Rehabilitation Engineering and Electromechanical Design Lab
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- July, 2024
Congratulations to Adila Hoque for being a finalist in the student paper competition at EMBC. 
- April, 2024
- Congratulations to Adila, Scott, and Daniel for getting their papers accepted to EMBC:
- January, 2024
- Touching story about how our rehabilitation research has benefitted people recovering from stroke.
- January, 2024
- Congratulations to the iStride Device Team for "One-year retention of gait speed improvement in stroke survivors after treatment with a wearable home-use gait device" being published in Frontiers in Neurology.
- August, 2023
- Congratulations Laura for publishing "A systematic literature review of ankle-foot orthosis and functional electrical stimulation foot-drop treatments for persons with multiple sclerosis" being published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International.
- May, 2023
- Congratulations to the iStride Device Team for "Gait Device Treatment Using Telehealth for Individuals With Stroke During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nonrandomized Pilot Feasibility Study" being published in JMIR Formative Research.
- June, 2022
- Congratulations Sean for publishing "Real-time feedback control of split-belt ratio to induce targeted step length asymmetry" being published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.
- June, 2022
- Congratulations Mehdi and Ben for publishing "Time Delay Affects Thermal Discrimination" being published in Transactions on Haptics.
- June, 2022
- Congratulations Mehdi for publishing "The Role of Spatial and Modality Cues on Visual and Haptic Memory" being published in Transactions on Haptics.
- March, 2022
- Congratulations to Ben for passing his Ph.D. Dissertation defense.
- July, 2021
- Congratulations to Mehdi for passing his Ph.D. Dissertation defense.
- April, 2021
- Congratulations Fatemeh! "Identical Limb Dynamics for Unilateral Impairments through Biomechanical Equivalence" has been published in Symmetry.
- March, 2021
- Congratulations Fatemeh! "Superposition principle applies to human walking with two simultaneous interventions" has been published in Symmetry.
- October, 2020
- Congratulations to Fatemeh for passing her Ph.D. Dissertation defense.
- September, 2020
- Congratulations Milli! "Roll-Over Shape-Based Design of Novel Biomimetic Ankle-Foot Prosthesis" has been published in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics.
- September, 2020
- Congratulations to the iStride Device Team for "Wearable gait device for stroke gait rehabilitation at home" being published in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation.
- June, 2020
- Listen to Dr. Reed's interview talking about his research and his experiences in Hong Kong during his Fulbright.
Strokecast interview - December, 2019
- Congratulations Milli! "Novel passive ankle-foot prosthesis mimics able-bodied ankle angles and ground reaction forces" has been published in Clinical Biomechanics.
- November, 2019
- Congratulations to the iStride Device team for winning the 2019 ACRM Stroke ISIG Outstanding Scientific Poster Award! See list of awards.
- November, 2019
- Congratulations Mehdi and Ahmad! "Computational Analysis of Asymmetrically Applied Hot and Cold Stimuli" has been published in the International Journal of Engineering Research and Innovation.
- November, 2019
- Congratulations Fatemeh! "Walking assistance using crutches: A state of the art review" has been published in Journal of Biomechanics.
- November, 2019
- Congratulations Tyagi! "Human Gait Analysis Metric for Gait Retraining" has been published in Applied Bionics and Biomechanics.
- September, 2019
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant on the "Feedback-based Stroke Rehabilitation Using Multiple Simultaneous Therapies". The investigator is Kyle Reed (PI) and co-PI is Seok Hun Kim. Award # 1910434.
- August, 2019
- Congratulations Ismet and Tyagi! "Relearning functional and symmetric walking after stroke using a wearable device: a feasibility study" has been published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.
- August, 2019
- Congratulations to Dr. Reed for receiving a Fulbright. He will be working at Hong Kong Polytechnic University during the 2019/2020 academic year. USF news article US Consulate in Hong Kong article
- April, 2019
- Congratulations Ben! "Accuracy of Dynamic Force Compensation Varies with Direction and Speed" has been published in Transactions on Haptics.
