- Congratulations Mr. Parshuram Aarotale, doctoral bme student working with Dr. Desai in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, for passing doctoral qualifying examination (May 2022).
- Congratulations Ms. Alekhya Sajja, graduate bme student, for successfully defending master's thesis on Human Adaptation to Augmented Reality based Hand Rehabilitation Technique (May 2022).
- Congratulations Isaiah Williams, undergraduate bme student working on assistive soft robotic glove in the neuro-robotics lab, secured a first place in IEEE Wichita Section Student Poster Contest in Jan 2022 and IEEE Region 5 North Area Competition (Mar 2022).
- He will be competing for the IEEE Region 5 Annual Conference in Apr 2022. Isaiah's project title is Artificial Neural Network to Extract Myoelectric Response for Assistive Soft Robotic Glove.
- Research article on Hand Gesture Based Artificial Neural Network Trained Hybrid Human-Machine Interface
System to Navigate a Powered Wheelchair was published in Journal of Bionic Engineering, Springer (Sep 2021)
- Ashley Stroh* and Jaydip Desai, " Hand Gesture Based Artificial Neural Network Trained Hybrid Human-Machine Interface System to Navigate a Powered Wheelchair , Journal of Bionic Engineering, Springer, Issue 5, Sep 2021
- Research article on Wheelchair-mounted upper limb robotic exoskeleton with adaptive controller for activities
of daily living was published in Sensors, MDPI (Aug 2021)
- Publication: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/17/5738
- Video Demonstration: https://youtu.be/stdMAMl6epQ
- Congratulations to Dr. Yimesker Yihun (PI), Dr. Jaydip Desai (Co-PI), and Dr. Nils Hakansson (Co-PI) for securing REU Supplement from National Science Foundation (NSF) on Bio-inspired Exoskeletons and Safety in Human-Exoskeleton Cooperation (Award: $24,000.00). (July 2021)
- Neuro-Robotics Lab hosted high school research fellowship in bio-inspired exoskeleton project, funded by NSF (Award #1915872). (June 2021)
- Congratulations to Dr. Jaydip Desai, for receiving Wallace Experienced-Based Learning Award. (May 2021)
- Congratulations to Mr. Jordan Clark, for securing a second place in the IEEE Region 5 North Area Student Poster Contest. Jordan is now eligible to participate in IEEE Region 5 Annual Meeting Student Poster Competition (Apr 10, 2021) where only top-three winners from each IEEE Region 5 Area Contests compete in the
final competition. (Mar 2021)
- Title: Neuro-Virtual Interface System to Understand Human Brain Responses in Simulated Space Conditions.
- This research is funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Grant 80NSSC19M0042.
- Congratulations to Mr. Jordan Clark, undergraduate bme student working in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, for securing first place in IEEE Wichita Section Student Paper contest. His research project title is Neuro-Virtual Interface System to Understand Human Brain Responses in Simulated Space
Conditions. (Jan 2021)
- This local competition was part of IEEE Region 5 Annual Student Paper Competition (scheduled in Apr 2021). Jordan's nomination and supporting documents will be forwarded to Area competition by Jan 15, 2021.
- This research is funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Grant 80NSSC19M0042.
- Mr. Parshuram Aarotale has been accepted to a doctoral program in biomedical engineering at WSU. He will join the Neuro-Robotics Lab starting from Spring 2021. (Jan 2021)
- Two 6-page IEEE format papers from Neuro-Robotics Lab were accepted for an oral presentation at the 23rd International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics (ISMCR), Oct 14-16, 2020, Budapest, Hungary (Oct 2020)
- These six-page papers are now indexed in IEEE Xplore Digital LIbrary.
