Andrew Lewis
Senior Mechanical Engineer at University of Washington, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Lewis is a senior mechanical engineer and robotics researcher with 12 years of experience applying soft and surgical-robotics techniques to real-world problems, from rapid ventilator development to teleoperated surgical tools. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering + Robotics and has led research-to-product efforts that validated medical device market fit and advanced soft-robot architectures for safe access to confined anatomy. Andrew excels at integrating mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and software systems across distributed teams, delivering FDA-EUA ventilator prototypes and manufacturable marine and medical hardware. He mentors students as an Affiliate Assistant Professor while consulting on robotics design and test, bringing both academic rigor and hands-on production experience. Notably, he has shipped and supported RAVEN II surgical platforms worldwide and translated PhD concepts into low-skill-user medical solutions, demonstrating a rare blend of surgical domain insight and pragmatic engineering for deployed systems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MS Mechnical Engineering, MS Mechnical Engineering at University of WashingtonExchange program German Language and Culture, Exchange program German Language and Culture at Konstanz University of Applied SciencesBachelor of Science Robotics Engineering, Bachelor of Science Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMath and Science; Robotics Engineering, Math and Science; Robotics Engineering at Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI
German
Github Skills (11)
robot10
webots10
raven10
robotics10
gazebosim10
ros9
acceleration7
api4
testing4
cpp3
ros-node3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
collaborative-robotics/crtk-cpp
Oct 2018 - Aug 2019
C++ programs written for testing and demonstration of the CRTK API.
Contributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 36 pushes in 9 months
apiroboticscppc-programstesting
uw-biorobotics/BRL_Master
May 2014 - Nov 2016
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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