People
Lab Director
Steven K. Charles
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Neuroscience
PhD Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2008
Email: skcharles@byu.edu
Phone: 801-422-7369
Office: 350J EB
PhD Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2008
Email: skcharles@byu.edu
Phone: 801-422-7369
Office: 350J EB
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Samantha Nelson
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
Focus: Wrist Forces and Torques during Activities of Daily Living
Focus: Wrist Forces and Torques during Activities of Daily Living
Stephen Jackson
Undergraduate Student in Neuroscience
Focus: A Quantitative Motor Assessment Linked to Underlying Damage in Traumatic Brain Injury
Focus: A Quantitative Motor Assessment Linked to Underlying Damage in Traumatic Brain Injury
Melissa Farmer
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
Focus: Wrist Forces and Torques during Activities of Daily Living
Focus: Wrist Forces and Torques during Activities of Daily Living
Former Graduate Students
Will Drake
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2013
Thesis: Passive stiffness of coupled wrist and forearm rotations
Currently Product Engineer at Webb Wheel Products, Cullman, AL
Thesis: Passive stiffness of coupled wrist and forearm rotations
Currently Product Engineer at Webb Wheel Products, Cullman, AL
Dan Seegmiller
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2013
Thesis: The effects of wrist orthoses on the stiffness of wrist rotations
Currently R&D Mechanical Engineer at Sandia National Laboritories, Albuquerque, NM
Thesis: The effects of wrist orthoses on the stiffness of wrist rotations
Currently R&D Mechanical Engineer at Sandia National Laboritories, Albuquerque, NM
Allan Peaden
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2013
Thesis: Dynamics and control of wrist and forearm rotations
Currently Engineer at Novatek, Provo, UT
Thesis: Dynamics and control of wrist and forearm rotations
Currently Engineer at Novatek, Provo, UT
Layne Salmond
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2014
Thesis: Characterization of speed and smoothness in wrist rotations
Currently Process Development Engineer at Applied Medical, CA
Thesis: Characterization of speed and smoothness in wrist rotations
Currently Process Development Engineer at Applied Medical, CA
Clay Kincaid
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2016
Thesis: The Feasibility of Using a Markerless Motion Capture Sensor (Leap Motion™ Controller) for Quantitative Motor Assessment Intended for a Clinical Setting
Thesis: The Feasibility of Using a Markerless Motion Capture Sensor (Leap Motion™ Controller) for Quantitative Motor Assessment Intended for a Clinical Setting
Andrew Davidson
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2016
Thesis: Fundamental Principles of Tremor Propagation in the Upper Limb
Thesis: Fundamental Principles of Tremor Propagation in the Upper Limb
Adam Pigg
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Thesis: Distribution of Essential Tremor in the Degrees of Freedom of the Upper Limb
Currently pursuing an MBA at BYU
Thesis: Distribution of Essential Tremor in the Degrees of Freedom of the Upper Limb
Currently pursuing an MBA at BYU
Thomas Corie
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Thesis: Simulated Tremor Propagation in the Upper Limb: From Muscle Activity to Joint Displacement
Thesis: Simulated Tremor Propagation in the Upper Limb: From Muscle Activity to Joint Displacement
Brendon Allen
MS Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Thesis: Effect of Gyroscope Parameters on Gyroscopic Tremor Suppression in a Single Degree of Freedom
Currently PhD student at the University of Florida
Thesis: Effect of Gyroscope Parameters on Gyroscopic Tremor Suppression in a Single Degree of Freedom
Currently PhD student at the University of Florida
Paula Johnson
PhD Neuroscience 2019
Thesis: A Quantitative Motor Assessment Linked to Underlying Damage in Traumatic Brain Injury
Thesis: A Quantitative Motor Assessment Linked to Underlying Damage in Traumatic Brain Injury
David Standring
MS Mechanical Engineering 2019
Thesis: Distribution of Tremorogenic Activity among the Major Superficial Muscles of the Upper Limb in Subjects with Essential Tremor
Thesis: Distribution of Tremorogenic Activity among the Major Superficial Muscles of the Upper Limb in Subjects with Essential Tremor
Former Undergraduate Students
Eric Stone
Undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering
Focus: Inverse Kinematics and Soft-tissue Artifact Compensation
Currently pursuing PhD degree in Bioengineering at the University of Utah
Focus: Inverse Kinematics and Soft-tissue Artifact Compensation
Currently pursuing PhD degree in Bioengineering at the University of Utah
Zach Bons
Undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering
Focus: Soft-tissue artifact compensation for improving inverse kinematics
Focus: Soft-tissue artifact compensation for improving inverse kinematics
Scott Tew
Undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering
Focus: Wrist kinematics during activities of daily living
Focus: Wrist kinematics during activities of daily living