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

Troy Bradbury, 2021

Samuel Wilder, 2021 - BME High Academic Achievement Award Winner

Fady Elgindy, 2021

Kevin Walsh, 2019 - Outstanding Master's Dissertation Award

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

Aurora Madera, 2022

Ria Shahi, 2022 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Scholar

Michelle Wolf, 2022 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Scholar

Linda Vataksi, 2021 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Scholar

Trevor Dameika, 2021

Alex Phipps, 2020 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Scholar

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

Peter Damianov, 2020

Thomas Selvaggi, 2020

Daniel Kang, 2019 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Scholar

Olivia Poplawski, 2019

Brian Collins, 2019 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Scholar

Corrine Rybarski, 2018 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Scholar

Michael Blas, 2018

Gabriella Borodyansky, 2018

Vasu Srevatsan, 2018

Dylan DeBoer, 2017

Harshith Alluri, 2017

Ivette Marte, 2017

Kevin Castner

Kevin is a junior mechanical engineering student. He is working in the lab sponsored by the Pinnacle scholar program. In the future, Kevin would like to work in the prosthetics and medical device industry. In the lab, he has worked on designing various parts for a robotic arm, haptic feedback gloves, and helped with revisions to an arm brace. Kevin also plans to work on data analysis and design the motor functionality of the robotic arm.

Ishaan Wanikar

Ishaan Wanikar graduated with a Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering in Spring of 2022. Ishaan's interests are in medical device design and development, biomechanics, orthopaedics and prosthetics.

Daniel Yu

Daniel Yu is an undergraduate Computer Science major with a planned concentration in machine learning. He was a member of the Center for Neuromechanics summer research program who assisted in researching how machine learning can be applied to aid efforts in rehabilitation. In the future, he hopes to further deepen his understanding of artificial intelligence to create new ways of benefiting society.

Amanda Clemente

Amanda Clemente is a senior Mechanical Engineering degree with a Biomedical Engineering concentration. She is assisting in visual and haptic feedback research for the optimization of assisted devices. In the future, she is passionate about working in the medical device field.

Sarah Kuptchik

Sarah Kuptchik is a senior Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student. She is assisting in literature review and scientific writing about the utilization of virtual reality for accelerating motor-learning and increasing cognitive-integration with myoelectric devices. She enjoys volunteering in the community, and she hopes to attend medical school to eventually work with pediatric patients.

Elena Davis

Elena Davis is a 3/4 Biomedical Engineering undergraduate at Stevens. She is assisting in researching how memory and attention can be leveraged for the optimization of assisted devices. Elena hopes to pursue a career in the medical field, whether that be achieved by going to medical school or working in the medical device field.

Trevor Dameika

Trevor Dameika is a 3/4 Biomedical Engineering student. He has assisted in finding innovations for the brace project. As he continues his role with the lab, he hopes to find a role in innovating the medical device industry or working with potential consumers to customize medical devices.

Linda Vataksi

Linda Vataksi is an undergraduate Biomedical Engineering student. She assists in the CAD development of the upper-body restrictive brace device and the Robot Arm Project. In the future, she plans to work in the medical device industry.