{"637044":{"#nid":"637044","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Zhenxuan Zhang","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDevelopment And Evaluation Of Tongue Operated Robotic Rehabilitation Paradigm For Stroke Survivors With Upper Limb Paralysis\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Boris Prilutsky, Biosciences, Chair , Advisor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Minoru Shinohara, Biosciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Patricio Vela, ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Justin Romberg, ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Andrew Butler, U of Alabama Birmingham\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EStroke is a devastating condition that may cause upper limb paralysis. Robotic rehabilitation with self-initiated and assisted movements is a promising technology that could help restore upper limb function. The objective of this research is to develop and evaluate a tongue-operated exoskeleton that will harness the intention of stroke survivors with upper limb paralysis via tongue motion to control robotic exoskeleton during rehabilitation to achieve functional restoration and improve quality of life. Specifically, a tongue operated assistive technology called the Tongue Drive System is used to harness the tongue gesture to generate commands. And, the generated command is used to control rehabilitation robot such as wrist-based exoskeleton Hand Mentor ProTM (HM) and upper limb-based exoskeleton KINARM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Development And Evaluation Of Tongue Operated Robotic Rehabilitation Paradigm For Stroke Survivors With Upper Limb Paralysis "}],"uid":"28475","created_gmt":"2020-07-16 20:24:19","changed_gmt":"2020-07-17 14:36:04","author":"Daniela Staiculescu","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-07-23T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-07-23T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-07-23T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-07-23 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-07-23 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-07-23 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"434381","name":"ECE Ph.D. Dissertation Defenses"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}