People
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Jonathon Schofield
Principal Investigator
Dr. Schofield works to improve user acceptance and promote the seamless integration of humans and assistive medical devices, leveraging techniques in bio-robotic control and feedback, sensory-motor neural interfaces, and cognitive-perceptual neurosciences. The BEAR Lab performs interdisciplinary research at the interface of mechanical and electrical engineering, neurosciences and rehabilitation medicine to address unmet clinical needs and understand how humans engage with intelligent technologies such as robotic prostheses and powered exoskeleton orthoses, among many others.
Contact: jschofield @ucdavis.edu
Graduate Students
Marcus Battraw
Graduate Student
Bachelor's in Mechatronic Engineering and Applied Mathematics
Marcus seeks to remove barriers hindering pediatric device adoption by leveraging adult prosthetic technologies. His objective is to provide multiple grasp configurations and intuitive control through pattern recognition of muscle activity in the affected limbs.
Contact: mabattraw @ucdavis.edu
Kihun Hong
Graduate Student
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
Masters in Mechanical Engineering
Kihun works to improve the seamless interaction between humans and
robotic manipulators by using sophisticated sensory feedback. His goal is to develop haptic interfaces for users to intuitively understand the movement of robotic devices.
Contact: kihong@ucdavis.edu
Anna Rita Moukarzel
Graduate Student
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
Anna Rita's interest is in learning more about how to make neurally-integrated prostheses more readily available for transradial and transhumeral amputees with targeted muscle reinnervation procedures.
Contact: amoukarzel@ucdavis.edu
Josh Siegel
Graduate Student
Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering
Josh is interested in improving the use of pediatric prostheses. His master's thesis involves creating testing and training protocols for pediatric amputees. The goal is to investigate the main issues driving prosthetic abandonment.
Contact: jrsiegel@ucdavis.edu
Eden Winslow
Graduate Student
Bachelor's in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
Eden is interested in medical device design and neuro-prosthetic control. Her goal is to improve prosthetic arm control for pediatric patients.
Contact: ewinslow@ucdavis.edu
Peyton Young
Graduate Student
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
Peyton aims to improve upon current prosthetic devices by increasing user comfort and decreasing cost.
Contact: pryoung@ucdavis.edu
Alumni
Aaron Eppstein
Graduated Fall 2022
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering with Emphasis in Bioengineering
Masters in Mechanical Engineering
Aaron looks to help improve existing force feedback systems used in sensory feedback for myoelectric prosthetic systems.
Contact: aceppstein@ucdavis.edu
Morgan Harris
Graduated Fall 2022
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
Masters in Mechanical Engineering
Morgan’s goal is to provide relevant strategies for stroke rehabilitation. She is looking to characterize common hand grasp usage in adults in order to fabricate an exoskeleton that accurately reflects those grasps.
Contact: moharris@ucdavis.edu
Patrick Trieu
Graduated Fall 2022
Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering
Masters in Mechanical Engineering
Patrick is working to understand how we form perceptions on owning and controlling our bodies and actions. This information can be vital in designing control and sensory systems for prostheses so that they are more closely perceived as a part of our body.
Contact: phtrieu@ucdavis.edu