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Arash Arami
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Assistant Professor
Michael Barnett-Cowan
Kinesiology, Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
[Waterloo News] September 25, 2018 "Virtual reality motion sickness may be predicted and counteracted"
[ScienceDaily] December 15, 2018 "Aging warps our perception of time, study finds"
[Record] October 12, 2017 "Aging slows perception of falls: UW study"
Catherine Burns
Systems Design Engineering, Professor, Associate Vice President, Health Initiatives, Canada Research Chair in Human Factors in Healthcare Systems
CBB Founder and NSERC CREATE program lead
[Office of Research] May 22, 2018, CBB Executive Director reappointed for third term
[YouTube] February 5, 2010 "Research Profile: Catherine Burns"
Jack Callaghan
Kinesiology, Professor
Jordan Cannon
Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
Naveen Chandrashekar
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Associate Professor
Karen Cochrane
Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, Assistant Professor
Clark Dickerson
Kinesiology, Professor
CBB Executive Director
Canada Research Chair in Shoulder Mechanics [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[Waterloo News] February 19, 2019 "How to make the push-up work for you"
[Waterloo Stories] October 7, 2013 "Reducing shoulder injuries in the workplace"
Steven Fischer
Kinesiology, Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Applied Research, Partnerships and Outreach
Moojan Ghafurian
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor
Media:
[Waterloo Stories] August 31, 2020 "Pandemic isolation increases acceptance of robot companions"
[Waterloo Chronicle] August 31, 2020 "People are now willing to accept social robots as companions due to COVID-19 isolation: University of Waterloo study"
[Cheriton School of Computer Science News] August 29, 2019 "Moojan Ghafurian, Kerstin Dautenhahn and Jesse Hoey awarded funding to develop emotionally intelligent robots to help people with dementia"
[ACM Technews] May 21, 2019 "Making AI More Human"
[Semiconductor Engineering] May 28, 2019 "Crocheted robots; humanizing AI agents; training autonomous control systems"
[Cheriton School of Computer Science News] May 21, 2019 "Moojan Ghafurian, Neil Budnarain and Jesse Hoey make AI more human"
[Therapy Toronto News] October 22, 2018 "Study suggests faster countdowns may make people more patient"
[Education News Canada] May 22, 2019 "Making AI more human is key to widespread acceptance"
Debbie Jones
Optometry and Vision Science, Clinical Professor
Research Interests:
- Myopia control
- Paediatric vision
- Public education
- Indigenous eyecare
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
Optometry and Vision Science
Research Interests:
- Classical and visual optics
- Optical system design, science and engineering
- Psychophysics/human factors
- Visual perception, visual optics math modelling
- Biomedical image processing
[CBB researcher story] July 29, 2015 "Image processing to automate early glaucoma diagnosis"
Dale Martin
Biology
Research interests:
- Neurodegeneration
- Huntington Disease
- Autophagy
- Apoptosis
- Fatty acylation
Bill McIlroy
Kinesiology
Research Interests:
- Neuroscience and neurological disorders
- Balance, gait, exercise
- Aging
- Understanding how the brain and other parts of the central nervous system control movements of the body
- Using advanced measurements systems to improve recovery time after a neurological injury (such as a stroke) and minimize age-related effects on movement control (such as reducing the risk of falling).
- Electroencephalography and electromyography
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation, magnetic resonance imaging, peripheral nerve stimulation
- Galvanic skin measurement
- Eye-tracker, motion analysis, and kinetic measurement
[Waterloo News] August 19, 2015 "Wearable technologies will improve stroke rehabilitation"
[Waterloo Stories] February 4, 2014 "Finding your way after a stroke"
Katja Mombaur
Systems Design Engineering
Research Interests:
- human-robot interaction
- wearable robots
- rehabilitation robots
- intelligent assistive devices
- humanoid robots
- human movement analysis
- optimal control
- model-based control
- multibody systems modeling
Plinio Morita
School of Public Health Sciences
Research Interests:
- mHealth and wearable technology design
- Ubiquitous sensors for smart homes and remote patient monitoring
- Big data and health data analytics
- Technology to support longer independent living
[MaRS] April 26, 2018 "UbiLab team wins Healthy Behaviour Data Challenge"
Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo
Kinesiology
Research Interests:
- Role of normal binocular vision in the development of fine motor skills
- Neuroplasticity resulting from abnormal binocular vision due to amblyopia and/or strabismus
- Multisensory integration during performance of complex manipulation tasks
- Gaze behaviour in complex environments
- Innovative assessment of pilot competency
- Effect of mild traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome on oculomotor and cognitive functions
- Environmental and genetic interactions
Tejal Patel
School of Pharmacy
Siby Samuel
Systems Design Engineering
Research Interests:
- Simulation & Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
- Novice And Older Driver Training
- Predictive & Conceptual Modeling Of Behavior
- Eye Tracking
- Attention & Cognition
- Perception
- Decision Making
- Aging
- Automotive Human Factors
- Autonomous Vehicles And Connected Vehicles & Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Caregiver Behaviors & Errors
- Assistive & Automotive Interfaces
- Vulnerable Road User Safety (Pedestrians & Bicyclists)
- Motorcyclist Safety
- Special Populations (ADHD & Dementia)
- Traffic Control Devices & Roadway Infrastructure Design
Oliver Schneider
Management Sciences
Research Interests
- Human-computer interaction (HCI)
- Haptics
- Creativity-support systems
[YouTube] October 11, 2018 "DualPanto: A Haptic Device that Enables Blind Users to Continuously Interact with Virtual Worlds"
