Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques to Evaluate Persistence in Engineering

Alexa Andershock, Martin Baker, and Rachael Bevill Burns. Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques to Evaluate Persistence in Engineering. In Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Conference (ASEE), National Meeting, pages 1-20, Charlotte, NC, USA, June 2026.

Designing a Psychotherapy Support Robot for Young Children Diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Mayumi Mohan*, Rachael L’Orsa*, Felix Grüninger, Bernadette-Marie Stollhof, Carolin Sarah Klein, Raphael Dinauer, Rachael Bevill Burns, Tobias J. Renner, Karsten Hollmann, and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. Designing a Psychotherapy Support Robot for Young Children Diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In Companion Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), pages 886–891, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 2026. *Equal contribution.

Creating an Affective Robot That Feels Both Touch and Emotion

Rachael Bevill Burns*, Benjamin A. Richardson*, Jack Klingenberg, and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. Creating an affective robot that feels both touch and emotion. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing: Special Issue on Affective Robotics. 1-18, December 2025. *Equal contribution.