Current Team
Dr. Masoud Karimi
Postdoctoral fellow
Deep Reinforcement Learning,
Sim2Real, Assistive Robotics
Paul Wolfe
PhD Student
Neuromodulation, Movement-related cortical potentials, AI-based event detection
Atusa Ghorbani Siavashani
PhD Student
Human Robot Interaction in Exoskeletons
(Atusa is co-supervised by Prof. J. McPhee)
Ehsan Tahvilian
PhD Student
Neuromechanics of Locomotion
Optimal Control
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Julia Goyal
PhD Student
Stress Monitoring in PWDs
(co-supervised by Prof. Phil Bigelow)
Lyndon E. Tang
PhD student
Data and Signal Processing
Lower Limb Exoskeleton
Control
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Bhavya Giri Goswami
Master Student
Data-driven and optimization-based control of Exoskeletons, Human Robot Interaction for Rehabilitation.
(co-supervised by Prof. John McPhee)
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Rachel Du
Master Student
Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation
(Co-supervised by Prof. Soo Jeon)
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Thea Yu
Master Student
Thea utilizes bio-signals and Machine Learning methods to predict Freezing of Gait of Parkinson Patients. (co-supervised by Prof. Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens)
Alireza Chalik
Master Student
Shoulder Robotic Rehabilitation
(Co-supervised by Prof. Clark Dickerson)
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Elise Scherbinsky (Schwarz)
Master Student
Orthopedic Implants and Intelligent Diagnostics
(Co-supervised by Prof. Naveen Chandrashekar)
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Angela Xiaomeng Zhu
Master Student
AI-based Intermittent Compression for Enhanced Cardiovascular Function
(Co-supervised by Prof. Sean Peterson)
Aina Shilikbay
Master Student
Upper-limb Robotic Neurorehabilitation
(Co-supervised by Prof. Soo Jeon)
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Ben Schnapp
Master Student
AI/ML Planning and Control for Articulated Vehicles (Co-supervised by Prof. Amir Khajepour)
Chatchanan (Jimmy) Po-onta
International Undergraduate Co-op Intern
Locomotion and assistive robotics
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Grace Kim
Undergraduate Research Assistant
​AI-based adaptive joint trajectory generation for exoskeleton-assisted gait rehabilitation
Aidan Kirwin
Undergraduate Research Assistant
​Locomotion modelling
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Becky Luan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
​Robot-based upper limb rehabilitation
Ellen Ye
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Human movement analysis and motor control
Naomi Eshetu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Human movement and EMG analysis
Mitchell Perera
Undergraduate Research Volunteer
Predictive modelling of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease
Nathan Lu
Undergraduate Research Volunteer
Previously URA
​Neuromechanics of human gait
Vanessa Mac
Undergraduate Research Volunteer
Previously Undergraduate Research Assistant
Volunteer researcher
Vanessa is working on estimating blood velocity during closed-loop controlled calf compression.