Alumni
Milad was an AMTD Postdoctoral Fellow at our lab from September 2021 to December 2022. He was working on robot-based upper limb rehabilitation and motor control. From January 2023 to June 2023, Milad was a visiting researcher at our lab.
Since January 2023 he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta.
https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/nazaraha

Dr. Rezvan Nasiri
Current position: Assistant Professor
at the University of Tehran
Rezvan completed a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellow research at Arami Lab, with a focus on design of controllers for lower limb exoskeletons. Rezvan has started a faculty position as an Assistant Professor at the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Tehran.

Dr. Cederick Landry
Current position: Assistant Professor at the University of Sherbrooke
Cederick completed his PhD on using machine learning techniques to advance cuffless blood pressure estimation and providing reliable prediction of cuffless blood pressure with potential to be translated to the clinics. Cederick is currently an Assistant Professor at Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Sherbrooke.
https://www.usherbrooke.ca/recherche/specialistes/details/cederick.landry

Dr. Mo (Mohammad) Shushtari
Current position: Assistant Professor at the Toronto Metropolitan University
Mo completed his PhD on human-robot physical interaction in lower limb exoskeletons. He was a postdoctoral research with us for half a year. Then continued his postdoctoral research for another half a year at the University of Toronto and at KITE institute (Toronto Rehab). Mo is currently an Assistant Professor at the Toronto Metropolitan University.
Website
RG page

Dr. Erfan Azqadan
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at National Research Council Canada
Erfan completed his PhD on Process Parameters Relation to Microstructure Property (Physics-based data-driven modeling)
and developed advanced machine learning tools to predict the microstructure from the process parameters.
RG page

Dr. Tharindu Kodippili
Current position: Structure Engineer
Multimatic Inc., Canada
During his PhD studies, Tharindu
developed techniques to for AI-powered and Multi-objective Optimization of complex cast forging process of Mg alloys.
(co-supervised by Prof. Steve Lambert)

Kathleen Goldsmith
Current position: Senior Data Scientist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, England
For her Master's project, Kathleen worked on wearable systems for assessment and modelling of Parkinson's disease. She was under co-supervision of Prof. Etienne Burdet at Imperial College London. Kathleen is currently a data scientist at Elvie.
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Jiacheng (Sola) Weng
Current position: Senior Software Engineer, Capital One, Canada
Dusing his Master's studies, Sola worked on inverse optimal control and its application to recover optimal cost function for locomotion when applied to musculoskeletal models. Sola also worked on a curriculum reinforcement learning framework to generate natural locomotion for musculoskeletal models.
Previous co-op or research interns
Returning undergraduate research assistants (URAs)
Other students/URAs

Katie Langile
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Predictive modeling of human locomotion, Data curation

Becky Luan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Upper-limb robotic rehabilitation

Mitchell Perera
Undergraduate Research Volunteer
Predictive modelling of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease

Nathan Lu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Multi-sensor Data fusion for human-robot state estimation in lower limb exoskeletons.

Samson Wong
Undergraduate Research Assistant
User perception during walking with adaptive and non-adaptive controllers.

Guy Blumenthal
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Multi-sensor Data fusion for human-robot state estimation in lower limb exoskeletons.

Isabella Schneider
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Utilizing tactile exploration to detect varying stiffness on a surface with a robotic manipulator

Khushi Budhwar
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Khushi works on human sensorimotor modeling

Julia Foellmer
Exchange student from Hamburg University of Technology. She worked on feedforward control of lower limb exoskeleton.

Amanda Power
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Amanda worked on the development of VR-based game for stroke recovery.

Laila Elhossini
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Exoskeleton Design

Immanuel John Simon
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Basic signal processing

Ellen Ye
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Human movement analysis and motor control

Susanna Liao
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Motor Learning and Muscle Activity Patterns During Baton Twirling.

Jesse Xia
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Locomotion optimallity.

Lauren Mackay
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Compensatory Stepping in Humans with and without an Assistive Lower-limb Exoskeleton.

Hazel Posno
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Gait variation analysis using musculoskeletal models and optimal control framework.

Rohan Mistry
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Rohan is working on gait analysis and neuromechanical analysis of locomotion.

Ria Parkash
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ria worked on gait phase estimator for exoskeleton assistance in real-time.

Sachi Bharwada
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Human-exoskeleton interaction and gait analysis.

Emma Li
Undergraduate Research Assistant / volunteer
Exoskeleton Design

Vanessa Mac
Undergraduate Research Assistant / volunteer
Estimating blood velocity during closed-loop calf compression

Naomi Eshetu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Human movement and EMG analysis.

Heeya Shah
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Upper-limb Robot-based neurorehabilitation; Vibration module development.

Jason Toft
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Compensatory stepping with lower-limb exoskeletons

Thomason Zhou
Undergraduate Research Assistant
IMU-based accurate gait phase estimation.

Livia Murray
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Livia worked on adaptive controller for personalizing exoskeleton assistance.

Qiche (Lucas) Sun
High School Coop Intern
Lucas is working on development of signal processing for different wrist-worn sensors.

Naomi Thompson
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Naomi worked on determining how respiration impacts blood flow, for external limb compression systems.

Wendy Xu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Wendy worked on lower limb exoskeleton data collection and controller design.

Ash Mahmoud
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ash worked on upper limb robot-assisted movements and motor learning.
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Grace Chen
Grace worked on neuromechanical modeling and control of exoskeleton
with deep reinforcement learning.
Grace did two URA position in our lab.

Aditi Sandhu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aditi worked on modeling proprioception.

Thea Yu
Thea worked on myoelectric control of robotic systems.

Jai Prajapati
As an undergraduate research assistant, Jai worked on design of controllers in Python.

Jane Shen
Jane worked on evaluating proprioception using different robotic systems.

Jessica Yang
Jessica worked on foot clearance estimation and its validation during walking. She worked for two terms in our lab.

Jack W. Peifer-Dawson
As a volunteer, Jack worked on muscle Hill models and their application in functional electrical stimulation (FES).

Leon Wang
Leon worked on functional electrical stimulation for lower limb assisted motion.

Kayley Ting
Kayley worked on the prediction of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease using machine learning techniques.

Howard Nguyen-Huu
Howard worked on Myoelectric control of robotic systems.

Winnie Wu
Winnie worked on human lower limb motor control.

Abby Tien
Abby worked on control of a lower limb exoskeleton, data collection and processing.

Muneeb Saif Qadri
Muneeb worked on development of an IR-IMU fusion prototype.

Kevin Qiu
Kevin worked on a smart shoe to measure foot clearance.

Nathania Chan
Nathania worked on developing simple regression models for spasticity modeling.

Cathy Qiu
Cathy worked on a smart shoe insole that is able to detect gait pressure using force sensing resistors.

Raj Shah
Raj worked on software interface for sensor synchronization for spsticity modeling.

Parsa Torabian
Parsa worked on lower limb motor control.

Justin Memar-Makhsous
Justine worked on building instrumented handles and analyzing data for modelling spasticity.

Colin Cooke
Colin worked on Deep RL for standing balance in a musculoskeletal model.

Gabrielle Kim
Gabrielle worked on creating an impedance model for the knee and the hip, which can be used in future impedance control applications for lower limb exoskeletons.

Qinyang Bao
Qinyang worked on the design and development of a haptic device for human-robot interaction.

Yanqing Wu
Yanqing worked on gait modeling in Parkinson's disease.







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