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Past Projects

2023 Projects

Noninvasive Brain Compliance in Traumatic Brain Injury  Patients with Disorders of  Consciousness.

Project Leaders: M LaPlaca (GT), M Wang (GT), D Backus(GT)

Human Digital Twin Platform: Real-time physiological and human performance monitoring.

Project Leaders: M Santello (ASU), A Coza (ASU), M Farzam (Inhance Digital)

ProgNEUSTIM: Programmable Instrument for NEUral STimulation and IMaging

Project Leader: L. Pollonini (UH), B. Tamber-Rosenau (UH), Manfred Jaschke (Brain Products), Shridar Madala (Indus Instruments)

Neural Surface Interface Technology and Applications.

Project Leaders: P. Konrad (WVU), R. Sharma (WVU), B. Rapoport, C. Mermel (Precision Neuroscience), J. Contreras-Vidal (UH)

P-LEGS Exo Suit: A Soft Flexible Pediatric NeuroExo for Diagnostic, Assistance and Rehabilitation of Gait.

Project Leaders:  J Contreras-Vidal (UH), G. Francisco (TIRR)

Longitudinal Electrophysiological Studies of DBS in Patients with Chronic Pain.

Project Leaders: B. Greger (ASU), Z. Mirzadeh (Barrow Neurological Institute)

Personalized Neuromodulation-based Intervention for Treatment of Balance Disorders in the Elderly.

Project Leaders: P Parikh (UH), I Weinberg (Weinberg Medical Physics), J Contreras-Vidal (UH)

Biosensor using Graphene nanotubes and piezoresistive properties on wearable sensors to measure gait and posture and physical and mental stresses.

Project Leaders: T Lockhart (ASU), M Jacofsky (HOPCo)

Developing Fall Detections Tools for Usage in Senior Living Facilities.

Project Leaders: T Lockhart (ASU), E Luster (Movement Interactive)

2022 Projects

Detection Tools for Usage in Senior Living Facilities

Project Leaders: Thurmon Lockhart (ASU), Eric Luster (Seniors Rising).

Longitudinal Electrophysiological Studies of DBS in Patients with Chronic Pain

Project Leaders: Bradley Greger (ASU), Zaman Mirzadeh (Barrow Neurological Institute)

Neural Surface Interface Technology and Applications

Project Leaders: Peter Konrad (WVU), Benjamin Rapoport (Precision Neuroscience), Craig Mermel (Precision Neuroscience), J.L. Contreras-Vidal (UH)

ProgNEUSTIM: Programmable instrument for NEUral STimulation and IMaging

Project Leaders: Luca Pollonini (UH), Samuel Montero-Hernandez (UH), Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau (UH), Sridhar Madala (Indus Industries), Manfred Jaschke (Brain Products GmbH)

Graphene and IMU based wearable system to measure stress and fatigue

Project Leaders: Thurmon  Lockhart (ASU), Marc Jacofsky (HOPCo)

P-LEGS Exo Suit: A Soft Flexible Pediatric NeuroExoskeleton for Diagnostic, Assistance and Rehabilitation of Gait

Project Leaders: J.L. Contreras-Vidal (UH), Gerard Francisco (TIRR Memorial Hermann)

Personalized Neuromodulation-based Intervention for Treatment of Balance Disorders in the Elderly

Project Leaders: Pranav Parikh (UH), JL Contreras-Vidal (UH), Irving Weinberg (Weinberg Medical)

Associate Professor, UMH

Vicente Micol

2021 Projects

A brain-computer interface for speech production

Project Leaders: Alexander Craik, Heather Dial, Jose L. Contreras-Vidal, Manfred Jaschke (Brain Products), Sridhar Madala (Indus Instruments).

EEG detection of balance loss, a novel approach to prevent falls implementing Robotic  Orthosis

Project Leaders: Charles Layne (UH),  Jose Contreras-Vidal (UH), Gerard Francisco (TIRR Memorial Hermann)

Smart P-LEGS exoskeleton for assist-as-needed pediatric gait therapy

Project Leaders: J.L. Contreras-Vidal (UH), Gerard Francisco (TIRR Memorial Hermann)

EEG/fNIRS-based closed-loop control of deep brain stimulation (DBS)

Project Leaders: Jit Muthuswamy, (ASU) Pepe Contreras-Vidal (UH), Sarah Rogers (Medtronic)

Effects of Acute Low Back Pain Spinal Injection on Activities of Daily Living and Gait and Balance: Towards the development of a wearable back pain monitoring system

Project Leaders: Thurmon Lockhart (ASU), Marc Jacofsky (CORE), Eric Luster (Movement Interactive)

High-performance MOBI system comprising high-density diffusion optical tomography, electroencephalography and eye-tracking subsystem

Project Leaders: Luca Pollonini (UH), Sridhar Madala (Indus Instruments)

Characterizing the coding of taste and gustatory cortical response (gERP) induced by red wines

Project Leaders: Mario Ortiz (MHE), Pepe Contreras-Vidal (UH), Jose Azorin (MHE), Enrique Montiel (EUNOVA)

Detection of Engineering Interest in Children Through an Intelligent System Using Biometric Signals

Project Leaders: Jorge Lozoya-Santos (TEC), Pepe Contreras-Vidal (UH), Murrieta Gonzalez

Associate Professor, UMH

Vicente Micol

2020 Projects

Project Title: EEG detection of balance loss, a novel approach to prevent falls implementing Robotic Orthosis

