Engineering to enhance human mobility, play, and exploration
EDUCATIONBS, Mechanical Engineering – Colorado School of Mines
Alyssa is interested in developing novel translational strategies to improve rehabilitation outcomes for individuals with cerebral palsy. She is currently investigating the effect of using real-time feedback to improve intervention planning and train gait patterns.
EDUCATIONPhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Ivana is interested in using computational and experimental methods to better understand how the nervous system controls voluntary movement. Her research while here at the Ability & Innovation Lab focused on exploring how different sensorimotor disorders including stroke, spinal cord injury, and cerebral palsy affect motor control, and how such knowledge can be used to better understand and optimize treatment outcomes.
EDUCATIONBS, Mechanical Engineering, minor in Exercise Physiology – Oregon State University
MS, Mechanical Engineering- University of Washington
Brianna is interested in better understanding how various technologies and therapies affect human movement. During her time in the lab she worked to quantify the effects of constraint-induced movement therapy for children with Cerebral Palsy.
Lacrosse, hiking, reading, and riding ATVs
EDUCATIONNick’s research is focused on using off-the-shelf and consumer devices to quantify patients’ progress during rehabilitation. He is also involved in the development of OpenMC, an accurate & affordable platform for Clinical Motion Analysis.
EDUCATIONBS in Neuroscience — University of Washington
Darrin is interested in elucidating the computations employed by the nervous system to organize, control, and adaptively modify locomotion. In addition to providing managerial support to the lab, he investigated the dynamics of locomotive control within human-machine interfacing with Dr. Sam Burden, a collaborator from UW’s Electrical Engineering department.