Michael Peshkin
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
Chapter Member: Chicagoland SSN
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About Michael
Peshkin's research focuses on the interaction of people with automation. He is an inventor of Cobots; robots that work closely with human workers; and also of methods in image guided surgery and other human-factors-aware technology. Not a wholly different skillset; he has been pursuing a long-running experiment-measure-improve cycle to find how to get students to vote. The "Northwestern method" is now a recognized national benchmark.
Contributions
How to Help College Students Become Regular Voters
Basic Facts Brief,
In the News
Opinion: "Cracking the Puzzle of Bringing out the Youth Vote," Michael Peshkin, Inside Higher Education, August 23, 2018.
Publications
Local and Absentee Voter Registration Drives on a College CampusLocal and Absentee Voter Registration Drives on a College Campus (with ), The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, October 2009.
Demonstrates strength of voting follow-through when college students are encouraged to vote in their home states.