Director
Lyndia Wu, Ph.D.
Dr. Lyndia Wu obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering in the Engineering Science Program at the University of Toronto. Then, she completed her Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering at Stanford University, and pursued a postdoctoral researcher position in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Her general research interest is to develop engineering tools to better understand and improve human health.
Research Fellow
Adam Clansey, Ph.D. Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering
“While trying to navigate through the sea of subjectivity in search of a more objective reality, Adam’s research focuses on a multi-modality data approach by the use of neuroimaging, biomechanics, and neurocognitive function in the quest (emphasis on quest) to further understand injury mechanisms in athletic populations.”
Students
Graduate Students
Ahmad Rezaei, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
“To better understand brain injury mechanisms, my research focuses on improving the existing solutions for measuring head impact frequency and magnitude in sports using the emerging strong solutions in machine/deep learning, sensor data fusion, and signal processing.”
Ryan Takagi, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
“My research integrates unsupervised learning methods and laboratory experiments to investigate the temporal dynamics of arousal domains, including cortical, autonomic, and motor systems, and how they are coordinated across sleep and wake.”
Zaryan Masood, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
“My research investigates head impact biomechanics in contact sport athletes using instrumented mouthguards, with a focus on axonal injury modelling and the use of blood biomarkers to detect microstructural brain injury.“
Yuan Gao, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
“My research is focusing on home-based EEG sensor testing and automated sleep staging for the pediatric population.“
Sahar Sattari, PhD in Biomedical Engineering
“My research is on developing new methods to study brain states in naturalistic settings using EEG, focusing on spatiotemporal representations of brain activity that link network dynamics to behavior and clinical relevance.“
Caroline Aitken, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
“I’m interested in developing novel monitoring techniques in conjunction with interactive robotic tasks to understand how concussion may impact sensorimotor control, particularly that of balance control.”
Daniel Bondi, PhD in Biomedical Engineering
“My research focuses on merging high-quality head impact data, acquired using instrumented mouthguards, from collegiate contact sports with multiple longitudinal neuroimaging modalities. The primary aim of this work is to identify potential biomarkers of brain health changes that are correlated with contact sport in active, young athletes.“
Undergraduate Students
Eryn Richardson-Bartha, BASc in Engineering Science
“I’m interested in learning about the research process and different wearable sensors for sleep research. Right now, I am looking into using accelerometry data as a method of sleep-wake classification.”
Anna Chorley, BSc in Psychology
“I am interested in learning about brain activity measures and subjective experiences in sleep and brain injury recovery.”
Narissa Gillani, BKin in Multidisciplinary Sciences
“My work focuses on brain activity in relation to wearable sensors in a nurse population. I am currently looking into how EEG data differs in shift work.”
Jeremi Kolakowski, BSc in Physiology
“My work focuses on characterizing head impact biomechanics in athletic populations. I am currently looking at peak kinematics and other head impact exposure metrics to understand brain injury from instrumented mouthguards.”
Alumni
Haixiang Huang, Master of Engineering (Meng), Mechatronics Design
Teresa Wu, BASc in Integrated Engineering
Oliver Petrovic, BASc in Engineering Science
Adrien Noble, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Christopher Knight, BASc in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, NSERC USRA Student
Derek Fong, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Emma Park, BASc in Mechanical Engineering, SBME-CBR Summer Student
John Cookson, BASc in Engineering Science
Sharon Fan, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Michael Giannini, MEng in Mechatronics Engineering
Ahmed Bahaa Eldin Moustafa, MEng in Mechanical Engineering
Sukhjinder Singh, MEng in Biomedical Engineering
Cyrus Titina, MEng in Mechanical Engineering
Hailee Hoffman, MEng in Mechanical Engineering
Timothy Wang, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Chuck Wan, BASc in Electrical Engineering
Lindsay Smith, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Atoosa Mahmoudian, BASc in Biomedical Engineering
Daniel Zhuang, BASc in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto
Thomas Lynch, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Rebecca Kenny, PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences
Cidnee Luu, MASc in Biomedical Engineering
Yi Yi Du, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Eric Liu, BASc in Engineering Science
Rebecca Kenny, PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences
Cidnee Luu, MASc in Biomedical Engineering
Yi Yi Du, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Yuyang Zhang, BASc in Mechanical Engineering
David Luke, MASc in Biomedical Engineering
Lauren Altomare, BASc in Engineering Science
Calvin Zhuhan Qiao, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Keili Shepherd, MASc in Biomedical Engineering
Marko Elez, BS in Integrated Science
Niko Andrianos, BASc in Integrated Engineering
Group Photos
Summer 2024
Summer 2022
Summer 2021
Summer 2020
Summer 2019
Collaborators
Calvin Kuo Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia. Website
Peter Cripton Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia. Website
Tom Oxland Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia. Website
Jean-Sébastien Blouin Kinesiology, University of British Columbia. Website
Mike van der Loos Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia. Website
Alex Rauscher Radiology, University of British Columbia. Website
Jack Taunton Sports Medicine, University of British Columbia. Website
Mehmet Kurt Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology. Website
Kaveh Laksari Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona. Website
Songbai Ji Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Website
Joel Stitzel Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University. Website
David Camarillo Bioengineering, Stanford University. Website
Gerald Grant Neurosurgery, Stanford University. Website
Ellen Kuhl Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University. Website
Max Wintermark Radiology, Stanford University. Website
