2024
April
- Michael West defends his PhD thesis: “All Models are Wrong, Simple Models are Useful: A Study of Human Manipulation”
- Kaymie Shiozawa presents a poster at the Neural Control of Movement Conference: “Human Foot Force Reveals Different Balance Control Strategies between Healthy Younger and Older Adults”
- Stephan Stansfield publishes article in MIT Office of Graduate Education blog: Quality of Life: The Heart of the Matter
March
- Kaymie Shiozawa is awarded the Graduate Student Council Conference Grant to present her work titled, “Human Foot Force Reveals Different Balance Control Strategies between Healthy Younger and Older Adults” at Neural Control of Movement 2024
February
- Johannes Lachner is accepted into the MIT-Novo Nordisk AI Postdoc Program
January
- Michael West is selected into the Johns Hopkins University Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPF)
2023
December
- Postdoc Kunpeng Yao joins the lab
- Federico Tessari, Michael West, and Johannes Lachner receive the TUM Global travel grant for their collaborative project with the group of Prof. Cristina Piazza (TUM)
November
- Kaymie Shiozawa presents a poster at the Society for Neuroscience Conference: “Foot Force Informs Neural Control Strategies of Different Quiet Balance Conditions”
- Stephan Stansfield is a panelist at First Gen Summit workshop: Navigating the First Year of Grad School: Empowering First-Generation Low-Income Graduate Students
October
- Kaymie Shiozawa is selected to attend the Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering at Berkeley
September
- Michael West and Federico Tessari present their paper titled “The Study of Complex Manipulation via Kinematic Hand Synergies: The Effects of Data Pre-Processing” at the 2023 International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR) in Singapore where it was selected as one of the top 15 poster presentations. [Link]
- Michael West was featured in MIT News [Link]
August
- Stephan Stansfield presents paper at ASME IDETC conference: Understanding the User Perception Gap: Older Adults and Sit-to-Stand Assistance
June
- Kaymie Shiozawa is awarded the Mathworks Mechanical Engineering Fellowship
May
- Rika Sugimoto-Dimitrova passes the qualifying examinations for doctoral candidacy in mechanical engineering
- Michael West is awarded the Accenture Fellowship for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
- Kaymie Shiozawa and Michael West are invited speakers at Neurobionics, Camplus for students in Italy: “All Models are Wrong, Simple Models are Useful.”
- Kaymie Shiozawa is awarded the Charles M. Vest Grand Challenge Fellowship
March
- At the MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE), Federico Tessari and Rika Sugimoto-Dimitrova won runners-up in the Best Poster Presentation category. Michael West received an honorable mention in the Best Overall Performance category.
2022
August
- Postdoc Johannes Lachner joins the lab
May
- James Hermus wins 2nd Place in the de Florez Competition for Graduate Science for the presentation of the work, “A Dynamic Primitives Hypothesis: a Descriptive Model of Human Physical Interaction”
April
- Postdoc Federico Tessari joins the lab
- James Hermus wins SNAME Travel Award in Ocean Engineering for the presentation of the work, “Exploiting Redundancy to Facilitate Physical Interaction” at ICRA 2022
- Paper Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters: “Dynamic Primitives Limit Human Force Regulation during Motion” by A. Michael West Jr., James Hermus, Meghan Huber, Pauline Maurice, Dagmar Sternad, and Neville Hogan [Link]
2021
October
- Lab members receive awards at MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE):
- 1st place – James Hermus
- Runner up – Kaymie Shiozawa
September
- Paper Published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation: “Frequency-dependent force direction elucidates neural control of balance” by Kaymie Shiozawa, Jongwoo Lee, Marta Russo, Dagmar Sternad, and Neville Hogan [Link]
July
- Jongwoo Lee defends his PhD thesis: “Effects of Mechanical Interventions on Human Locomotion”
- Paper Published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics: “Exploiting Redundancy to Facilitate Physical Interaction” by James Hermus, Johannes Lachner, David Verdi, and Neville Hogan [Link]
May
- Lab members receive student awards:
- Prince Innovation Award – Gabrielle Enns
- John C. and Elizabeth J. Chato Award – Laura Schwendeman
April
- Stephan Stansfield receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)
- Neville Hogan receives IEEE Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award “For seminal contributions in formulating methods for the control of robot manipulation based on human movement and dynamic interaction principles“
2020
December
- Kaymie Shiozawa receives 2021 School of Engineering Accenture Fellowship [Link]
November
- Moses Nah receives Best Student Paper award at BioRob 2022 for the paper titled “Dynamic Primaties Facilitate Manipulation a Whip”
October
- Lab members receive awards at MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE):
- 1st place – Moses Nah
- Runner up – Kaymie Shiozawa
May
- Emily Skilling receives John C. and Elizabeth J. Chato Award
March
- Paper Published in Journal of Neurophysiology, “Separating neural influences from peripheral mechanics: the speed-curvature relation in mechanically constrained actions” by James Hermus, Joseph Doeringer, Dagmar Sternad, and Neville Hogan [Link]