- Fadi Gerges, Jaydip Desai, John Watkins, and Sindhu Preetham Burugupally, "Master-Slave Control for a Pneumatically Actuated Low Pressure Soft Robotic Glove to Facilitate Bilateral Training for Stroke Patients", Oral presentation in Robotic Applications and Actuators Track
- Mousa Moradi, Sandra Dang, Zayed Alsalem, Alejandro Palacios, and Jaydip Desai, " Integrating Human Hand Gestures with Vision-Based Feedback Controller to Navigate a Virtual Robotic Arm", Oral presentation in Virtual Reality and 3D Sensing Track
- Four projects abstracts from Neuro-Robotics Lab were accepted to present at the 2020 BMES Virtual Annual Meeting, Oct 14-17, 2020 (Oct 2020)
- Fadi Gerges, Jaydip Desai, John Watkins, and Sindhu Preetham Burugupally, "Development of a Soft Robotic Glove Control System to Facilitate Hand Rehabilitation After Stroke" - On-Demand presentation in Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics Track
- Ashley Stroh, Jordan Clark, Sai Tarun Bandemegala, and Jaydip Desai, "Understanding Human Brain Responses during Motor Imagery Tasks in Simulated Space Conditions" - On-Demand Presentation in Neural Interfacing and Modeling Track
- Jesus Gomez, Zayed Alsalem, Yrithu Thulassedharan, Jaydip Desai, and James Steck, "P300 Speller based Brain-Machine Interface Technology to Effectively Maneuver a Quadcopter in 3D Space" - ePoster
- Mousa Moradi and Jaydip Desai, "High Temporal Resolution PGA-based Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Neuroimaging Studies" - ePoster
- Dr. Jaydip Desai was invited in a webinar panel discussion on Scope and Opportunities for Biomedical Engineering and Innovations hosted by Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ganpat University, Mehsana, Gujarat, India. (Sep 2020)
- Congratulations to Tarun Bandemegala, graduate BME student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Neuro-Robotics Lab,
for getting accepted to an Analog Mars Mission with MMAARS Academy in the Mojave Desert, CA related to Remote Telemedicine for Spaceflight. (Sep 2020)
- Tarun's research work in the NRL and GRA is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) EPSCoR Research Infrastructure
Development Grant 80NSSC19M0042.
- Tarun's research work in the NRL and GRA is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) EPSCoR Research Infrastructure
Development Grant 80NSSC19M0042.
- Congratulations to Mr. Fadi Gerges, master's student in bme and graduate researcher in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, for getting accepted into a Doctoral program in biomedical engineering with fellowship at Arizona State University starting from Fall 2020. (Aug 2020)
- Fadi will join Arizona State University from Aug 2020.
- Neuro-Robotics Lab's Virus Protection Plan for COVID-19 to resume human subject testing in Phase 2 was approved by Institutional Review
Board (IRB) at WSU. (July 2020)
- The team will resume human subject testing from July 20, 2020 for one of the funded research project and then make a decision about submitting the Virus Protection Plan for other approved IRB studies.
- Neuro-Robotics Lab is moving from ~550 sq. ft (Engineering Building (EB) 203) to more than 900 sq. ft facility (John Bardo Center (JBC) 335) at WSU. This new laboratory space offers all the accessibility resources available in the
old lab space plus additional resources in terms of larger work area to conduct experiments
for teaching and research, more lab desks, higher ceiling, large screen for lab presentation,
close by accessible restroom for person with and without disability and so on.(July
2020)
- Thank you Wichita State University, College of Engineering Dean's Office, and Department of Biomedical Engineering for recognizing our hard work and providing resources.
- Mousa Moradi's MS Thesis Defense is scheduled on Friday July 10, 2020 through Zoom meeting (July 2020).
- Dr. Jaydip Desai has accepted an invitation for an online webinar (scheduled on June 23, 2020 at 5 PM IST (Indian Standard Time)) from the Department of BIomedical Engineering at U. V. Patel College of Engineering, Ganpat University in India. (June 2020)
- The goal of this online webinar is to guide the next generation of biomedical engineers (K-12 Students, Diploma, and Degree Students) interested in learning about biomedical engineering and how Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education applies towards biomedical engineering degree.
- Congratulations to Mr. Mousa Moradi, master's bme student working in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, for getting accepted into fully-funded Doctoral Program in biomedical engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst from Fall 2020. (June 2020)
- Mr. Moradi will defend his master's thesis in July 2020.
- Congratulations to Ms. Taylor Cazabat, undergraduate bme student, for securing Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) scholarship at Wichita State University. (May 2020)
- Ms. Cazabat will work on advanced collaborative mind-machine interface system under the direction of Dr. Jaydip Desai.