Project Leaders: Charles Layne, J.L. Contreras-Vidal, Gerard Francisco

Project Title: Widespread adoption of multimodal neuroimaging: Standardization of Multimodal Neuroimaging Data

Project Leaders: Luca Pollonini. Montero Hernandez, Sridhar Madala, Jaschke

Project Title: Widespread adoption of multimodal neuroimaging: Validation and reliability testing of wearable system in naturalistic settings

Project Leaders: Luca Pollonini,  Sridhar Madala, Jaschke

Project Title: Fractal rhythm of heart: Effects of physical intensities on balance related concussion measure

Project Leader: Thurmon Lockhart, Marc Jacofsky, Eric Luster

Project Title: Closed-loop control of deep brain stimulation (DBS) using models of electrode failure – Phase-II

Project Leader: Jit Muthuswamy, Eric Maass 

Project Title: Smart Orthotics to prevent falls – Phase II

Project Leaders: Claire Honeycutt, Sangram Redkar, Marc Jacofsky

Project Title:  Failure modes investigation and rational design of soft, deformable, microelectrode arrays for chronic neural stimulation and recording 

Project Leaders: Cunjiang Yu. Phil Horner

Associate Professor, UMH

Vicente Micol

2019 Projects

Project Title: Reimaging Orthotics to prevent falls

Project Leaders: Claire Honeycutt, Marc Jacofsky, Andrew Hodge

Project Title: EEG Detection of balance loss, a novel approach to prevent falls implementing Robotic Orthosis

Project Leaders: Charles Layne, J.L. Contreras-Vidal, Cestari, Gerard Francisco

Project Title: Closed-loop control of deep brain stimulation (DBS) using models of electrode failure

Project Leaders: Jit Muthuswamy, Eric Maass  

Project Title: Effects of dystonia on resting state connectivity in children 

Project Leader: Marco Santello, Varina Boerwinkle

Project Title: Microvascular Characterization of Macro-Scale Disease Phenotypes

Project Leader: David Mayerich, Todd Huffman 

Project Title: EEG assessment of central sensory network coding during spinal stimulation

Project Leaders: J.L. Contreras-Vidal, Sayenko, Phil Horner

Project Title: Utilization of a wearable sensor diagnostic platform to assess efficacy of a cloud based pre-habilitation program in fall risk reduction following orthopedic surgery

Project Leaders: Thurmon Lockhart, Marc Jacofsky

Project Title: Early-feasibility clinical trial to assess functional and clinical application of Knee Rehabilitation Exo

Project Leaders: J.L. Contreras-Vidal, Finez, Gerard Francisco

Project Title: Noninvasive Mobile Neurotechnology for Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Project Leader: Luca Pollonini

Associate Professor, UMH

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2018 Projects

Project Title: Wearable sensor system to assess efficacy of fall reduction program for ortho surgery patients

Project Leaders: Thurmon Lockhart, Marc Jacofsky, Andrew Hodge

Project Title: Noninvasive Mobile Brain-Body Imaging (MoBI) for Virtual BCI

Project Leaders: Luca Pollonini

Project Title: Whole Organ Labelling and Embedding in Machinable Hydrogels High-Throughput 3D Multiplex Tissue Phenotyping Using Block-Face UV and Raman Imaging

Project Leaders: David Mayerich 

Project Title: Accelerated Tests to Assess Long-Term Reliability of Tissue-Electrode Interfaces

Project Leader: Jit Muthuswamy, Eric Maass

Project Title: High-frequency Transdermal Neuromodulation of Cranial Nerves to Reduce Spasticity

Project Leader: Jamie Tyler, Stephen Foldes

Project Title: Wearable Functional Electrical Stimulation for Robot Assisted Gait Rehabilitation

Project Leaders: Contreras-Vidal, Javier

Project Title: BMI for Automated Gait Intention Detection for Powered Exoskeletons

Project Leaders: J.L. Contreras-Vidal, Gerard Francisco

Associate Professor, UMH

Vicente Micol

2017 Projects

Project Title: Improving epilepsy surgery with high frequency oscillations

Project Leaders: Stephen Foldes, Bradley Greger, David Adelson

Project Title: Therapeutical human-robot systems for children with paralysis

Project Leaders: J.L. Contreras-Vidal, Gerard Francisco

Project Title: Tracking Breathing Health by Machine Learning of Novel Movement Signals

Project Leaders: Jeff LaBelle, Sehra Narayan 

Project Title: Custom designed wearable sensor system for Fall Risk assessment

Project Leader: Thurmon Lockhart

Project Title: Noninvasive Mobile Neurotechnology for Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Project Leaders: Luca Pollonini and George Zouridakis

Project Title: Deep Phenotyping for Physiologic Biomarkers of Post-Traumatic Epilepsy in Children

Project Leaders: David Adelson, Selcuk Candan

Project Title: High-Throughput 3D Multiplex Tissue Phenotyping Using Block-Face UV and Raman Imaging

Project Leader: David Mayerich

Project Title: Accelerated tests to assess long-term reliability of tissue-electrode interfaces

Project Leader: Jit Muthuswamy

Project Title: Soft Tissue-Like Electronics for the Brain High Density Mapping, Amplifying and Stimulating

Project Leader: Cunjiang Yu

Associate Professor, UMH

Vicente Micol