CSTARWestern Engineering

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Mahya Shahbazi 2017-2018
S. Farokh Atashzar 2017-2018
Ran Xu 2017-2018
Peyman Yadmellat 2015-2017
Mahta Khoshnam 2014-2016
A. Takhmar 2014
Ali Asadian 2013-2014
Ali Talasaz 2012-2014
Ana Luisa Trejos 2012
Harman Bassan 2007-2009
Jagadeesan Jayender 2008
B. Yousef 2007
M. Tavakoli 2006
J. Ren 2005-2006

 

Ph.D. Students

G. Greydon 2022 Towards A Comprehensive Software Suite for Stereotactic Neurosurgery
A. Usova 2018 Generalized Scattering-Based Design for Nonlinear Interconnected Systems with Application to Teleoperation
Behnaz Poursartip 2017 Motor Skills Assessment in Arthroscopic Surgery by Processing of Kinematic Force and Bio-signal Data
Farshad Anoushapour 2017 Modeling of Force and Motion Transmission in Tendon-Driven Surgical Robots.
Mahya Shahbazi 2017 Expert-in-the-Loop Multilateral Telerobotics for Haptics-Enabled Motor Function and Skills Development
Ran Xu 2016 Modeling, Sensorization and Control of Concentric-Tube Robots
S. Farokh Atashzar  2016 Safe Haptics-enabled Patient-Robot Interaction for Robotic and Telerobotic Rehabilitation of Neuromuscular Disorders: Control Design and Analysis
Maria Currie 2015 The Role of Visualization, Force Feedback, and Augmented Reality in Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Repair
Nima Najmaei 2014 Design and Construction of a Prototype Robotic Haptic Device Based on Novel Smart Actuators (Magneto-Rheological Fluid Based Clutches)
Iman Khalaji 2014 On the Application of Mechanical Vibration in Robotics-Assisted Soft Tissue Intervention
Mahta Khoshnam 2014 Modeling and Control of Steerable Ablation Catheters
Amir Takhmar 2013 Control Design of Cooperative Haptic Teleoperation System for Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
Ali Asadian 2013 Robotics-Assisted Needle Steering for Percutaneous Interventions: Modeling and Experiments
Ali Talasaz 2012 Haptics-Enabled Teleoperation for Robotics-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
Ana Luisa Trejos 2012 A Sensorized Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Measurement of Forces during Training and Surgery: Development and Applications
Hamidreza Azimian 2012 Optimal Planning for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Mahdi Azizian 2011 Image-Guided Robot-Assisted Techniques with Applications in Minimally Invasive Therapy and Cell Biology
N. Abolhassani 2008 Trajectory Planning and Control of Robotic Needle Insertion
Jagadeesan Jayender 2007 Haptics enabled robot-assisted active catheter insertion
A. Aziminejad 2007

Time-Delay Compensation for Haptics-based Teleoperation

Harman Bassan 2007 Design, Construction and Control of a Micro-Manipulator for Prostate Brachytherapy

B. Yousef

2007

Design of a Manipulator & Probe Holder for Medical Applications

J. Ren

2005

Applying Artificial Potential Field to Path Planning for Mobile Robotics and Haptic Rendering for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Mahdi Tavakoli 2005 Haptic interaction in master-slave minimally invasive robotic surgery

