Design and control of exoskeletons and lower-limb prostheses are challenging in different ways than upper-limb devices: walking can be thought of as the art of continuously falling, so designing human-like control strategies that enable walking and yet gaurantee stability is a challenging goal. We've designed and tested control strategies that achieve this goal, tested them with end-users, and patented several of our strategies and designs.
By spending time understanding the clinical needs of people who choose not to use a prosthesis, and by digging deep into the theory of motor and transmission theory, we developed a small yet powerful prosthetic arm that was tested in field trials. Components were licensed to several commercial companies.
Name | Tenure | Research topic |
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Ande Mosher | MSc Candidate in Electrical Engineering, 2024- | TBD |
Dee Carr | MSc Candidate in Electrical Engineering, 2024- | TBD |
Andrew Doucet | MSc Candidate in Electrical Engineering, 2024- | Proportional control of AI-driven myoelectric systems |
Malin Ramne | PhD Candidate at Chalmers University of Technology, 2023- | Computational modelling of phantom limb pain |
Alex Lizotte | PhD Candidate at Western University, 2023- | Upper limb device design |
Ali Estarami | MSc Candidate in Electrical Engineering, 2022- | Self-paced treadmill algorithm |
Zahed Dastan | PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering, 2019- | Control-theoretic approaches to gait termination in bipedal robots |
Michelle Sybring | PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, 2016- | Passive lower-limb prosthesis optimization |
Name | Tenure | Institution | Where they went |
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Anjana Gayathri | MSc student, 2017-2024 | UNB | |
Andrew Mathis | PhD student, 2018-2024 | UNB | Entrepreneur and Instructor: Oasis Farmery |
Dee Carr | RNB Summer intern, 2023 | UNB | UNB |
Trevor Hanson | NSERC Summer intern, 2023 | UNB | UNB |
Jackson McElman | Summer intern, 2023 | UNB | UNB |
Vince D'Entremont | NSERC Summer intern, 2022 | UNB | UNB |
Rose He | NSERC Summer intern, 2021 | UNB | UNB |
Alexandre Banks | NSERC/NBHRF summer Intern, 2021 | UNB | UNB |
Raul Santiesteban Cos, PhD | MSc student, 2017-2021 | UNB | Instructor, Red Deer Polytechnic |
Ishtar Al-Tahir | MSc student, 2017-2021 | UNB | Clinical Engineer in training, Service New Brunswick |
Alexandre Banks | NSERC/NBHRF summer Intern, 2020 | UNB | UNB |
Kurt Stewart | MSc student, 2017-2020 | UNB | Intern at Ekoskeleton startup in BC |
Samuel Campbell | MSc student, 2017-2020 | UNB | Mechanical engineer in training at Dillon Consulting Ltd |
Neil Chambers | MSc student, 2017-2020 | UNB | Equipment Services Engineer, LuminUltra |
Bailey Hume | Summer Intern, 2019 | UNB | McMaster University |
Martyn Popitak | Mitacs summer Intern, 2019 | UNB | Schevchenko National University of Kyiv |
Dan Blustein, PhD | Postdoctoral fellow, 2015-2018 | UNB | Assistant Professor, Rhodes College |
Ahmed Shehata | PhD student, 2015-2018 | UNB | Postdoctoral fellow, U of Alberta |
Ricardo Bautista-Quintero | PhD student, 2015-2018 | UNB | Postdoctoral fellow, UNB |
Nathan Quinn | MSc student, 2015-2018 | UNB | Project Engineer, Japan |
Katie Wilson | MSc student, 2015-2018 | UNB | Project Engineer, UNB |
Matthew MacLennan | NSERC summer Intern, 2018 | UNB | UNB |
Eduardo Alcala Orozco | Mitacs summer Intern, 2018 | UNB | MSc student, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico |
Mortiz Nipshagen | Mitacs summer Intern, 2017 | UNB | Universitat Osnabruck, Germany | Benjamin Tremblay | Summer Intern, 2017 | UNB | Master's student, UNB |
Samuel Campbell | Summer Intern, 2017 | UNB | Master's student, UNB |
Kurt Stewart | Summer Intern, 2017 | UNB | Master's student, UNB |
Matthew Sampson | Summer Intern, 2017 | UNB | UNB |
Satinder Gill, PhD | Postdoctoral fellow, 2016-2017 | UNB | UNB |
Amin Beirami | PhD student, 2015-2016 | UNB | |
Benjamin Tremblay | Summer Intern, 2016 | UNB | UNB |
Anjana Gayathri | Summer Intern, 2016 | UNB | National Institute of Technology,Tiruchirapalli India |
Reva Johnson | PhD student, 2013-2015 | Northwestern University | Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University |
Rajat Hebbar | MITACS Summer Intern, 2015 | UNB | National Institute of Technology Karnataka India |
Nathan Quinn | NBHRF Summer Intern, 2015 | UNB | Master's student, UNB |
Christian Grandmaison | Summer Intern, 2015 | UNB | UNB |
Adam Sterner | NSERC Summer Intern, 2015 | UNB | UNB |
Heather Daley | PhD student, 2014-2015 | UNB | UNB, Research Assistant |
Tommaso Lenzi, PhD | Postdoctoral fellow, 2012-2015 | RIC | Assistant Professor, University of Utah |
Sophie Daigle | Summer Intern, 2014 | UNB | UNB |
Katie Wilson | Summer Intern, 2014 | UNB | UNB |
Adrian Aleman | Summer Intern, 2014 | UNB | University of Guadalajara |
Austin Lawrence | Co-op, 2012-2013 | RIC | Master's student, Northwestern |
Vy Pham | Master's student, 2012 | Northwestern University | Engineer, Baxter Healthcare |
Kelsey Berning | Summer Intern, 2012 | RIC | Northwestern University |
Alex Trazkovich | Master's student, 2011-2012 | Northwestern University | Electromechanical Engineer, Cooper Tire |
Evren Samur | Post-doc, 2011-2012 | RIC | Assistant Professor, Bogazici University |
Robert Gregg | Post-doc, 2011-2013 | RIC | Assistant Prof., University of Texas, Dallas |
John Spanias | Summer Intern, 2011 | RIC | Master's student, Northwestern |
Sarah Cohick | Summer Intern, 2011-2012 | RIC | Medical Resident, Rush Hospital |
Joshua Hooks | Summer Intern, 2011 | RIC | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Anthony Duran | Summer Intern, 2011 | RIC | Northwestern University |
Jessica Treasure-Gleasch | Co-op, 2011 | RIC | Kettering University |
Reva Van Aartsen | Master's student, 2010-2013 | Northwestern University | PhD with me |
Lawrence Burkart | Master's student, 2010-2011 | Northwestern University | Engineer, Kyocera Corporation |
Tim Bettger | Summer Intern, 2009 | RIC | Master's student, RWTH Aachen University |
Nattaporn Intawachirarat | Master's student, 2008-2012 | Mahidol University | Research Scientist, Mahidol Physical Therapy |
Wirawat Sirisopha | Master's student, 2008-2012 | Mahidol University |