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@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