Experience
Current Research Projects
Exoskeleton and Prosthetic Intelligent Controls (EPIC) Lab & Physiology of Wearable Robotics (PoWeR) Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology
Robotics Ph.D. Student advised by Drs. Greg Sawicki & Aaron Young (June 2019 - Present)
Atlanta, Georgia
Dissertation: Augmenting locomotor stability using an intelligent robotic hip exoskeleton
Biomechanics: Locomotion stability and balance recovery
Goals: Understand human locomotor stability in response to perturbations, determine how balance impairments (such as stroke) affect stability responses
Collaborators: Dr. Pawel Golyski, Dr. Amy Pan, Courtney Smith
Intelligence: Perturbation detection & human intent recognition
Goals: Employ deep learning to detect environmental perturbations with exoskeleton sensors, estimate/predict human reactions and outcome measures in response to instability
Collaborators: Reese Peterson, Dr. Inseung Kang, Courtney Smith
Augmentation: Biomechanics & augmentation of manual labor tasks
Goals: Investigate the biomechanical impacts of loaded lifting and carrying, determine how exoskeleton devices can reduce biomechanical risk factors
Collaborators: Dr. Krishan Bhakta, Josh Fernandez, Felicia Davenport, Raymond Kim, Christoph Nuesslein, Dr. Ani Mazumdar
Invited Talk at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Title: Biomechanics, Estimation, and Augmentation of Human Balance During Perturbed Locomotion
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
American Society of Biomechanics Ask-Me-Anything Seminar
Title: Lessons Learned From Perturbing People, Researching Recovery, and Communicating Conclusions
Invited Talk at Motek Research Seminar
Title: CAREN Research at Georgia Tech: Biomechanical Stability and Augmentation
Podium Talk at ASB 2021
Title: Perturbation direction reverses the effect of timing on peak center of mass speed
Previous Research Experience
Biomechanics Research & Development Department, Össur
Intern advised by Christophe Lecomte (Spring 2019)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Projects: Designed an ankle prosthesis to accommodate diverse high-level activities (e.g. hiking and basketball), developed a new passive vacuum pump design to accommodate a new prosthesis (now on the market)
Biomechatronics, Adaptive Devices, Gait Engineering, & Rehabilitation (BADGER) Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Undergraduate Research Assistant advised by Dr. Peter Adamczyk (2017 - 2019)
Madison, Wisconsin
Biomechanics & control of variable stiffness prosthesis
Goals: Investigate the influence of a variable stiffness ankle-foot prosthesis on the dynamic mean ankle moment arm across locomotion modes and possible architectures for prosthesis control
Collaborators: Heidi Fehr, Dr. Peter Adamczyk
Research Intern, Center for Bionic Medicine, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Research Intern advised by Drs. Levi Hargrove & Richard Woodward (Summer 2018)
Chicago, Illinois
Myoelectric control for upper limb prostheses
Goals: Investigate electromyography (EMG) pattern recognition control for trans-radial myoelectric prostheses using virtual reality environments
Collaborators: Dr. Richard Woodward, Dr. Levi Hargrove
Minneapolis Adaptive Design & Engineering (MADE) Program, Minneapolis VA Hospital
Research Intern advised by Dr. Andrew H. Hansen (Summer 2016 & Summer 2017)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Breathable prosthetic socket
Goals: Design and develop a breathable prosthetic socket using vacuum suspension for individuals with lower-limb amputation
Collaborators: Dr. Andrew Hansen, Eric Nickel, Billie Slater, Stuart Fairhurst
Skin self-screening camera
Goals: Design a device for skin self-examination for pressure ulcer prevention in spinal cord injury and diabetic patients
Collaborators: Dr. Christine Olney, Dr. Andrew Hansen, Dr. John Ferguson, Dr. Mary Murphy Kruse, Dr. Gary Goldish
Other Research and Design Projects
Winter School on Wearable Robotics, EU COST Action Network CA16116
Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Passive knee exoskeleton during skiing
Goals: Investigate lower limb muscle activation during skiing with a passive knee exoskeleton
Collaborators: Alejandro Azocar, Pawel Kudzia, Maria Lazzaroni, Yixing Liu, Dr. Cristina Bayon, Dr. Wolfgang Rampeltshammer, Dr. Edwin van Asseldonk
Introduction to Robotics Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
EMG-Controlled Robot Arm
Goals: Use myoelectric signals to control various joints on a 6-DOF robot arm
Collaborators: Mitch Sella, Matt Szekely
Bioinstrumentation Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Arm movement classifier
Goals: Classify elbow flexion and extension using biceps and triceps myoelectric signals read through a custom circuit
Collaborators: Jared Muench, Phil Michaelson
Biomedical Engineering Design, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Ergonomic syringe handle
Goals: Design a test a syringe adaptor to improve the ergonomics of hand and wrist biomechanics during injections
Collaborators: Jared Muench, Matt McMillan, Kasia Konsor, Caroline Brumley, Dr. Bobby Nourani