- March, 2019
- Congratulations Milli! "Feature selection in gait classification of leg length and distal mass" has been published in Informatics in Medicine Unlocked.
- March, 2019
- The iStride(TM) device has been in the news: WNDU, NBC DFW, KSAT, WFMZ, and WQAD.
- August, 2018
Congratulations to Fatemeh Rasouli for being accepted and attending the Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE), which is a two-week "boot camp" for future decision makers eager to join the sustainability and energy revolution happening around the globe. 
- June, 2018
- Congratulations to Milli for passing her Master's thesis defense.
- June, 2018
- Congratulations Mehdi! "Asymmetric Cooling and Heating Perception" has been published in EuroHaptics.
- April, 2018
- Dr. Reed is moderating the panel discussion "You Have A Patent, Now What?". Come check out the USF chapter of the National Academy of Inventors's event to learn more about what you can do with a patent.
- February, 2018
- The GEMS was featured on Fox news.
- February, 2018
Congratulations to Ameya Mujumdar for his 1st place project in the Senior division-Engineering category. His project titled: "Innovative Design of a Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe (GEMS) for Rehabilitation" conducted a nice experimental analysis of different shapes for the GEMS wheel. He is a 9th grader at King High school who worked on this project in our lab over the past year.
- February, 2018
- Congratulations Tyagi and Christina! "Comparing Gait with Multiple Physical Asymmetries Using Consolidated Metrics" has been published in frontiers in Neurorobotics.
- January, 2018
- Congratulations Michael! "Tactile Morse Code Using Locational Stimulus Identification" has been published in the IEEE Transactions on Haptics.
- December, 2017
Congratulations to Tyagi Ramakrishnan on his successful Ph.D. dissertation defense and graduation.
- December, 2017
- The GEMS was featured in the news and again in the news.
- November, 2017
- Congratulations to Mehdi, Milli, Tyagi, Mathhew, Ahmad, Fatemeh, Coralis, Ismet, Haris, and Christina for getting their papers published at IMECE:
- "3D Printed Passive Compliant and Articulating Prosthetic Ankle Foot"
- "Heat Flux Characteristics of Asymmetrically Heated and Cooled Thermal Stimuli"
- "Assistive Force Redirection of Crutch Gait Produced by the Kinetic Crutch Tip"
- "Thermal Perception of Skin Using Optical Projections"
- "Effects on Balance When Interfering with Proprioception at the Knee"
- "Analysis of Two-Dimensional Kinetic Shape Systems"
- October, 2017
- Congratulations Haris and Tyagi! "Combined effects of leg length discrepancy and the addition of distal mass on gait asymmetry" has been published in Gait & Posture.
- October, 2017
- Congratulation Tyagi. He was one of the finalists in the Florida Blue Pitch Competition.
- October, 2017
- Congratulations Tyagi and Milli! "Effect of Asymmetric Knee Height on Gait Asymmetry for Unilateral Transfemoral Amputees" has been published in the International Journal of Current Advanced Research.
- October, 2017
- The GEMS was featured on Fox news.
- September, 2017
The Kinetic Crutch Tip (a.k.a., MTip) was a featured patent. 
- July, 2017
- Congratulations to Tyagi, Milli, and Fatemeh for getting their papers published at ICORR:
- June, 2017
- Congratulations Ahmad! "Asymmetrically-Applied Hot and Cold Stimuli Gives Perception of Constant Heat" has been published in World Haptics.
- April, 2017
Haptics and Kinematics/Dynamics demos went well at MOSI. Read more here.
- March, 2017
USF Health Research Day winner. Read more here. We thank Ismet Handzic, but he couldn't be listed since he is no longer affiliated with USF. 
- March, 2017
- Congratulations to Christina-Anne Lahiff for passing her Master's thesis defense.
