{"id":417,"date":"2025-06-27T13:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=417"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:33:26","slug":"caleb-rucker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/caleb-rucker\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Rucker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Caleb Rucker<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>B. Ray Thompson Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2023-Present<br><\/strong>Associate Professor and B. Ray Thompson Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2019-2023<br><\/strong>Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2013-2019<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2011-2013<br><\/strong>Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Modeling Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2007-2011<br><\/strong>Research Assistant, Medical and Electromechanical Design Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/reach-robotics-lab\">Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS, Engineering Mechanics and Mathematics, Lipscomb University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Robotics, Dynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solid Mechanics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medical Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computer-Aided Surgeryent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member, IEEE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MABE Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Medical Robotics Paper Finalist IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VUSE Best Student Paper Award, Vanderbilt School of Engineering, 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>H. Su, G. Li, D. C. Rucker, R. J. Webster III, G. Fischer.&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs10439-016-1585-7\">A Concentric Tube Continuum Robot with Piezoelectric Actuation for MRI-Guided Closed-loop Targeting<\/a><\/em>.&nbsp;Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 1-11, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>H. B. Gilbert, D. C. Rucker, and R. J. Webster III.&nbsp;<em>Concentric Tube Robots: The State of the Art and Future Directions.<\/em>&nbsp;Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 19, 253-269, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A. Orekhov, C. Bryson, J. Till, S. Chung, and D. C. Rucker.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/login.jsp?tp=&amp;arnumber=7397898\">Analysis and Validation of a Teleoperated Surgical Parallel Continuum Manipulator<\/a>. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters,&nbsp;1(2), 828-835, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J. Burgner-Kahrs, D. C. Rucker, H. Choset.&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7314984\">Continuum Robots for Medical Applications: A Survey<\/a><\/em>. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 31(6), 1261-1280, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A. L. Simpson, K. Sun, T. S. Pheiffer, D. C. Rucker, A. K. Sills, R. C. Thompson, M. I.&nbsp;Miga.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6748019\">Evaluation of Conoscopic Holography for Estimating Resection Cavities in Model-Based Image-Guided Neurosurgery<\/a><\/em>. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 61(6), 1833-1843, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T. S. Pheiffer, R. C. Thompson, D. C. Rucker, A. L. Simpson, M. I. Miga.&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0301562913011460\">Model-Based Correction of Tissue Compression for Tracked Ultrasound in Soft Tissue Image-Guided Surgery<\/a><\/em>. Ultrasound in Medicine &amp; Biology, 40(4), 788-803, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. C. Rucker, Y. Wu, L. W. Clements, J. E. Ondrake, T. S. Pheiffer, A. L. Simpson, W. R. Jarnagin, and Michael I. Miga,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/danielcrucker\/home\/files\/2014_TMI.pdf?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\"><em>A Mechanics-Based Nonrigid Registration Method for Liver Surgery using Sparse Intraoperative Data<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>&nbsp;IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 33(1), 147-158, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J. Burgner, D. C. Rucker, H. B. Gilbert, P. J. Swaney, P. T. Russell, K. D. Weaver, and R. J. Webster III.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/danielcrucker\/home\/files\/2013_TMECH.pdf?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\"><em>A Telerobotic System for Transnasal Surgery<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>&nbsp;IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, 19(3), 996-1006, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. C. Rucker, H. B. Gilbert, P. J. Swaney, J. Das, M. I. Miga, N. Sarkar, and R. J. Webster III.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/danielcrucker\/home\/files\/2013_TRO.pdf?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\"><em>Sliding-Mode Control of Steerable Needles<\/em><\/a>. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 29(5), 1289-1299, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J. Burgner, P. J. Swaney, T. L. Bruns, M. S. Clark, D. C. Rucker, E. C. Burdette, and R. J. Webster III.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/medicaldevices.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org\/article.aspx?articleid=1656899\"><em>An Autoclavable Steerable Cannula Manual Deployment Device: Design and Accuracy Analysis<\/em><\/a>. ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 6(4), 041007, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. C. Rucker and R. J. Webster III.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/danielcrucker\/home\/files\/2011_TRO.pdf?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\"><em>Statics and Dynamics of Continuum Robots with General Tendon Routing and External Loading<\/em><\/a>. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 27(6), 1033-1044, 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. C. Rucker, B. A. Jones, and R. J. Webster III.<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/danielcrucker\/home\/files\/2010_TRO.pdf?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\">A Geometrically Exact Model for Externally Loaded Concentric Tube Continuum Robots<\/a>. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 26(5), 769-780, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. C. Rucker, R. J. Webster III, G. S. Chirikjian, and N. J. Cowan.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ijr.sagepub.com\/content\/early\/2010\/04\/01\/0278364910367543\"><em>Equilibrium Conformations of Concentric-Tube Continuum Robots<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>&nbsp;International Journal of Robotics Research, 29(10), 1263-1280, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. C. Rucker and R. J. Webster III.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/danielcrucker\/home\/files\/2009_TBME.pdf?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\"><em>Parsimonious Evaluation of Concentric-Tube Continuum Robot Equilibrium Conformation<\/em><\/a>. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 56(9), 2308-2311, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/calebrucker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-419\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/calebrucker.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/calebrucker-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>304 Dougherty Engineering Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-4571<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:caleb.rucker@utk.edu\">caleb.rucker@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caleb Rucker B. 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