As part of the Newman Lab for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, led by Professor Neville Hogan, I investigated human perception of motion and impedance in the upper body (arm). By simulating motion in MATLAB, programming the Baxter robot, and creating musculoskeletal simulations, I modeled human motion. I also worked with human subjects to collect data on impedance perception to inform future work.

My conference paper on this work (“Visual Perception of Stiffness”) was accepted to the 2017 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), and I presented at the 2017 Mechanical Engineering Research Exposition (MERE). Additionally, I received the Douglas G. (1972) and Sara G. Bailey UROP fund, a fund supporting undergraduates research within the Department of Mechanical Engineering.