- November, 2016
- Congratulations Milli! She is one of the student winners at the 9th Annual USF College of Engineering Research Day
- November, 2016
- Congratulations Tyagi and Milli! "Biomimetic Transfemoral Knee with a Gear Mesh Locking Mechanism" has been published in the International Journal of Engineering Research and Innovation.
- November, 2016
- Congratulations Haris and Ismet! "Two-Dimensional Kinetic Shape Dynamics: Verification and Application" has been published in the Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics.
- October, 2016
- Congratulations to Michael Walker for passing his Master's thesis defense.
- August, 2016
- Congratulations to Dr. Reed for receiving tenure and being promoted to associate professor.
- June, 2016
Watch Dr. Reed's interview on WEDU Quest (medium quality or high quality).
Watch on PBS site (new window).- June, 2016
- Congratulations to Dr. Manasrah, the second Ph.D. to graduate from the REED lab!
- June, 2016
- Congratulations Ahmad! "Perceived Cooling Using Asymetrically-Applied Hot and Cold Stimuli" has been published in IEEE Transactions On Haptics.
- May, 2016
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant on "Enhancing the Balance and Control of Crutch Walking Using a Novel Crutch Tip". The investigator is Kyle Reed (PI) and co-PIs are Seok Hun Kim, David Huizenga, and Ismet Handzic. Award # 1602020.
- May, 2016
- Congratulations to Tyagi, Christina, Ben, Katie, Dimitiri, and Tyler for getting their EMBC papers accepted:
- "Combined Gait Asymmetry Metric"
- "Knee Orthosis with Variable Stiffness and Damping that Simulates Hemiparetic Gait"
- "Assessing the Role of Preknowledge in Force Compensation During a Tracking Task"
- "Effect of Weight and Number of Fingers on Bimanual Force Recreation"
- "Assessing the Effect of Experience on Bimanual Force Recreation"
- "Haptics Morse Code Communication for Deaf and Blind Individuals"
- "Initial Results of the Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe on Individuals with Stroke"
- May, 2016
Watch Dr. Reed's interview on American Medicine Today (medium quality or high quality).- April, 2016
The Kinetic Crutch Tip is officially available under the name Moterum MTip. - March, 2016
- Congratulations Dan Capecci! He received an honorable mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
- March, 2016
- Congratulations Christina-Anne Lahiff! She won the "Present-A-Bull Award".
- March, 2016
Listen to Dr. Reed's interview on American Medicine Today. His interview starts at 21:00 (listen to the embedded link on the right or click here and scroll to March 5, 2016.- October, 2016
- Congratulations to Matthew Hardy for passing his Master's thesis defense.
- February, 2016
- Congratulations Ahmad! "Thermal Comfort and Perception Inside Air-Conditioned Areas" has been accepted to the 2016 ASHRAE Annual Conference.
- December, 2015
- Congratulations Haris and Ismet! "Passive Kinematic Synchronization of Dissimilar and Uncoupled Rotating Systems" has been published in Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory.
- December, 2015
- Photos from the Haptics Class Project Open House. Nice work everyone!
- November, 2015
- Congratulations Tyagi, Christina, and Kaleb! "Position and Weight Activated Passive Prosthetic Knee Mechanism" has been published in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE).
- October, 2015
- Congratulations Kyle and Gigi! "Engineering Student Self-Assessment Through Confidence-Based Scoring" has been published in Advances in Engineering Education.
- September, 2015
Congratulations Dr. Reed on the 2015 Excellence in Innovation Award.
- September, 2015
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant on the "Investigation of Dynamic Thermal Perception over Large Skin Areas". The investigator is Kyle Reed (PI) and co-PIs are Nathan Crane and Kristen Salomon. Award # 1526475.
- August, 2015
Nice recognition of some of our research that has been done in conjunction with Moterum. One story is a good summary about the work on the crutch and the other focuses more about U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor highlighted USF's role as an economic engine.