- Congratulations to Mr. Fadi Gerges for successfully defending master's thesis on Design of a Low-Pressure Pneumatically Actuated Soft-Robotic GLove to Facilitate Bilateral Training in Stroke Rehabilitation on May 4, 2020 through Zoom meeting. (May 2020)
- Congratulations to Fadi Gerges, biomedical engineering graduate student working in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, for securing second place in the Student Written Paper Award category for the 2020 Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Laramie, WY. (Apr 2020)
- Paper Information
- Fadi Gerges and Jaydip Desai, "Design of a Low Pressure Pneumatically Actuated Soft Robotic Glove for Stroke Rehabilitation" accepted for the publication in Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Journal, Apr 2020
- Paper Information
- Ashley Stroh's undergraduate research abstract on Evaluating Astronauts' Cognitive Performance in Space using Hybrid Brain-Machine Interface
System is one of the five selected abstracts from WSU for the Undergraduate Research Day at the Capital on Wednesday Mar 4, 2020. (Feb 2020)
- Congratulations Ashley !!
Ashley presented her research work on Kansas NASA EPSCoR funded research to state representatives, senators, and other state officials in a poster session.
- Congratulations to recently graduated student, Adam Reust (Graduate Student worked in Neuro-Robotics Lab), for securing a Development Engineer position at Zimmer Biomet. (Jan 2020)
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Neuro-Robotics Lab group, Dr. Jaydip Desai (PI), Jordan Clark (BME undergraduate researcher), and Dr. Yimesker Yihun (Co-pi) presented research updates on neuro-virtual interface system as part of the funded project at the NASA Johnson Space Center on Dec 6, 2019. (Dec 2019)
- Adam Reust, Graduate Researcher in the NRL, successfully defended his master's thesis
on Nov 25, 2019. (Nov 2019)
- Dr. Jaydip Desai served as a session chair on Interventional Devices and Robotics for Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics track at 2019 Annual BMES Meeting to be held from Oct 16-19, 2019 in Philadelphia, PA (Oct 2019)
- Ashley Stroh's, undergraduate researcher in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, research project highlighted on the IEEE Wichita Section website. (Oct 2019)
- Dr. Jaydip Desai gave an oral presentation on Real-Time Control of a Powered Wheelchair using Neural Network Trained Hybrid Human-Machine
Interface Technology in Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series at WSU. (Sep 2019)
- Dr. Desai's presentation was scheduled on Oct 4, 2019 from 3:30 to 4:40 PM in JB128.
- Congratulations to Ashley Stroh, BME undergraduate researcher in Neuro-Robotics Lab, for receiving a Dorothy and Bill Cohen Enhancement Scholarship to present her research work at the International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics (ISMCR) to be held from Sep 19-21, 2019 in Houston, TX. (Aug 2019)
- Congratulations to Dr. Jaydip Desai (PI) for securing $51,400.00 industry fund to design and develop functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) system for brain mapping. (July 2019)
- Spirit AeroSystems is partnering with Wichita State University researchers (Dr. Jaydip Desai (PI), Dr. Nils Hakansson (Co-PI), and Dr. Michael Jorgensen (Co-PI))
to evaluate passive exoskeletons for industrial applications. (July 2019)
- Neuro-Robotics Lab and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Design Lab students will get hands on experience using passive exoskeletons on this industry funded project.
- Many Many Congratulations to Ms. Bridget Schabron for securing a Systems Test Engineer role at RBC Medical Innovations in Lenexa, KS right before successfully defending her master of science in biomedical engineering thesis on July 12, 2019. (July 2019)
- Bridget became the first master's student graduated from Neuro-Robotics Lab. She will join the RBC Medical Innovations from Aug 5, 2019.
