{"653277":{"#nid":"653277","#data":{"type":"event","title":" PhD Proposal- Phillip Tran","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhillip Tran\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBioE PhD Proposal\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDate: December 14, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime: 10AM\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation and Bluejeans info: 3115 UAW,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/749150615\/8222\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/749150615\/8222\u003C\/a\u003E, Meeting ID 749 150 615\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Jaydev P. Desai (School of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Omer Inan (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Boris Prilutsky (School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Greg Sawicki (School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Aaron Young (School of Mechanical\u0026nbsp;Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevelopment of a tendon-driven, voice-controlled soft robotic hand exoskeleton\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFunctional hand movement is an important component of many activities of daily living, such as using a phone or eating. Cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) can severely impact hand motor and sensory function, and accordingly, patients with SCI are often unable to complete basic everyday tasks without assistance. The focus of this proposed work is to develop and evaluate a robotic system to improve hand and finger functionality during the performance of everyday tasks in individuals with hand dysfunction. First, a tendon-driven, voice-controlled soft robotic assistive hand exoskeleton is designed and developed with the purpose of providing active assistance to users during grasping and pinching motions. Second, a self-sealing suction cup is developed and integrated into an exoskeleton system to explore alternate strategies for the manipulation of objects. Finally, the developed exoskeleton system is evaluated on individuals with and without hand dysfunction to characterize the performance of the system in clinically relevant settings. Successful completion of the proposed work will result in a step towards a clinically relevant assistive robotic system for individuals with hand dysfunction.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Development of a tendon-driven, voice-controlled soft robotic hand exoskeleton"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2021-11-30 21:30:43","changed_gmt":"2021-11-30 21:30:43","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-12-14T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2021-12-14T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-12-14T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-12-14 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-12-14 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-12-14 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}