News - 2017

November 2017 – Congratulations to ANS student Charla Lindley Howard for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation with the mentorship of Prof. Abbas: "Techniques to Assess Balance and Mobility in Lower-Limb Prosthesis Users".

November 2017 – Congratulations to ANS student Deepika Baskaran for successfully defending her MS Thesis with the mentorship of Profs. Krishnamurthi and Abbas: "Real-Time Feedback Training to Improve Gait and Posture in Parkinson’s Disease".

October 2017 – At the BMES meeting, ANS student Deepika Baskaran presents results from her research on" Real-Time Feedback Training to Improve Gait and Posture in Parkinson’s Disease".

October 2017 – At the BMES meeting, Will Langenbach and Kirsten Jefferys present results from their work with mentors and collaborators: Kelly, Abbas, Newcomb, and Tumialan" Real Time Angle Measuring Tool For Lumbar Spinal Fusion".

September 2017 – ANS Director Jimmy Abbas, along with Profs. Chris Buneo and Tom Sugar hold a panel on" Advanced prostheses: Are research directions aligned with amputee preferences?”, as part of the" Ethics at Twighlight" series hosted by the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics

July 2017 – Former ANS student Mu Qiao presents results from his research on" Differential Leg Joint Function During Human Running". at the annual meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, CO.

May 2017 – Congratulations to Ken Horch for publishing the second edition of his book: "Neuroprosthetics: Theory And Practice" by World Scientific Publishers

May 2017 – Congratulations to Kirsten Jefferys for successfully completing her MS Applied Project with the mentorship of Dr. Brian Kelly and Prof. Abbas: "Computer Modeling of the Human Spine: Focused Finite Element Analysis of the Anterior Longitudinal Ligament".

May 2017 – Congratulations to William Langenbach for successfully completing his MS Applied Project with the mentorship of Dr. Brian Kelly and Prof. Abbas: "Real-time Angle Measurement Tool for Pedicle Screw Placement".

May 2017 – Congratulations to ANS student Candice Chen for successfully completing her MS Applied Project with the mentorship of Prof. Abbas: "Developing a Feedback Control System for the Motionstim 8 Electrostimulation Device".

May 2017 – Congratulations to Vanessa Barker for successfully completing her MS Applied Project with the mentorship of Dr. Brian Kelly and Prof. Abbas: "Spinal Rod Strain Comparisons: ASTMF1717 vs. Flexibility; Cadaver vs. Worst-Case Model".

March 2017 – ANS Director Jimmy Abbas gives a presentation on" Problem-Based Learning", at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in Ghana as part of the" Strengthening Institutional Linkages" Program that is sponsored by the MasterCard Foundation

March 2017 – ANS undergraduate student Adam Pak presents results from his research on" Rupture Characteristics of Elastically Stretchable Microcracked Gold Conductors for Stretchable Microelectrode Array Applications". at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in Phoenix, AZ.

February 2017 – ANS collaborators Drs. Abdelghani, Jung and Horch – along with ANS Director Jimmy Abbas - are granted two US Patents on" Neural Interface Activity Simulator" and" Systems and Methods for Decoding Intended Motor Commands from Recorded Neural Signals for the Control of External Devices or to Interact in Virtual Environments"