Professor Raviraj Nataraj, Ph.D., is investigating innovative rehabilitation solutions to improve function following injury or neuromuscular disease. His current research interests include simulation-based development of exoskeleton controllers for gait, optimizing rehabilitation of hand function following stroke, and developing novel training paradigms to minimize musculoskeletal injury. He has previously performed clinical research involving restoration of standing following spinal cord injury at the Louis Stokes VAMC and investigation of hand sensorimotor control at the Cleveland Clinic. He has received postgraduate degrees in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering from Stanford University and Case Western Reserve University.

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Sophie Dewil

| PhD Candidate, Lab Manager

Sophie Dewil, B.A., joined the lab to pursue her Ph.D. degree after completing her Bachelor's degree in neuroscience and cognitive science from Vassar College in 2017 and working four years in the healthcare and rehabilitation field. Sophie is interested in rehabilitation, prosthetics, and brain-computer interfaces. After graduation she hopes to work towards bridging the gap between biomedical innovation and clinical implementation.

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Yu Shi

| Ph.D. Student

Yu Shi, M.S., joined the lab to pursue his Ph.D. degree after completing his master's degree in Robotics from the University of Bristol in the UK in 2022. He is developing a robot arm platform with an adaptive control system to achieve better rehabilitation performance for patients with upper limb neuromuscular disorders. Yu's concentration is in biomechanics, and his interests are in rehabilitation engineering, control system design and development.

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Zachary Marvin

| Ph.D. Candidate

Zachary Marvin, M.S., joined the lab to pursue his Ph.D. degree after completing his Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2024. Zach is interested in music, rehabilitation, and artificial intelligence. After graduation he hopes to work towards using music and artificial intelligence to improve therapeutic outcomes.

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Mingxiao Liu - PhD

Mingxiao Liu graduated with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering in the summer of 2023. His dissertation was titled, 'Multimodal augmented sensory feedback during motor rehabilitative training and its influence on psychophysiological measures​'.

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Sean Sanford - PhD

| 2022 BME Outstanding Dissertation Award Winner

Sean Sanford graduated with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering with a focus in Biomechanics in the Spring of 2022. His dissertation was titled 'Augmented Sensory Feedback to Accelerate Motor Performance with Computerized Interfaces for Rehabilitation'.

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Samuel Wilder

| 2020 BME High Academic Achievement Award Winner

Samuel Wilder graduated with a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering with a focus in Neuroprosthetics in the Summer of 2020. His dissertation was titled 'Sense of Agency and Performance in Using 6-DOF Devices'.

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Kevin Walsh

| 2019 Outsanding Dissertation Award

Kevin Walsh graduated with a Master of Science in Bioengineering in the Spring of 2019. His dissertation was titled 'Simulated Nervous System Lesions in Machine Learning for Myoelectric Control'.

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David Hollinger

David Hollinger graduated with a Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering in the Fall of 2018. His dissertation was titled 'Accelerating Neuromotor Learning with Reward Feedback'.

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Graduate

Shou Zhang, 2022

Troy Bradbury, 2021

Samuel Wilder, 2021 - BME High Academic Achievement Award Winner

Fady Elgindy, 2021

Yanhao Wang, 2021

Kevin Walsh, 2019 - Outstanding Master's Dissertation Award

Thomas Selvaggi, 2020

Anthony Santo, 2019

Aniket Shah, 2019

Zheng Xia, 2019

David Hollinger, 2018

Tariq Charleston, 2018

Norika Cheng, 2018

Anna Kedzierska, 2017

Felix Chen, 2017

Jialin Su, 2017

Michael Pacelli, 2017

Undergraduate

Grace Cummins(P), 2024

Faizah Akram(P), 2024

Heta Patel(P), 2024

Kane Abe, 2024

Claire Hendrickson, 2024

Kristina Szumski(C), 2023

Mia Petrolino(P), 2023

Andrew Kim(IE), 2023

Nina Burden(IE), 2023

Jalen Bailey(IE), 2023

Ria Chopra, 2023

Kaitlyn Tsai, 2023 & 2024

Maria Cipriano, 2023

Nate Skrutnik, 2023

Isabella Mangano, 2023

Jonathan Layme, 2023

Madison Subbiondo, 2023

Tarunnanda Vijaykumar, 2023 & 2024

Aurora Madera(C), 2022

Kevin Castner(P), 2022 & 2023

Mikaela Van Jernsletten(P), 2022

Jordan Casey(P), 2022

Audrey Heaberlin(P), 2022

Ria Shahi(IE), 2022

Michelle Wolf(IE), 2022

Daniel Yu(C4N), 2022

Katherine Schwartz, 2022

Nicole Petrocelli, 2022

Diya Jariwala, 2022

Isabella Ibraham, 2022

Shreeya Kokate, 2022

Madison Sheehan, 2022

Jeramy Ferias, 2022

Tyler Jacklitsch, 2022

Prabath Nalabothu, 2022, 2023 & 2024

Linda Vataksi(IE), 2021

Susan George(C), 2021

Lauren Smith(P), 2021

Gillian Andal(P), 2021

Sophia Mains, 2021

Keira Mizzi, 2021

Anthony Colossi, 2021

Ann Shulkin, 2021

Dianna Persaud, 2021

Stephan Wiley, 2021

Ulfric Crouse, 2021

Shterna Kuptchik(C), 2020 & 2021

Alex Phipps(IE), 2020

Ian Daley, 2020 - Visiting student, Notre Dame - Mech Eng

Peter Damianov, 2020

Thomas Selvaggi, 2020

Elena Davis, 2020 & 2021

Trevor Dameika, 2020

Peter Damianov, 2020

Anuj Raje, 2020

Daniel Kang(CHI, IE), 2019 & 2020

Olivia Poplawski, 2019

Brian Collins(IE), 2019

Breanna Veilleux, 2019

Olivia Poplawski, 2019

Corrine Rybarski(IE), 2018

Michael Blas, 2018

Gabriella Borodyansky, 2018

Vasundhra Srevatsan(P), 2017

YongQi Chen(P), 2017

Dylan DeBoer, 2017

Harshith Alluri, 2017

Ivette Marte, 2017