News

2022


07/28/2022

Dr. Vinjamuri received a grant from NSF. This is a supplement to his NSF CAREER Award to work with I-Hubs, collaboration with India to model Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia and integrate these models into the control algorithms of exoskeletons and prosthetics.



07/07/2022

Dr. Vinjamuri received a grant from NIDILRR, SBIR, Phase 1 in collaboration with Delsys. They will be working on developing synergy-based AR/VR training platforms for post-stroke rehabilitation.



04/01/2022

Dr. Vinjamuri is now a Visiting Scientist/Research Collaborator at NIH NIDA.



03/01/2022

Dr. Vinjamuri renewed his appointment as a Visiting Scientist with BeAble Health Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad, India.



02/23/2022

Congratulations to Parthan Olikkal, who successfully passed his Portfolio at UMBC CS and is working towards Ph.D. Candidacy at UMBC CS.



01/22/2022

Congratulations to Dingyi Pei, who successfully defended her dissertation proposal and passed her qualifying exam, officially beginning her Ph.D. Candidacy at UMBC EE.




2021


08/18/2021

Congratulations to Dingyi Pei, who successfully passed her Portfolio at UMBC EE.



05/14/2021

Dr. Vinjamuri received a START Award ($25,000) from UMBC to initiate new research in developing neurotechnologies to help individuals with substance use disorder.




2020


08/22/2020

Vinjamuri lab moves from Stevens Institute of Technology to University of Maryland, Baltimore County.



05/01/2020

Dr. Martin Burns was granted the Award for Outstanding Research by a PhD Student for his stellar work during the 2015-2020 academic year.



01/22/2020

Congratulations to Dingyi Pei, who successfully defended her dissertation proposal and passed her qualifying exam, officially beginning her Ph.D. Candidacy.




2019


10/31/2019

Congratulations to Andrew Hwang, who received the PSEG Scholarship for Advancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Majors for the 2019-2020 academic year!



10/10/2019

Congratulations to Skylar Migliaccio for receiving the 2019-2020 Johnson & Johnson Pre-Professional Scholarship Award!



10/7/2019

Zamin Akmal has received the ICFNJ Undergraduate Research Scholarship.



10/2/2019

Ramana Vinjamuri, George McConnell, Raviraj Nataraj, Antonia Zaferiou and the SMC Lab will be co-organizing the second annual workshop titled the "Brain-Computer Interface Workshop for Motor Control and Rehabilitation" in association with mBrainTrain and intheon, which are two cutting-edge companies in neural recording and brain-machine interfacing in medical engineering. Registration is required for this October 28th event, so follow the link to RSVP today!



7/15/2019

Congratulations to Skylar Migliaccio for receiving the Center for Healthcare Innovation undergraduate research scholarship.



7/12/2019

Congratulations to Martin Burns for receiving the Stevens Excellence Doctoral Fellowship.



7/9/2019

Congratulations to Martin Burns for receiving the Robert Crooks Stanley Graduate Fellowship in Engineering and Science.



5/10/2019

Congratulations to Dr. Ritter on his retirement! Dr. Ritter is the founding father of Biomedical Engineering at Stevens, and hired most of the successful current faculty in the department. He has served as mentor and guide for many faculty and students. Best wishes on his journey home and journey within. [Photo]



5/10/2019

Ramana Vinjamuri was invited to be Associate Editor for IEEE Access.



5/9/2019

Martin Burns won third prize in the I&E Doctoral Fellowship Conference Competition. His research pitch, titled Myoelectric Control of a Human Hand Exoskeleton, outlined how work in the SMC lab is improving the performance of assistive devices for individuals with stroke and limb loss.



4/18/2019

Dr. Vinjamuri was recognized by the Stevens Vice Provost of Academics for Teaching Excellence.



4/10/2019

Dr. Vinjamuri received a grant award from Steven's Center for Faculty Engagement & Advancement to attend Summer 2019 Faculty Success Program organized by the prestigious National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity Program. https://www.facultydiversity.org/.



3/28/2019

Dr. Vinjamuri has received a grant award from United States-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund for project titled "ArmAble: An interactive arm rehabilitation device". More info can be found here: https://www.iusstf.org/assets/sitesfile/image/counselling/announcement_1381569225.pdf.