Master's Students

Sepehr Torab Parhiz 2021 Effect of Levodopa on EEG Connectivity in Parkinson's Patients
Lexuan Wang 2020 Modeling and Simulation of Concentric and Eccentric Tube Continuum Robots
J. Hawel 2020 Force Application during Colonoscopy as a Marker of Competence: Development of a Novel Training Device
Matthew Bernardinis 2019 Investigation of Visual Perceptions in Parkinson’s Disease and the Development of Disease Monitoring Software
Mahsa Khosravi 2019 Subthalamic nucleus localization for DBS surgery with online features using Machine Learnng
Pouya Soltani Zarrin 2017 FBG-based Sensorization of Laparoscopic Instruments for Force Sensing
Vahid Mehrabi 2017 Design, Implementation and Control of a Robotic Platform for Post-Stroke Upper- and Lower-Limb Rehabilitation
Cameron Dawson 2017 Design and Evaluation of a Contact-Free Interface for Robotics Assisted Surgery
Nikita Chopra 2016 A Framework for Tumor Localization for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
Amit Srivastava 2016 Shape Memory Alloy Actuators and Sensors for Applications in Minimally Invasive Interventions
Doran Avivi 2016 A Novel Minimally Invasive Tumour Localization Device
Anish Naidu 2015 Design of Novel Sensors and Instruments for Minimally Invasive Lung Tumour Localization via Palpation
Aaron Yurkewich 2015 Design and Control of Robotic Systems for Lower Limb Stroke Rehabilitation
Laura McCracken 2015 Development of a Physical Shoulder Simulator for the Training of Basic Arthroscopic Skills
Daniel Yurkewich 2014 Force Sensing in Arthroscopic Instruments using Fiber Bragg Gratings
Mostafa Hadavand 2014 Design and Development of a Surgical Robot for Needle-Based Medical Interventions
Srikanth Bhattad 2013 InterNAV3D: A Navigation Tool for Robot-Assisted Needle-Based Intervention for the Lung
Tara Bracken 2013 Multimodal Noncontact Tracking of Surgical Instruments
Mauricio Nahum 2013 Design of a Minimally Invasive Single Port HDR Brachytherapy Applicator Lung Cancer Treatment
Abhijit Saxena 2012 Development of a Novel Handheld Device for Active Compensation of Physiological Tremor
Paul Christiaans 2012 Design of a Hand-held Seed Injection Device for Lung Brachytherapy
Jeremy Breetzke 2011 Design of a Tele-Operated Surgical Simulation Environment
Tiam Zhang 2010 An optimization-based approach to dosimetry planning for brachytherapy
Tom Kurowski 2011 Design of a Hand Held a Minimally Invasive Tumour Localization Device
Melissa Perri 2009 Tactile Sensing System for Lung Tumour Localization during Minimally Invasive Surgery
Mark Guckert 2009 Design and Control of a Miniature Robotic Manipulator
Shiva Jayaraman 2009 Validation of a sensorized instrument-based training system for minimally invasive surgery
H. R. Sadeghineshad 2008 Real-Time Segmentation of Curved Needles for 3D Ultrasound Image Guidance
T. Hayes 2008

A Layered Framework for Surgical Simulation Development

Shiva Mohan 2008 InterNAV2.0: minimally invasive robot-assisted tumor ablative therapies
S. Kumar 2007 Neural Network Based Modeling of Respiratory Motion for Robot-Assisted Lung Brachytherapy
Rod Locke 2007 Remote Centre-of-Motion for Robotics-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
Martin Pytel 2005 The development of an image-based navigation system for use in interstitial lung brachytherapy
R. Harrington 2004 A Study of Haptic Interaction for Needle Insertion
N. Abolhassani 2004 Robot-Assisted Needle Insertion in Soft Tissue
Farnoosh Tavakkoli 2004 Haptic interaction and visualization of elastic deformation

Undergraduate Students

Kaspar Sahzada 2015-2016 Sensorization of surgical robotic instruments for force sensing
Marko Mikic 2015-2016 Shape-setting development and PCB design for Concentric-Tube Robots

 Research Associates

Lexuan Wang 2021-2022 Concentric Tube Robot for Percutaneous Treatment of Calculi; Simulation, Modeling and Control of Continuum Robots
Chloe Nicholson-Smith 2017-2022 Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapy; Rehabilitation Robotics
Karen Siroen 2011-2018 Research Support Staff, Skills-Assessment for Robotics-Assisted Surgery
Amit Srivastava 201-2018 Integration of Visual and Haptic Sensory Information in Parkinson’s Disease
Abelardo Escoto 2009-2017 Development of mechatronics robotics systems and devices for medical applications
Chris Ward 2009-2017 Design, fabrication and integration of mechatronic systems for surgery and rehabilitation
Srikanth Bhattad 2014-2015; 2021-2022 Robot-assisted, image-guided navigation for minimally invasive interventions; Real-time environments for teleoperated surgical systems
Andre Veltroni Sanches 2014 Software Development and Graphical User Interfaces for Mechatronics-based Medical Interventions
Abhijit Saxena 2012-2013 Smart Materials for Actuation and Sensing for Medical Applications
Andrew Lyle 2009-2011 Software Development for Surgical Training; Robot-Assisted MIS
A.L. Trejos 2004-2012 Design, Construction and Evaluation of Mechatronic Devices for Robotics-Assisted Interventions & Haptics Enabled Robotics Testbed for Training and Skills Evaluation in MIS
C.J. Ghazal 2007 Evaluation of Sensorized Laparoscopic Instruments for MIS Training and Skills Assessment
G. McCreery 2006-2007 A Robotic Device for Tissue Palpation in MIS