Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Professional Service Award

Canadian Council of Professional Engineers,  Award for the Support of Women in Engineering

NSERC Accelerator Award

YWCA Women of Distinction Award,Education, Training & Development

WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada

Just Desserts Award, UBC Alma Mater Society

Wendy MacDonald Award, Diversity Champion, Vancouver Board of Trade

Canadian Academy of Engineers : Fellow

American Society of Mechanical Engineers : Fellow

Engineers Canada : Fellow

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers : Senior Member

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia : Member (P.Eng.)

Impacts of robot head gaze on robot-to-human handovers

Physical human–robot interaction

Design and evaluation of a touch-centered calming interaction with a social robot

Transformation of vestibular signals for the control of standing in humans

Active target search for high dimensional robotic systems

Elizabeth Croft is Associate Dean, Education and Professional Development for the Faculty of Applied Science, director of the Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab, and a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of British Columbia. Her research investigates how robotic systems can operate efficiently and effectively in partnership with people, in a safe, predictable, and helpful manner. She is author of over 120 refereed publications in robotics, controls, visual servoing and human robot interaction.  Applications of this work range from manufacturing assembly to healthcare and assistive technology and her work has been funded by industry partners including Thermo-CRS, General Motors and Hyundai Heavy Industries.

As Associate Dean for Education and Professional Development, Professor Croft is responsible for  undergraduate, graduate and professional educational initiatives in Applied Science at both the Vancouver and Okanagan campus, and lead the development and successful launch of eight new professional programs in Engineering, Planning and Health in 2016. She provides oversight for the Engineering Cooperative Education program and Engineering Student Services.  She also oversees communications, community outreach, marketing and student recruitment.

Professor Croft served as NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, BC & Yukon (2010-2015) founding Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology (WWEST) to attract, recruit, and retain women in engineering and science careers.  Over her tenure as Chair the percentage of women students entering first year engineering at UBC increased from 20% to 30%. WWEST continues to work at national, regional, and local levels with organizations engaged in increasing the number of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines through multilateral partnerships spanning community, academic, and private sector partners. She also served as Principal Investigator for the National NSERC Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering Network and is PI for the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council  project “Engendering Engineering Success” aimed at increasing the participation and retention of women in engineering careers.

Robotics

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Human Robot Interaction

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Welcome to UBC's Robot Kindergarten!

‘Robot kindergarten’ trains droids of the future

Associate Dean, Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Applied Science; Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory

The topic of ‘human-robot interaction’ will still be a hot one in 100 years. The tools may change but the problems, such as “How do people and robots get along?” will remain the same. Questions surrounding what robots should do; and how we can share, operate safely, communicate, take turns, teach robots, and generally get along together will continue to be problems requiring solutions. The efforts we make to establish the ‘rules of engagement’ now will certainly be foundational to our future relationships.

Part of UBC100: What’s Next? A day of exploring the future
Saturday, May 28th - UBC's Vancouver campus

Elizabeth Croft, BASc’88 – Future of Robotics

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Great things happen when our brightest minds have the freedom to explore. When we pursue our unique interests, the resulting collective capacity for innovation is limitless. The issues of the future will require these creative solutions as the need to build connections between people, nations and disciplines has never been greater. 

The topic of ‘human-robot interaction’ will still be a hot one in 100 years. The tools may change but the problems, such as “How do people and robots get along?” will remain the same. Questions surrounding what robots should do; and how we can share, operate safely, communicate, take turns, teach robots, and generally get along together will continue to be problems requiring solutions. The efforts we make to establish the ‘rules of engagement’ now will certainly be foundational to our future relationships. 

Moderated by Marc Parlange – Dean and Professor, UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science

alumni UBC100 What's Next? : Elizabeth Croft - Future of Robotics

Less than 100 years from now, robots will be friendly, useful participants in our homes and workplaces, predicts UBC mechanical engineering professor and robotics expert Elizabeth Croft. To read more, go to: http://goo.gl/KwCGLN

Robot kindergarten teaches droids of the future

By Rewild Films

UBC engineering prof. Elizabeth Croft, BASc’88, is programming robots to interpret physical cues from humans.

A Robot in Every Home

Women in Engineering and Science event 2011
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Croft

Women in Engineering and Science (WISE) 2011

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