- Congratulations to Bridget Schabron for successfully defending her master's thesis on Wheelchair-Mounted Upper Limb Robotic Exoskeleton to Detect Human Intent for Activities of Daily Living on July 12, 2019
- Congratulations! to Dr. Yimesker Yihun (PI), Dr. Nils Hakansson (Co-PI), and Dr. Jaydip Desai (Co-PI) for the research grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) for their project on "Bio-inspired Exoskeletons and Safety in Human-Exoskeleton Cooperation." The total funding is $ 299,997.00 (July 2019)
- Congratulations to Emmalie Gulledge and Sierra Bonn, undergraduate bme students working on Wheelchair Mounted Exoskeleton for getting an award to participate in the Shocker I-Corps program from June 11 to July 16, 2019. (June 2019)
- Congratulations to Ashley Stroh, undergraduate student researcher in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, for receiving an Undergraduate Engineering Research Stipend Award from College of Engineering to continue her research on Human-Centered Deep Learning Neural Network architecture for Myoelectric Controlled Power Wheelchair during summer 2019. (May 2019)
- Congratulations to Louis Gomez, undergraduate student researcher in the Neuro-Robotics Lab, for getting a Software Developer Intern position at IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY. Louis will utilize his undergraduate research experience and education on data mining, building history for tracking statistics over time, and interacting with GIT repositories at IBM during summer 2019. After this, he will begin his Doctoral Program in Computer Science with a research focus on Health A.I. at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. (Apr 2019)
- Congratulations! to Dr. Jaydip Desai for receiving a University Research/Creative Projects Award (URCA) on his proposal titled Neural Decoding and Control of Assistive Robotic Limb for Activities of Daily Living. (Apr 2019)
- Dr. Jaydip Desai was invited to Co-Chair Human-Robot Interaction: Systems and Control Session at the 41st International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) scheduled from July 23-27, 2019 in Berlin, Germany (Apr 2019)
- Dr. Desai will also present three accepted papers (two oral presentations and one poster presentation) at the conference. All papers will be indexed in both IEEE Xplore and PubMed.
- Congratulations! to Dr. Jaydip Desai (PI), Dr. Yimesker Yihun (Co-PI), and Dr. James Steck (Co-PI), for the research grant from Kansas NASA EPSCoR, their research title is “Development of a Neuro-Virtual Interface System to Evaluate Astronauts’ Cognitive Performance in Space”. The total funding including the matching fund from WSU ($56,144) is $183,744. (Apr 2019)
- Bridget Schabron presented her master's thesis research work at 2019 27th Annual KU School of Medicine - Wichita on Apr 25th and Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects Symposium (GRASP) on Apr 26th. (Apr 2019)
@ KUMC-W Research Forum @ GRASP
- Congratulations to Anne Dowling, sophomore biomedical engineering student and undergraduate researcher in Neuro-Robotics Lab,
for securing a second place in oral presentation category for Natural Sciences and Engineering track at 19th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF), scheduled on Apr 19, 2019, Wichita State University. (Apr 2019)
- Ms. Dowling presented her research work on "Implementation of Artificial Neural Networks to Classify Human Forearm Muscle Signals for Individual Finger Movement of a Robotic Hand".
- Two papers from NRL students (Bridget Schabron and Fadi Gerges) accepted for a podium
presentation at the 56th annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium in partnership
with the 38th IEEE Great Lakes Biomedical Conference, Apr 12-14, 2019, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin and publication for the Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Journal. (Apr
2019)
- Congratulations Fadi Gerges for winning 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 a research paper titled "A Novel Design of a Single Actuator Differential Mechanism to Control a Prosthetic Hand" at 56th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Apr 13, 2019 at Milwaukee, WI.
