pp.
`211-217.
`Delson, N., Koussa N., Hastings R. H., and Weinger M. B. . "Quantifying Expert vs. Novice Skill In
`Vivo for Development of a Laryngoscopy Simulator. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 11, NextMed:
`Health Horizion, IOS Press, 2003, pp. 45-51
`Delson, N. and Houston J. 1999, “Actuator with Opposing Repulsive Magnetic Forces” US Patent No.
`6002184, Issued Dec. 4 1999
`Panjabi, M., Wang, E., and Delson, N., 1999. “Neck Injury Criteria Based on Intervertebral Motions and
`its Evaluation using an Instrumented Neck Dummy” presented at Conference of the International
`Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact (IRCOBI), Barcelona, Spain September 23 – 24,
`1999
`Delson, N. 1999. “Selecting Capstone Engineering Design Projects for High Team Motivation” presented
`at Conference on Designing Design Education for the 21st Century Claremont, California, 19-21
`May 1999
`Delson, N., and West, H. 1996. "Segmentation of Task Into Subtasks for Robot Programming by Human
`Demonstration." Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation. Boston, July 7-10 1996, pp. 41-47.
`Delson N., and West H., 1994. "Robot Programming by Human Demonstration: The Use of Human
`Variation in Identifying Obstacle Free Trajectories." IEEE International Conference on Robotics
`and Automation, San Diego, CA , May 8-13 1994, pp. 564-571.
`Delson N., and West H., 1993. "Bracing to Increase the Natural Frequency of a Manipulator: Analysis
`and Design." International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 12, No. 6, Dec. 1993, pp. 560-571.
`
`
`
`Immersion Ex 2009-2
`Apple v Immersion
`IPR2016-01381
`
`