Directing human studies and performing outcome measure assessments related to safety,
use, and benefits of osseointegrated prosthetic legs and arms.
Investigating critical design factors leading to increased use of prostheses.
Developing and testing simple and novel solutions to improve control and sensory feedback
of osseointegrated bionic limbs.
Oversaw clinical trials providing and upgrading neuromusculoskeletal implants for transradial prostheses.
Proposed methods of characterizing perceptions elicited via varied neurostimulation modulations.
Developed signal processing algorithms to remove neurostimulation artifacts from implanted EMG sensors
and mathematical models to probe electrical connectivity between implanted sensors.
Investigated longitudinal behavioral and functional impacts of prosthesis use at home.
Mentored three PhD students and seven Master’s students during their theses.
Research has yielded at least eleven peer-reviewed publications:
two first-author and five middle-author journal articles,
and two first-author and two middle-author conference papers.
Work focused on creating bridge between fields of myoelectric prosthesis control
and human motor control in order to address limitations in prosthesis control.
Particular focus on using sensory feedback to improve motor adaptation by providing
information not accurately available via vision, as determined by psychophysical analysis.
Research yielded five peer-reviewed first-author publications: three journal articles and two conference papers.
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
Description
Focus on improving control of partial-hand prostheses through optimization of EMG pattern-recognition
parameters while preserving wrist mobility. Compared the performance of several pattern-recognition algorithms,
analysis window lengths, and number of available grasps in terms of prediction accuracy and speed.
Research yielded three peer-reviewed first-author publications: one journal article and two conference papers.
Worked with Dr. Richard Weir to design and CAD a 3 degree of freedom prosthetic hand.
Responsible for measuring and creating SolidWorks models of existing prototype,
designing thumb actuation mechanism and housing, and designing finger flexion system.
Lead Engineer on a DoD SBIR Phase I project involving fire detection and targeted
fire suppression for use in an aircraft dry bay. Responsibilities included
patent research, prototype and control circuit design, fabrication, and quantitative testing.
Treasurer and advisory committee member, responsible for developing fiscal procedures and managing $300,000 in total donated funds
for 30 flagship and local conferences attended by up to 1,500 graduate students.
Program organizer for sixth annual national conference held summer 2018, responsible for selecting panelists and organizing non-panel workshops.
Oversaw academic and social events, managed $3,500 annual budget, represented department in Graduate Leadership & Advocacy Council, and facilitated pop talks
(short research summaries using jargon-free language) for annual research day.
Organizer and treasurer for 2016 conference, lead organizer for 2017 conference.
Tracked and budgeted $24,000 in total donated funds, secured conference locations, invited keynote speakers, and oversaw conferences for 100 total attendees.
Worked with the BME and McCormick staff to coordinate workshops for current graduate students to teach introductory through advanced MATLAB and SolidWorks skills.
Over 600 graduate students had signed up for these workshops.
Coordinated additional workshops on subjects including Adobe Illustrator, Immunohistochemistry, Western Blotting, Statistics, Machine Learning, and Python.
Non-greek co-ed service fraternity; completed minimum 15 hours of community service per semester. Treasurer duties
included collecting, tracking, and managing dues and reimbursements for $3000 budget.
Managed $26,000 annual budget, developed and submitted annual budget allocation request.
Co-initiated project to design, build and program self-balancing wheelchair.
Mentor for FIRST Robotics Competition.
Helped migrate from mentor-led to student-led projects with critical oversight and guidance.
