Siobhan Rigby Oca

Assistant Professor of The Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Appointments and Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of The Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Assistant Director for Robotics and Autonomy in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Contact Information
- Email Address: siobhan.rigby@duke.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Duke University, 2022
- M.S. University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, 2017
- B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
Courses Taught
- ECE 383: Introduction to Robotics and Automation
- ECE 392: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 495: Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
- ME 442: Introduction to Robotics and Automation
- ME 490: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 555: Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 591: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
- ME 592: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
In the News
- Undergraduate Course in Robotics Gets Reboot with Help of Engineering Doctoral Student (Nov 16, 2021)
- Bass Instructional Fellowships Broaden Teaching, Career Opportunities (Nov 10, 2021)
- NASA Climbs Aboard with Support for Robot Project (Jun 26, 2020)
Representative Publications
- Oca, SR; Navas, A; Leiman, E; Buckland, DM, Effect of language interpretation modality on throughput and mortality for critical care patients: A retrospective observational study., J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, vol 2 no. 4 (2021) [10.1002/emp2.12477] [abs].