Chris Sears, PhD, PE

Chris Sears is a Principal Biomedical Engineer at Syncro Medical. He received a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA in the Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT). Dr. Sears has particular expertise in tactile feedback for robotic and tele-operated surgical systems. He has worked in industry in ventures related to robotics and mesh networking, and on medical device projects for the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), Center for Innovative Minimally Invasive Therapy (CIMIT), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and several government medical research groups. In 2012, he was certified by the California State Board as a Professional Engineer in Computer and Electrical Engineering.