Engineering to enhance human mobility, play, and exploration
EDUCATIONBS, Biomedical Engineering – University of California, Berkeley
Yusuke is interested in expanding his understanding of controls and human biomechanics to drive exoskeleton designs. He hopes to explore what mobility looks like for different people.
EDUCATIONKim is interested in designing translational control systems for assistive robots that support human mobility. Her past research investigated using wearable sensors to predict physiological metrics (like metabolic cost), and evaluated user preference as an objective for the control of robotic exoskeletons. At UW, she is studying how young children with disabilities interact with and learn to use powered mobility devices, and how using powered mobility impacts a child’s movement, language, and development.
MS, Biomechanics – University of Tennessee
BS, Exercise Science – Florida State University
Christina is interested in the mechanisms underlying motor recovery after stroke and improving upper extremity function. She is currently looking into muscle activity during the acute phase of stroke.
EDUCATIONMomona is interested in how individuals of all abilities interact with machines. She is working on applying control theory to human-in-the-loop systems to understand how humans learn to control different dynamical systems and to quantify human learning for clinical diagnosis.
EDUCATIONPhD, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
MS, Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Naser is currently working at General Motors. While in the lab, Naser developed computational models of human movements in order to study the effect of neuromuscular disorders such as cerebral palsy and stroke on the human motor control system. He is interested in the design of rehabilitation robots and neuroprostheses that can accelerate the rehabilitation process and assist individuals with neuromuscular disorders. Naser’s previous research has explored the biomechanics of reaching, steering, cycling, and curling to better understand the underlying physiological relationship between the neural excitations and the resulting kinetics and kinematics.