- August, 2015
Ismet gave a nice interview to WUSF about his research and experience with the NSF I-Corps program. You can listen to his talk here. - August, 2015
- Congratulations to Dan, Ismet, and Dr. Kim for their papers being published in ICORR 2015:
- "Crutch Tip for Swing-through Crutch Walking Control Based on a Kinetic Shape", Capecci, Kim, Reed, and Handzic.
- "Recognition of Gait Impairment Evaluated Using an Artificial Gait Stimuli", Handzic and Reed.
- June, 2015
- Congratulations John and Craig! The U.S. patent "Transfemoral Prosthesis Having Altered Knee Locations (9,050,199)" has been granted.
- May, 2015
Dr. Reed presented a pint of Haptics and Rehabilitation. He presented as part of the Pint of Science events in Tampa at Southern Brewing & Winemaking (4500 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa, FL 33603). - March, 2015
- Congratulations Katie Hart! She was awarded the "Florida West Coast Section of ASME "Student Engineer of the Year" Award.
- February, 2015
- Congratulations Ismet! "Perception of Gait Patterns that Deviate from Normal and Symmetric Biped Locomotion" has been published in Psychology.
- December, 2014
We finished the NSF I-Corps program and we are a go. Keep an eye out for some exciting products coming to the market soon.
- November, 2014
Science News posted a feature article about the the Kinetic Shape, a special formulation of spirals, and related applications we've been working on for the past five years. - November, 2014 With the help of our NSF I-Corps, USF has secured its place as number one in Florida and third in the U.S. for the number of I-Corps teams in 2014. Read more about them here.
- August, 2014
- News story in the USF Oracle about the CAREN system.
- August, 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Handzic, the first Ph.D. to graduate from the REED lab!!!
- July, 2014
- Photos from a lab visit with students from the Allen Temple Summer Camp.
- July, 2014
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an I-Corps grant on "Walking Crutch/Cane for Enhanced Assistance, Balance, and Control of Walking Dynamics". The Principal Investigator is Kyle Reed, the Entrepreneurial Lead is Ismet Handzic, and David Huizenga is the Mentor. Award # 1449772.
- July, 2014
Congratulations to Ismet Handzic on his successful Ph.D. dissertation defense and proposal. (Yes, that is Ismet sitting in front of a large picture of himself that has been a part of the mural in the Hall of Flags for two years.)- July, 2014
News story summarizing the newly installed CAREN system funded by NSF.- July, 2014
- Photos from the annual demo to the girl scouts during their Girl Scout Engineering Camp.
- June, 2014
Our second CARRT Connect event to engage the disability community and to increase awareness, seek input, and disseminate our research. This was a great even in which we got to see a live demo of the Ekso Bionics suits. Thank you to all who participated!
- April, 2014
- Photos from the Haptics Class Project Open House. Nice work everyone!
- April, 2014
- The Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research Foundation (OPERF) has awarded a grant on "Gait adaptation in transfemoral amputees using split-belt treadmill training". PI: Seok Hun Kim; co-PIs: Kyle Reed and Jason Highsmith.
- April, 2014
- Congratulations Ismet! "The Musical Kinetic Shape: A Variable Tension String Instrument" has been published in Applied Acoustics.
- March, 2014
CARRT Connect: engaging the disability community to increase awareness, seek input, and disseminate our research to those who will potentially benefit from it. In our first of many to come, graduate students gave brief presentations of their research and got fantastic feedback about what is and is not important to people with disabilities. Thank you to all who participated!
- March, 2014
Explosion in the neighboring lab at 2:30am made the news (Note Ismet's voice on the 9-1-1 call.). Our wing of the building was closed for two days. Everyone is OK.- February, 2014
- Congratulations Ismet! "Kinetic Shapes: Analysis, Verification, and Applications" has been published in ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.
- February, 2014
Haptics Symposium 2014: Ismet presented his poster.
- January, 2014
- Congratulations Sam! "Effects of Compliant Coupling on Cooperative and Bimanual Task Performance" has been published in the Journal of Rehabilitation Robotics.
