University of Alberta

ABOUT ME

I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology in 2012 and 2014, respectively. I also received my Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 2021, working with scientists at the “Neuromuscular Control and Biomechanics Laboratory.”

Ph.D. Supervisor:

·         Dr. Hossein Rouhani

Research Interests:

·         Biomedical engineering

·         Wearable and robotic rehabilitation technologies

·         Motor control

·         Biomedical signal processing and artificial intelligence

PROJECT

During my Ph.D. studies, I acquired experience on human motion analysis by working on different research projects which directly targeted technology development for motion analysis of the (i) patients with brain and spinal cord injury, (ii) elderly population with limited mobility, (iii) patients with shoulder dysfunction, and (iv) athletes with a high risk of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. For this purpose, I have completed multiple experimental studies at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and the University of Alberta campus. As a study coordinator, I overcame the challenges in participant recruitment and data collection during long-term experiments. The main research projects that I have been involved in are as follows:

1.    Long-term daily activity monitoring and identification of body postures using Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs). 

2. Development of wearable sensor technology for monitoring the lower limb motion of patients with acquired brain injury in real-time as an alternative to the conventional stationary camera motion capture system.

3.    Development and clinical implementation of a wearable biomedical device to assess the shoulder motion of patients with Brachial Plexus Injury. 

4.    Development of an instrumentation concussion prevention testing device for neck strength evaluation during sub-concussive whiplash tests using Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs).

I used three types of equipment for my research:

1.    Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) comprised of tri-axial accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer, to monitor human motion.

2.    Motion-capture cameras (VICON), to validate the results obtained by IMU systems. 

3.    Pedar Sensitive Pressure Insole System, to measure pressure distribution between foot and shoe during walking and detect walking spatiotemporal parameters.

VOLUNTARY SERVICES (selected)

• ·         Graduate Student Member of the University Appeal Board, University of Alberta.

  ·         Graduate Student Member of General Faculties Council, University of Alberta.

  ·         VP-Academic of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students Association, University of Alberta.

AWARDS (selected)

·         Honorary Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, University of Alberta (2019).

·         Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, University of Alberta (2018).

·         Alberta Innovates – Graduate Studentship Scholarship, University of Alberta (2017).

PUBLICATIONS

Please see my Google Scholar page.