Personnel

Principal Investigator

Prof. Karl Zelik
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering, & Physical Medicine & Rehab
Chief Scientific Officer, HeroWear
Board Member, American Bionics Project
Principal, Zelik Biomech (Consulting)
karl.zelik [at] vanderbilt.edu

 

Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Gerasimos Bastas, MD, PhD
Staff Physician
TVHS Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Key Expertise: Prosthetics & Amputation-Related Care

 

 

 

 

Dr. Aaron Yang, MD
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Medical Director, Musculoskeletal Medicine at Concierge Medicine
Associate Program Director, Residency Training Program, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Key Expertise: Non-Operative Management of Back Pain

 

Peter Volgyesi, MS
Research Scientist
Institute for Software Integrated Systems
Key Expertise: Sensor Fusion & Machine Learning

 

 

 

Research Staff

Katherine Rodzak
Research Engineer and Coordinator
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

 

 

 

 

Recent PhD Students

Cameron Nurse
M.S. Bioengineering, Northeastern University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

 

 

 

 

Paul Slaughter
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

 

 

 

Rachel Teater
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University

 

 

 

 

Chase Mathews
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University

 

 

 

 

 

MS Students

George Skaff
B.S. Engineering, Harvey Mudd
B.A. Economics, Claremont McKenna College

 

 

 

 

BS Students

Kaitlyn Hannon
Biomedical Engineering

 

 

 

Aidan Culp
Biomedical Engineering

 

 

 

Alex Pearle
Computer Science