2/15/2019

Dr. Vinjamuri has received the NSF CAREER Award for his work on Synergy-based Human Machine Interfaces.




2018


11/26/2018

Martin Burns won second place in the Stevens Innovation & Entrepreneurship annual poster competition. Special thanks goes out to the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the other students at the event.



11/06/2018

Martin Burns won the graduate student poster competition at the 2018 International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering Annual Meeting. His work on wearable hand exoskeletons represented the SMC Lab, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Stevens Institute of Technology at this prestigious gathering of pharmaceutical professionals and automation experts.



10/30/2018

The Brain-Computer Interface Workshop for Control, Assessment, and Rehabilitation was successfully held in conjunction with Christoph Guger (g.tec). We would like to thank Dr. Lucas Parra for his keynote talk, Dr. Hongjun Wang, BME Chair Person for his encouragement and support, Joy Wilson, BME Admin Assistant for her administrative support and arrangements, and Laurie Vasquez, Communications Manager, for promotions. We would also like to thank University Events (Mathew Levine and John Mauro) for event setup. [Photos], [Photos]



10/12/2018

Hirra Shirani and Michael Obando received the ICFNJ Undergraduate Research Scholarship.



10/9/2018

Ramana Vinjamuri and the SMC Lab will be organizing a workshop titled "Brain-Computer Interface Workshop for Control, Assessment, and Rehabilitation" in association with g.tec, a leading company in neural recording and brain-machine interfacing. Registration is required for this October 30th event, so follow the link to RSVP today!



09/17/2018

Shreya Anjaria received the PSEG Scholarship for Advancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Majors.



08/24/2018

Dingyi Pei was awarded the Provost Doctoral Fellowship, supporting her research for the 2018-2019 term.



08/1/2018

Martin Burns successfully defended his dissertation proposal and passed his qualifying exam, officially beginning his Ph.D. Candidacy.



07/19/2018

Shreya Anjaria was awarded Center for HealthCare Innovation scholarship for 2 semesters.



06/24/2018

Ramana Vinjamuri was invited to chair the Neural Signal Processing session in IEEE EMBC 2018.



05/22/2018

Dr. Vrajeshri Patel was granted the Award for Outstanding Research by a PhD Student for her stellar work during the 2017-2018 academic year.



05/22/2018

Dr. Vinjamuri was awarded the 2018 Harvey N. Davis Distinguished Teaching Assistant Professor. This award was granted for teaching excellence in his Biomedical Engineering courses, including his Engineering Design course on biomedical instrumentation.



05/15/2018

Martin Burns was inducted into the student chapter of the National Academy of Inventors for his intellectual property work related to assistive robotics and wearable systems.



05/8/2018

Martin Burns will be presenting a podium talk at the 40th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. The talk will take place July 21 at 8:15am as part of the Neural Signal Processing session.



04/20/2018

Dr. Ranu Jung, the esteemed Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University, presented her groudbreaking work on bionic interfaces for sensory restoration and ventilatory control after spinal cord injury. This event was held as part of the University Seminar Series and is sponsored by the Biomedical Engineering Department. (Brochure).



04/17/2018

The SMC Lab's submission to the Seventh International BCI Meeting, "Real-time EEG Control of a Dexterous Hand Exoskeleton embedded with Synergies," was nominated for the 2018 Annual BCI Award. We would like to thank the BCI society, the judges, and all of the presenters for this event. More information on this honor is available here.



04/4/2018

Martin Burns has won the graduate category of the Annual New Jersey ISPE Student Poster Contest. He will be representing Stevens and the SMC Lab in the 2018 International Student Poster Contest, to be held as part of ISPE Annual Meeting in November.



03/23/2018

Martin Burns came 2nd in J&J Engineering Showcase.



02/14/2018

"Biomimetic Prosthetics", a book edited by Dr. Vinjamuri and introduced by Martin Burns and Michelle Schumacher, has been published by the open-access publisher Intech. It can be found Here.



02/2/2018

Ramana Vinjamuri received a grant from New Jersey Health Foundation for developing tools for objective assessment of Parkinson's disease.



01/29/2018

Martin Burns was selected as one of the 4 Stevens Finalists to participate in the J&J 2018 Engineering Showcase.


