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
“I’m interested in learning more about the objective ways of measuring brain activity and how these techniques may be used to to study the many factors that influence concussion risk, prognosis, and recovery.”
Zaryan Masood, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
“My research aims to understand concussion risk and recovery mechanisms using instrumented mouthguards in athletic populations. This research can drive a more robust return-to-sport protocol for concussed athletes and can foster injury prevention technologies and guidelines. “
Yuan Gao, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
“My research is focusing on developing EEG sensors that can be used for newborn babies for sleep quality measurements and brain development analysis.”
Sahar Sattari, PhD in Biomedical Engineering
“My research is centered on enhancing data-driven methodologies to refine brain imaging technologies for real-world applications. To advance the field of neuroimaging, I am investigating data processing techniques specifically designed to purify electrophysiological signals, particularly in dynamic environments such as sports fields.”
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, MASc in Biomedical Engineering
“My research focuses on analyzing head impacts sustained by ice hockey players. Specifically, identifying the gameplay parameters that lead to “high-risk situations” where athletes are most susceptible to significant head impacts that can lead to injury.”
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
