Alumni

Masters Alumni

Anastasiia Kyrylova

Degree: M.E.Sc., Biomedical Engineering

Years: 2013–2015

Thesis: Development of a wearable mechatronic elbow brace for postoperative motion rehabilitation

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Yue Zhou

Degree: M.E.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Years: 2013–2015

Thesis:  Towards the Development of a Wearable Tremor Suppression Glove

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Raneem Haddara

Degree: M.E.Sc., Biomedical Engineering

Years: 2014–2016

Thesis:  Elbow Patients’ Data Collection and Analysis: An Examination of Electromyography Healing Patterns

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Myles Lidka

Degree: M.E.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Recipient of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (September 2015) and a Win 4.0 Student Travel Award

Years: 2014–2017

Thesis:  Comparison of DC Motors and Dielectric Elastomer Actuators For Wearable Wrist Exoskeletons

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Emma Farago

Degree: M.E.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Transdisciplinary Bone and Joint Training Award of Western's Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Health Research

NCERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2017)

Years: 2016-2018

Thesis: Development of an EMG-based Muscle Health Model for Elbow Trauma Patients

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Allison Goldman

Degree: M.E.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Award for Outstanding Presentation in Graduate Symposium in Biomedical Systems Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, 2017

Years: 2015-2018

Thesis: A Biomechanical and Physiological Signal Monitoring System for Four Degrees of Upper Limb Movement

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Taylor Stansbury

Degree: M.E.Sc., Biomedical Engineering

NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2016)

Years: 2015-2018

Thesis: Dynamic Calibration of EMG Signals for Control of a Wearable Elbow Brace

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José Guillermo Collí Alfaro

Degree: M.E.Sc., Biomedical Engineering

Conacyt Scholarship from the Government of Mexico

Travel Award from the School of Biomedical Engineering (2019)

Years: 2017–2019

Thesis: Implementation of User-Independent Hand Gesture Recognition Classification Models Using IMU and EMG-based Sensor Fusion Techniques

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Rami Abu Shammeh

Degree: M.E.Sc., Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Years: 2017–2020

Thesis: Additive Manufacturing of Piezoelectric Photopolymer Ferroelectrets

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Vaughan Murphy

Degree: M.E.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Years: 2019–2020

Thesis: Characterization and Control of a Woven Biomimetic Actuator for Wearable Neurorehabilitative Devices

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José Alejandro Lopez

Degree: M.E.Sc., Biomedical Engineering

Conacyt scholarship from the Government of Mexico

Years: 2019–2021

Thesis: Motion Intention Estimation using sEMG-ACC Sensor Fusion

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Heena Shrestha

Degree: M.E.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Years: 2020–2021

Thesis: Development of Control System for Open-Source Low-Cost Ventilators

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Shaemus Tracey

Degree: M.E.Sc., Biomedical Engineering

Transdisciplinary Bone and Joint Training Award of Western’s Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Health Research

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2020)

Kirby-Thurairajah Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2020)

BME Seminar Award (2021)

NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2021)

Top MSc presenter in Collaborative Specializations in Musculoskeletal and Health Research Award, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Conference, Western University (2022)

Years: 2020–2022

Thesis: Modelling and Evaluation of Piezoelectric Actuators for Wearable Neck Rehabilitation Devices

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Alex Lizotte

Degree: M.E.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Transdisciplinary Bone and Joint Training Award of Western’s Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Health Research

NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2020)

The Captain G.R.E. Nicholls Memorial Award (2021)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2021)

Canadian MSK Rehab Research Network’s 2022 Trainee Travel Awards

Years: 2020–2022

Thesis: Thesis Format Integrated Article Design and Evaluation of Fabric Cooling Channels for Twisted Coiled Actuators

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Kyle Lacroix

Degree: M.E.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence (2021)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2021)

Years: 2021–2023

Thesis: Deep Learning for Detection of Upper and Lower Body Movements

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Doctoral Alumni 

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Tyler Desplenter

Degree: Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Recipient of Global Opportunites Award (Jan 2015)

Recipient of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (May 2015)

Recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (May 2016)

Years: 2013-2018

Thesis: Development of Digital Control Systems for Wearable Mechatronic Devices: Applications in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb

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Yue Zhou

Degree: Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

Transdisciplinary Bone and Joint Training Award of Western’s Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Health Research

Travel award, School of Biomedical Engineering (2019)

Years: 2016–2019

Thesis: A Wearable Mechatronic Device for Hand Tremor Monitoring and Suppression: Development and Evaluation

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Brandon Edmonds

Degree: Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

Travel award, School of Biomedical Engineering (2019)

Years: 2015–2020

Thesis: Feasibility of Twisted Coiled Polymer Actuators for Use in Upper Limb Wearable Rehabilitation Devices

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Anas Ibrahim

Degree: Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Years: 2018–2023

Thesis: PT-Net: A Multi-Model Machine Learning Approach for Smarter Next-Generation Wearable Tremor Suppression Devices for Parkinson's Disease Tremor

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Parisa Daemi

Degree: Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

Years: 2019–2023

Thesis: Modelling of a TCA-driven Wearable Tremor Suppression Device for People with Parkinson’s Disease

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Postdoctoral Alumni 

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Tyler Desplenter

Postdoctoral Fellow—Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Years: 2018-2020

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Ghazal Farhani

Postdoctoral Fellow—Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Years: 2020–2022

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Yue Zhou

Postdoctoral Fellow—Biomedical Engineering

Years: 2020–2023

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Brandon Edmonds

Postdoctoral Fellow—Biomedical Engineering

Years: 2021, 2023

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