- November, 2013
- Congratulations Ismet! "The 'Chopstick' Illusion: A Simply Demonstrated Tactile Illusion" has been published in the 2014 Haptics Symposium.
- October, 2013
- Congratulations Nicole! "To Know Your Own Strength: Overriding Natural Force Attenuation" has been published in the IEEE Transactions on Haptics.
- October, 2013
The "CAREN: Virtual Reality System for Collaborative Research in Assistive & Rehabilitation Technologies" (NSF award # 1229561) is nearing the end of installation and will soon be operational. Check out the installation and progress here: CAREN installation. 
- August, 2013
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant on the "Perception of Accurate Interactions through Bimanual Integrated Forces and Motions". The investigator is Kyle Reed (PI). Award # 1319802.
- July, 2013
Demos to the Girl Scouts went great! We were even featured on the news.
- April, 2013
- Photos from the Haptics Class Project Open House. Nice work everyone!
- April, 2013
- Congratulations to Benjamin Matlack for his Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award at the USF Research Symposium for Undergraduates. He presented a poster on the "Gait Efficiency Enhancing Shoe (GEES)".
- April, 2013
- Congratulations to Ismet, Sam, and Dr. Kim for their papers being published in ICORR 2013:
- "Comparison of the Passive Dynamics of Walking on Ground, Tied-belt and Split-belt Treadmills, and via the Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe (GEMS)", Ismet Handzic.
- "Design and Analysis of a Compliant Bimanual Rehabilitation Device", Sam McAmis.
- "Robot-Assisted Balance Training for Gait Modification", Dr. Kim.
- April, 2013
- Congratulations to Ismet for his paper being published in the 2013 EMBS conference:
- "Validation of a Passive Dynamic Walker Model for Human Gait Analysis", Ismet Handzic.
- February, 2013
- Congratulations to Kyle for his Transactions on Haptics 2012 Meritorious Service Award.
- December, 2012
- Daniel Perez presented his poster on the "Vibro-Vest: Directional Information in Three Dimensions" at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers 2012 conference.
- October, 2012
- Dr. Kim presented his poster on "Gait Modification in Healthy Individuals Following Robot-Assisted Balance Training" at Neuroscience 2012.
- September, 2012
- Congratulations to many at USF that were awarded the Major Research Infrastructure on "CAREN: Virtual Reality System for Collaborative Research in Assistive & Rehabilitation Technologies" (NSF award # 1229561).
- July, 2012
- Congratulations Sam! "Simultaneous Perception of Forces and Motions Using Bimanual Interactions" has been published in the IEEE Transactions on Haptics, Special Issue on Haptic Human-Robot Interaction, 2012.
- April, 2012
- Photos from the Haptics Class Project Open House. Nice work everyone!
- April, 2012
- Congrats to John and Craig! "Prosthesis Design Based on an Asymmetric Passive Dynamic Walker" has been published in the International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2012).
- March, 2012
Haptics Symposium 2012: Sam and Joel presented their two posters. 
- January, 2012
- Congrats to Ismet! "Developing a Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe to Alter Over-Ground Walking Coordination" has been published in the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2012. Here is the paper and the corresponding video.
- January, 2012
- Congrats to Kyle! "Assessment of Student's Confidence of Learned Knowledge" has been published in the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.
- December, 2011
- Congrats to Kyle and all! "Robot-Assisted Needle Steering" has been published in the IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine.
- December, 2011
- Congrats to Ismet, Eileen, Erin, and Kyle! "Design and Pilot Study of a Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe" has been published in the Special Issue on Assistive Robotics in the Journal of Behavioral Robotics.
- December, 2011
- Congratulations to Joseph Gaskell for his Honorable Mention at the USF College of Engineering Research Day Poster Competition for his poster on the "Development of a Haptic Force-Feedback Controller".
