Alexandra Bacula

Assistant Professor

she/her

Phone: 253-535-7523

Email: alexandra.bacula@plu.edu

Office Location:Morken Center for Learning & Technology - Room 245

Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 9:30 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Wed: 10:00 am - 11:20 am (On Campus) Wed: 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm (On Campus) Fri: 10:30 am - 11:50 am (Off Campus) Tue: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Website: https://sites.google.com/plu.edu/alexandra-bacula

Curriculum Vitae: View my CV

  • Professional
  • Biography

Education

  • Ph.D. , Robotics, Oregon State University, 2023
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering with Honors , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018

Selected Articles

  • Bacula, Alexandra, Jason Mercer, Jaden Berger, Julie A. Adams, Heather Knight. " “Integrating Robot Manufacturer Perspectives into Legible Factory Robot Light Communications,”." Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction Vol. 12 (1), February, 2023: pp. 1-33..
  • Bacula, Alexandra, Heather Knight. "“MoTiS Parameters for Expressive Multi-Robot Systems: Relative Motion, Timing, and Spacing."." International Journal of Social Robotics Vol. 14 (9),, November, 2022: pp. 1965-1993.
  • Bacula, Alexandra, Amy LaViers.. " "Character Synthesis of Ballet Archetypes on Robots Using Laban Movement Analysis: Comparison Between a Humanoid and an Aerial Robot Platform with Lay and Expert Observation"." International Journal of Social Robotics Vol. 13, 2020: pp. 10471062..

Biography

I am a former ballet dancer turned roboticist who is passionate about the intersection of arts and technology and exploring how each practice can inform the other. My research focuses on human-robot interaction, particularly involving expressive movement.