Directors

  • Holly Yanco, Ph.D.
    Holly Yanco, Ph.D.
    Co-Director, New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center, Researcher
    NERVE Center, Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, Robotics

    Robotics, Assistive Technology, Artificial Intelligence

  • Adam Norton
    Adam Norton
    Co-Director, New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center
    Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, NERVE Center

    Robotics, Test and Evaluation, Human-Robot Interaction, Field Testing

  • Yi-Ning Wu, Ph.D.
    Yi-Ning Wu, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor; Assistant Director, New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology, NERVE, Biomedical Engineering, Harnessing Emerging Research Opportunities to Empower Soldiers (HEROES), Fabric Discovery Center (FDC), Sports Collaborative for Open Research and Education (SCORE), River Hawks Scholar Academy (RHSA)

    Technology-based neurorehabilitation, home-based rehabilitation and monitoring technology, human and human-robot performance.

Department Representatives

Affiliated Faculty

  • Maru Cabrera
    Maru Cabrera
    Assistant Professor
    Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences

    Human-Robot Interaction, Assistive Technologies, Accessibility

  • David Claudio, Ph.D., PE, CPIM
    David Claudio, Ph.D., PE, CPIM
    Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering Program Director
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Sports Collaborative for Open Research and Education (SCORE)

    Healthcare Engineering, Human Factors, Operations Management, Lean Healthcare, Decision-Making, Predictive Modeling, Engineering Education, and Community-Based Participatory Research.

  • Guy DeMartinis
    Guy DeMartinis
    Director / Principal Investigator
    Submillimeter-Wave Technology Laboratory (STL), Physics and Applied Physics

    Millimeter and terahertz wave systems design and applications.

  • Murat Inalpolat, Ph.D.
    Murat Inalpolat, Ph.D.
    Professor, Associate Chair for Doctoral Studies
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    Structural health monitoring, Diagnostics and Prognostics, Structural dynamics, Vibrations, Acoustics, Signal processing, Nonlinear Dynamics

  • Kshitij Jerath, Ph.D.
    Kshitij Jerath, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Robotics

    Self-organized dynamics in complex systems, Multi-agent systems, Connected and autonomous vehicles, System reliability and prognostics, Robotic ensembles

  • Julie Keysor, Ph.D., PT
    Julie Keysor, Ph.D., PT
    Chair, Professor
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology

    Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science, Health Behavior and Behavior Change, Adherence, Disability Prevention and Treatment, Work Disability Prevention, Technology (digital health monitoring, virtual reality, and augmented reality).

  • Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Ph.D.
    Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Ph.D.
    Distinguished University Professor, Co-Director of HEROES
    Plastics Engineering, HEROES, Fabric Discovery Center, PERC, Nanomanufacturing Center for Excellence, NERVE, RURI, LoCSST,

    Sustainable approaches to polymers, additives and multifunctional materials, structure-property-utility relationships of plastics and elastomers. Polymers and additives from renewable resources. Thermal & morphological characterization of materials, prototyping and scalable manufacture of flexible electronic products.

  • Samantha Reig, Ph.D.
    Samantha Reig, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center

    Human-Robot Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction

  • Jiabin Shen, Ph.D.
    Jiabin Shen, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Co-Director - Center for Neurodiversity Education, Support and Training (NEST)
    Psychology, Center for Neurodiversity Education, Support and Training (NEST)

    Developmental psychology, childhood Injury prevention, cognitive rehabilitation, technology, intervention, clinical trials, national database analysis, meta-analysis.

  • Kelilah Wolkowicz, Ph.D.
    Kelilah Wolkowicz, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Robotics

    Biomedical Robotics, Connected Healthcare, Biomedical/Rehabilitative/Assistive Device Design and Control, Biosignal Interfaces, Applied Linear/Nonlinear Control and Estimation

Staff

Post Doctoral Research Associates

  • Jeongin Moon
    Jeongin Moon
    Post Doctoral Research Associate
    New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • Huajing Zhao
    Huajing Zhao
    Post Doctoral Research Associate
    New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center, Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences