Mentor Areas
- Design
- Rehabilitation
- Robotics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Bioengineering
Description:
My research is mainly in the area of robot-mediated rehabilitation. I am focused on the investigation and rehabilitation of dysfunction due to aging, neural disease, and neural injury. I am particularly interested in 1) exploring the relationships between brain plasticity and behavioral/motor control changes after robot-assisted interventions; 2) quantifying motor impairment and motor control of the upper limb in real world tasks such as drinking using robotics; 3) defining the methods to maintain therapeutic effectiveness while administering local and remote, robot-mediated interventions; and 4) designing affordable robot and mechatronic systems for developed and developing countries.
I direct the Rehabilitation Robotics Lab. This Lab within the Department of Physical, Medicine, and Rehabilitation in the Perelman School of Medicine that is also affiliated with The GRASP Lab in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Rehabilitation Robotics Lab mission is to use robotics, rehabilitation, and neuroscience techniques to translate research findings into the development of assistive and therapeutic rehabilitation robots capable of functioning in real-world rehabilitation environments. Our goal is to improve the quality of life and function on activities of daily living (ADLs) of our target population in supervised or under-supervised settings.
Interested students should contact Dr. Johnson.
Preferred Qualifications
We are relatively open. We have mentored students in engineering (all disciplines) and neuroscience.
Details:
Preferred Student Year
Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.