- November, 2011
- Congratulations to Sam, Joel, and Matt for their papers being published in the 2012 Haptics Symposium:
- "Application of Haptic Feedback to a Combot", Samuel McAmis.
- "The Effects of Incongruent Feedback on Bimanual Task Performance", Joel Cooper and Matthew Wernke.
- October, 2011
- Congratulations to John Sushko and Craig Honeycutt for successfully defending their Master's theses.
- John Sushko: "Asymmetric Passive Dynamic Walker Used to Examine Gait Rehabilitation Methods"
- Craig Honeycutt: "Utilizing a Computational Model for the Design of a Passive Dynamic Walker"
- July, 2011
- Photos from the annual demo to the girl scouts during their Girl Scout Engineering Camp.
- June, 2011
- ICORR 2011: We had three poster presentations and fun overlooking the city of Zurich.
- May, 2011
Congratulations to Sam and the Robot Interest Group at USF for the first place finish at the NRL Nationals with one of their two new 15 lb robots 'The Brain.'
• Link to The Brain's victory over Total Khaos
• Information about the USF Robotics Interest Group
- May, 2011
Demos for the fourth graders from Robles Elementary went great. Thanks for all the work everyone! Here are some of the photos from the day.- May, 2011
Lab outing to experience the Haptic movie seats. We saw Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with D-BOX seats. The seats would move back and forth as the boat sways on the ocean and vibrate when the carriage rides over the brick path. It is a fun novelty, but none of us felt like it added that much to the movie and some of us forgot about it after the first ten minutes. Fun to try once, but we won't be going back.
- May, 2011
- Photos from the Haptics Class Project Open House. Nice work everyone!
- March, 2011
- Congratulations to Ismet Handzic for passing his Master's thesis defense.
- March, 2011
- Congratulations to Ismet, Sam, John, and Craig for their papers being published in ICORR 2011:
- "Motion Controlled Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe for Rehabilitation", Ismet Handzic.
- "Symmetry Modes and Stiffnesses for Bimanual Rehabilitation", Samuel McAmis.
- "Asymmetric Passive Dynamic Walker", Craig Honeycutt and John Sushko.
- February, 2011
- Nice talks at the CARRT Student Research Forum given by:
- John Sushko and Craig Honeycutt: "Asymmetric Passive Dynamic Walker"
- Sam McAmis: "Symmetry Modes and Stiffnesses for Bimanual Rehabilitation"
- Ismet Handzic: "Motion Controlled Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe for Rehabilitation"
- Ismet Handzic: "A Simply Demonstrated Tactile Illusion: The 'Chopstick' Illusion"
- October, 2010
- Congratulations to William Christian for passing his Master's thesis defense.
- September, 2010
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a grant on the "Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe for Rehabilitation". The investigators are Kyle Reed (PI) and Amy Bastian (collaborator at Kennedy Krieger Institute). Award #1R21HD066200-01.
- August, 2010
- Ismet Handzic has decided to pursue a Ph.D., so he will continue his work on the Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe.
- August, 2010
- John Sushko and Craig Honeycutt have decided to pursue a Masters, so they will continue their work on the split-belt passive dynamic walker.
- June, 2010
- Congratulations to Karan, Hernando, and Rafael for their published in IROS 2010 papers:
- "Symmetric Motions for Bimanual Rehabilitation", Hernando Gonzalez Malabet and Rafael Alvarez Robles.
- "Laser-Assisted Telerobotic Control for Enhancing Manipulation Capabilities of Persons with Disabilities", Karan Khokar.
- April, 2010
- Photos from the Haptics Class Project Open House. Nice work everyone!
- April, 2010
- John and Craig presented their poster at the 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at USF.
- December, 2009
- Congratulations on two papers published in ICRA 2010:
- December, 2009
- "Modeling and Control of Needles with Torsional Friction" published in Transactions on Biomedical Engineering [ pdf ].
- August, 2009
- Lab started with Dr. Kyle Reed starting at USF.