2017


12/23/2017

Ramana Vinjamuri was interviewed in the Future Technologies Conference, 2017. The interview can be found here, where he discusses biometric applications of grasp kinematics and biosignals.



11/27/2017

Martin Burns received Best Presentation Award at the I & E Doctoral Fellowship Conference. Here is Certificate (pic).



11/20/2017

Vrajeshri Patel is now Dr. Vrajeshri Patel with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. She has passed her final PhD Defense Exam. She is first PhD student from this laboratory.



11/14/2017

Katie Van Orden is featured in Stevens NEWS for her Pinnacle Scholars project about helping hand, a human hand exoskeleton (Brochure).



11/1/2017

Vrajeshri Patel, soon to graduate with a PhD in BME from our lab was featured in Stevens NEWS (here it is).



10/30/2017

Dr. Marco Santello from Arizona State University visited Stevens and our lab and gave a talk on Synergies and Robotics (Brochure).



10/06/2017

Jay Patel received ICFNJ Undergraduate Research Scholarship.



09/19/2017

Sal Finocchiaro and Jake Coumans received ICFNJ Undergraduate Research Scholarship.



08/01/2017

Ramana Vinjamuri was recognized by Stevens Provost for Teaching Excellence (Letter).



07/11/2017

Rachel Rosa was awarded Center for HealthCare Innovation scholarship for 2 semesters.



07/07/2017

Ramana Vinjamuri was invited to chair Motor Neuroprosthesis session in IEEE EMBC 2017.



06/28/2017

Ramana Vinjamuri was invited to edit a book on Advances in Motor Neuroprosthesis by Springer, NY.



05/08/2017

Vrajeshri Patel was nominated for induction in the National Academy of Inventors, Student Chapter, Stevens Institute of Technology.



04/30/2017

Dr. Shyam Jaiswal, a Neurologist from Care Hospitals, India visited our lab and appreciated our research on exoskeletons.



04/21/2017

Sal Finocchiaro received I&E Summer Scholarship to conduct research our lab.



04/21/2017

Dr. Michael Boninger from University of Pittsburgh visited Stevens and our lab and gave a talk on Hope and Hype of Assistive Technology (Brochure).



02/22/2017

Ramana Vinjamuri was recognized by Stevens Provost for Teaching Excellence (Letter).



02/09/2017

Ramana Vinjamuri was invited to be Associate Editor for Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioengineering for specialty Bionics and Biomimetics.


2016


09/16/2016

Stephanie Sayegh received ICFNJ Undergraduate Research Scholarship.



08/17/2016

Vrajeshri Patel received EMBC2016 NSF Award for Young Professionals.



08/01/2016

Ramana Vinjamuri was recognized by Stevens Provost for Teaching Excellence (Letter).



07/28/2016

Ramana Vinjamuri received a grant from Steven's Ignition Grants Initiative.



07/15/2016

Gerald Lamina and Zachary Zavoda were awarded Center for HealthCare Innovation scholarships for 2 semesters.



04/18/2016

Gerald Lamina and Zachary Zavoda were awarded Stevens I & E Scholarships for Summer Research.



02/02/2016

Ramana Vinjamuri received a grant from New Jersey Health Foundation for developing dexterous human hand exoskeletons.


2015


12/02/2015

Ramana Vinjamuri received a grant from Steven's Ignition Grants Initiative.



07/23/2015

Vrajeshri Patel is now PhD candidate. She passed her proposal defense today.



07/14/2015

Jamie Craig and Joe Lo Ricco were awarded Center for HealthCare Innovation scholarships for 2 semesters.



04/24/2015

Vrajeshri Patel was awarded Stevens I & E Doctoral Fellowship. This supports her for 2 years.


2014

 

Ramana Vinjamuri was invited to give a key note talk on Neuroprosthetics at NYMedTalks Conference at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.

Ramana Vinjamuri and Zhi-Hong Mao are serving as Special Topic Editors on Applications of Synergies in Human Machine Interfaces in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology under Bionics and Biomimetics. Details are here.

Martin Burns and Sara Hassan were awarded Center for HealthCare and Innovation scholarships for 2 semesters.


2013

 

Ramana Vinjamuri is Associate Editor for Springer Medical Biological Engineering Computing (MBEC).