Kat Allen (she/her) is a PhD Candidate at Tufts University. She holds a SB in Aerospace Engineering with Information Technology (XVI-2) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a joint MS in Human-Robot Interaction and Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University.
Her current research includes human-robot haptic interaction and accessibility. Her recent work includes haptic communication in collaborative tasks and understanding accessibility in making and other creative hands-on tasks. Her work has applications in engineering education (especially co-curricular settings such as makerspaces) and in enabling disabled makers to design or co-design their own assistive technologies. She is advised by Elaine Short (AABL Lab) and Chris Rogers (FETLab of the CEEO) She is advised by Elaine Short (AABL Lab) and Chris Rogers (FETLab of the CEEO)