{{Short description|American roboticist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Dennis Hong | image = 2017 02월 22일 MBN Y Forum 2017 (22).jpg | image_size = | caption = Hong in February 2017 | birth_place = Los Angeles, California | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | ethnicity = | field = Robotics | work_institution = | alma_mater = {{flatlist| *University of Wisconsin–Madison *Purdue University }} | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = | author_abbreviation_bot = | author_abbreviation_zoo = | prizes = | religion = | footnotes = }}
'''Dennis Hong''' is an American mechanical engineer and roboticist.
== Career == Hong is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Hong is also founder of RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory).
==Awards and nominations== * 2007 NSF (National Science Foundation) CAREER Award * 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, 3rd Place * 2009 Popular Science Brilliant 10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2010/07/071510-eng-40under40.html|title=Professors Dennis Hong, Naren Ramakrishnan honored by alma mater Purdue University|last=|first=|date=July 15, 2010|website=Virginia Tech|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-08|quote=}}</ref> * 2009 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award * 2009 Forward Under 40 honoree by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Alumni Association * 2011 “Louis Vuitton Cup” Best Humanoid Award * 2015 Gilbreth Lectureship, NAE (National Academy of Engineering) * 2015 Hyupsung Social Contribution Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mae.ucla.edu/dennis-hong-one-of-five-recipients-of-the-5th-2015-hyupsung-social-contribution-award/|title=Dennis Hong one of five recipients of the 5th 2015 Hyupsung Social Contribution Award|last=|first=|date=December 8, 2015|website=UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-08|quote=}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://www.romela.org/dr-dennis-hong/ RoMeLa]
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