Neuro-Robotics Lab
Research Group:
Primary Investigator:
- Dr. Jaydip Desai, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Students:
- Parshuram Aarotale (PhD-BME, Jan 21 - Current) - Doctoral Student and Graduate Assistant
- Research: Bioinspired Soft Robotic Glove to Perform Activities of Daily Living for People with Muscular Dystrophy.
- Claire Rieger (MS-BME, Aug '20 - Current))
- Research: Testing Passive Shoulder Exoskeleton for Overhead Tasks
- Sai Tarun Bandemegala (MS-BME, Aug '19 - Current)
- Research: Evaluating Hybrid Brain-Machine Interface Technology for Space Applications
- Alekhya Sajja (MS-BME, Jan '20 - Current)
- Research: Gaming-based Soft-Robotic Glove to Improve Hand Rehabilitation after Stroke
- Jordan Clark (Accelerated MS-BME, Jan '21 - Current)
- Research: Adaptive Control Strategies to Improve Hybrid Brain-Machine Interface System
Undergraduate Students:
- Fretes Claudia - BME (Nov '21 - Current)
- Isaiah Wiliams - BME (June '21 - Current)
Alumni:
- Madison Carlgren - BME (Aug '20 - July '21)
- Trent Madden - BME (Jan '19 - May '21)
- Ashley Stroh (Jan '19 - Jan '21)
- Alejandro Palacios (Jan '19 - Dec '20)
- Zayed Alsalem (Aug '19 - Jan '21)
- Taylor Cazabat (May '20 - July '20)
- Bridget Schabron (MS-BME, Jan '18 - July '19)
- Thesis Title: Wheelchair-Mounted Upper Limb Robotic Exoskeleton to Detect Human Intent for Activities of Daily Living
- Bridget joined RBC Medical Innovations as a Systems Test Engineer from Aug 5, 2019.
- Anne Dowling (Aug '17 - Aug '19)
- Kendra Nachtigal (Aug '17 - May '18)
- Louis Gomez - EE (Aug '17 - May '19)
- Louis is a doctoral student in computer science department with a research focus on Health A.I. at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
- Adam Reust (MS-BME, Aug '17 - Dec '19)
- Thesis Title: Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interface to Extract Six Motor Imagery Features for Three-Dimensional Control
- Adam Reust joined Zimmer Biomet as a Development Engineer from Jan 2020.
- Aaron Esau - ET (Jan '18 - May '20)
- Undergraduate researcher worked on prosthetic limb.
- Cole Daharsh - BME (Jan '19 - May '20)
- Undergraduate researcher worked on passive exoskeletons for industrial application, funded project from Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. - Accepted a job in Northrop Grumman, Palmdale, CA from June 2020.
- Fadi Gerges (MS-BME, Jan '19 - May '20)
- Thesis Title: Design of a Low-Pressure Pneumatically Actuated Soft-Robotic Glove to Facilitate Bilateral Training in Stroke Rehabilitation
- Mousa Moradi (MS-BME, Aug '19 - July '20)
- Thesis Title: Design and Evaluation of a GUI for Signal and Data Analysis of Mobile Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Systems
- Mousa Moradi joined University of Massachusetts Amherst for his doctoral degree in biomedical engineering from Aug 2020.
Neuro-Robotics Lab Members' Presence in National and International Venues:
Two accepted 6-page IEEE format papers were presented at 23rd International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics (ISMCR), Oct 15-17, 2020, Budapest, Hungary
- Both the accepted papers were presented virtually by Dr. Jaydip Desai
Four project abstracts were accepted and presented at the 2020 BMES Virtual Annual Meeting, Oct 14-17, 2020
- Two projects were presented as on-demand presentations by Sai Tarun Bandemegala and Dr. Jaydip Desai, and two projects were presented as e-poster by Zayed Alsalem and Dr. Jaydip Desai
Dr. Jaydip Desai, primary investigator on funded NASA project, Jordan Clark, undergraduate bme researcher in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, and Dr. Yimesker Yihun, Co-PI, presented research updates on Neuro-Virtual Interface System at NASA Johnson Space Center on Dec 6, 2019
Dr. Jaydip Desai served as a chair for the Interventional Devices and Robotics Session and presented a poster for the Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics Track at 2019 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA from Oct 16-19, 2019
Ashley Stroh, sophomore BME student, and Dr. Jaydip Desai gave an oral presentation in Robotics for Human Performance and Rehabilitation and Medical Applications II session track at 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics held at University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston , TX from Sep 19-21, 2019
Dr. Jaydip Desai served as a session chair for Human-Robot Interaction:Systems and Control, and presented three accepted papers (two oral and one poster) at the 41st International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) in Berlin, Germany, July 23-27, 2019
Adam Reust presented a poster on neuro-virtual interface system to understand cognitive performance of human brain in space at 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 event on July 22, 2019, National Center for Aviation Training in Wichita, KS.
Bridget Schabron gave a poster presentation on her master's thesis at 2019 27th Annual KU School of Medicine on Apr 25, and Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects Symposium (GRASP) on Apr 26th.
@ 27th Annual KU School of Medicine on Apr 25 @GRASP on Apr 26, 2019
Anne Dowling gave an oral presentation at 19th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF) at WSU on Apr 19, 2019
Anne Dowling secured a second place in oral presentation category for Natural Sciences and Engineering Track on her research titled Implementaton of Artificial Neural Networks to Classify Human Forearm Muscle Signals for Individual Finger Movement of a Robotic Hand
Research Group Attended the 2019 Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium in partnership with the 38th IEEE Great Lakes Biomedical Conference in Milwaukee, WI, Apr 12-14, 2019
Fadi Gerges and Bridget Schabron gave oral presentation on their research work at the RMBS 2019. Fadi won an Anthony Sancez Jr. Award of Merit, awarded by the GLBC chair as the best student presentation at any level (undergraduate, MS, and PhD) on his research presentation on single actuator differential mechanism to control a prosthetic hand.
Adam Reust gave an oral presentation at 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT) in Louisville, KY, Dec 8, 2018
Adam Reust gave an oral presentation on his work on brain-machine interface technology.
Research Group Attended the 2018 BMES Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA
From left - right: Dr. Jaydip Desai (PI), Adam Reust (Graduate BME), Anne Dowling (BME Sophomore), Bridget Schabron (Graduate BME), Fadi Gerges(BME Senior)
NRL student presented in the IEEE Region 5 Annual Conference, Austin, TX, Apr 2018
Louis Gomez won first place in undergraduate student paper competition