- Dr. Jaydip Desai elected to serve as a Professional Societies Officer for the IEEE Wichita Section in Jan 2019. (Jan 2019)
- Congratulations to Bridget Schabron, graduate student researcher in the lab, for receiving the College of Engineering General Scholarship for Spring 2019 semester. (Dec 2018)
- Adam Reust presented his research on "Extracting Motor Imagery Features to Control Two Robotic Hands" at the 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology on Dec 8, 2018, Louisville, KY. (Dec 2018)
- Three research projects from the Neuro-Robotics Lab were accepted for an oral presentation
at the 2018 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting scheduled from Oct
17-20, 2018 at Atlanta, Georgia. (Oct 2018)
- Bridget Schabron, Jaydip Desai, "Development of a Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Exoskeleton
to Assist Person with Upper Limb Movement Disability"
- Oral presentation in Prosthetics and Exoskeletons track
- Bridget Schabron, Jaydip Desai, "Development of a Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Exoskeleton
to Assist Person with Upper Limb Movement Disability"
- Adam Reust, Jaydip Desai, " Implementation of Artifical Neural Network to Classify
Motor Imaginary Signals for Two Robotic Hands"
- Oral presentation in Neural Decoding and Control track
- Fadi Gerges (senior bme), Jaydip Desai,"Design of a Single Actuator Differential Mechanism
for a Prosthetic Hand"
- Oral presentation in Prosthetics and Exoskeletons track
- Anne Dowling's (sophomore bme) summer undergraduate research was accepted for a poster presentation in Research Experiences for Undergraduate
at the 2018 BMES Annual Meeting scheduled from Oct 17-20, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia
(Oct 2018)
- Anne Dowling, Jaydip Desai, " Artificial Neural Network to Classify Human Forearm
Muscle Signals for Individual Finger Movement of a Robotic Hand"
- Poster presentation in Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) track
- Anne Dowling, Jaydip Desai, " Artificial Neural Network to Classify Human Forearm
Muscle Signals for Individual Finger Movement of a Robotic Hand"
- Congratulations to Anne Dowling, undergraduate bme student working on implementation of real-time artificial neural network algorithms to detect human forearm muscle patterns for a prosthetic hand, by receiving an Undergraduate Engineering Research Stipend Award from College of Engineering Dean's Office for this Summer 2018 (May 2018)
- Congratulations to Louis Gomez, undergraduate researcher working in Neuro-Robotics Lab, for winning
the undergraduate student paper competition at 2018 IEEE Region 5 Annual Conference
on Apr 6-8, 2018 in Austin, TX. (Apr 2018)
- Louis gave an oral presentation on Artificial Neural Network as a Classifier to Detect Hand Movement from EEG Signals.
- Congratulations to Louis Gomez, undergraduate student, working in the Neuro-Robotics Lab on brain-machine interface
technology is selected for very prestigious and competitive summer research program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). (Apr 2018)
- Louis will spend his summer 2018 at MIT.
- Louis Gomez's 6 page paper won the undergraduate student paper competition held by IEEE Wichita Section in Jan 2018 and IEEE Area Competition in March 2018. Louis will present his paper in IEEE Region 5 paper competition scheduled on April 7, 2018 in Austin, TX at the Region 5 Annual Conference. (Mar 2018)
- Louis Gomez's research project title on "Implementation of Artificial Neural Network on EEG Signals for Classification" is one of the five selected undergraduate research projects from Wichita State University to participate in the Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol on Wednesday Feb 14, 2018. (Feb 2018)
- Bridget Schabron, graduate student of BME, joined Neuro-Robotics Lab on Jan 16, 2018. (Jan 2018)
- Dr. Desai presented his laboratory research on "Implementation of Real Time Brain-Machine Interface Technology to Control Robotic Device" at IME Colloquium held on Friday Dec 1st, 2017. (Dec 2017)
- Undergraduate students started working in Neuro-Robotics Lab.
Anne Dowling is getting hands on experience with sEMG based robotic hand control.
- Dr. Desai presented on " Development of Brain-Machine Interface Technology to Control Robotic Device in Real Time" at WSU BMES Student Chapter meeting on Sep 13, 2017. (Sep 2017)
- Neuro-Robotics Lab received its first 32 channel wired EEG device to advance research in the field of Brain-Machine Interface (Sep 2017).
- Introduction to Biorobotics (BME 722) course will utilize Neuro-Robotics Lab for experiments (Sep 2017).
- Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation in Wichita, KS donated a power wheelchair to support research activities in the Neuro-Robotics Lab at Wichita State University (Sep 2017).
- Neuro-Robotics Lab hired Adam Reust for Graduate Assistant Position (Aug 2017).
- Dr. Jaydip Desai joined Wichita State University as an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and started Neuro-Robotics Lab in Aug 2017 to conduct research on advancement in brain-machine interface, prosthetics and orthotics.