Research Interests

Although the best definition of the role of robots include helping humans with their daily life, there is a growing gap between the humans and their robots in terms of the ability to interact seamlessly and effectively. Toward this end I am excited about filling the gap between humans and their robots by innovating current wearable sensors in new directions. In neuro-rehabilitation, beyond supporting human’s daily activities, robots can incorporate physical exercises into these activities as part of the therapy. An important interfacing challenge here is to make robots more “social” by making them aware of their partner’s physical, physiological and emotional levels during interaction. I would like to solve this problem with an interdisciplinary approach by designing textile-integrated, flexible, wearable sensors for a more natural interaction.

Recent Events:

-2016 IEEE Sensors Paper about Tactile Sensor False Positive Detection Published
-2016 IEEE Sensors Paper about Soft Tactile Sensors Published
-2016 IEEE EMBC Paper about a Textile Wearable Sensor Published
-2016 IEEE EMBC Paper about a Wearable Monitoring System for Dogs Published
-Started Serving as the President of ECE Graduate Student Association
-2016 IEEE ICUAS Paper Published
-2015 NCUR abstract got accepted
-2015 FSR Paper Preprint
-Senior Design mid year document submitted
-Finished Machine Learning from Andrew Ng with a grade of 99%
-Second Blog Post in the University Research Blog
-Started Leading a Senior Design Team
-Awarded the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Grant! Again!
-Presented a Poster at the Robotics Institute, CMU
-Started Interning at the Robotics Institute, CMU