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Michael Madigan

Michael L. Madigan, Ph.D. 

Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Youngjae Lee

Youngjae Lee

PhD student

Youngjae is working on innovative ways to train balance and capture the effects of this training during daily life using wearables.

Stephen Dooley

Gabby Ferro

PhD student

Gabby is studying falls from heights in the construction industry, and hopes to use this information to improve the design of hard hats.

Mohammadreza "Reza" Freidouny

PhD Student

Reza is studying ways to make lower limb prostheses more comfortable by improving the accuracy of skin strain (or stretch) measurements on the residual limb.

Stephen Dooley

Stephen Dooley

MS student

Stephen is studying how exoskeletons affect balance and risk of falls.  The "Dooley paper" will be epic!

Emily Tirrell

Emily Tirrell

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Emily is an undergraduate student majoring in both Biological Sciences and Clinical Neuroscience. She is assisting with research in the lab.

Chris Li

Chris Li

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Chris is an undergraduate ISE student assisting with research in the lab.

Alex Nwogu

Alex Nwogu

Former Undergraduate Research Assistant

Alex was is a undergraduate Research Assistant in our group from 2018 to 2020.  He was tragically taken from us on October 5, 2020.  Alex was liked by everyone, was always smiling, and was always willing to lend a hand.  He brightened our lives .

Graduate Student Group alumni*

Emily Lloyd, MS (2003)
Bradley Davidson, MS (2005)
Christine Herrmann, MS (2005)
Kevin Pline, MS (2005)
Erin Wilson, MS (2005)
Kathleen Bieryla, MS (2006)
Bradley Davidson, PhD (2007)
Kevin Groth, MS (2007)
Steve Hanson, MS (2007)
Hyunwook Lee, MS (2007)
Jesse Norris, PhD (2007)
Sara Matrangola, MS (2008)
Emily Miller, MS (2008)
Gregory Slota, PhD (2008)
Martin Tanaka, PhD (2008)
Mike Whitley, MS (2008)
Kathleen Bieryla, PhD (2009)

Pranitha Gottipati, PhD (2009)
Dennis Anderson, PhD (2010)
Kerry Costello, MS (2010)
Kellen Shain, MS (2010)
Sara Matrangola, PhD (2011)
Emily Miller, PhD (2012)
Danielle Beringer, MS (2013)
Leigh Allin, MS (2014)
John Scanlon, MS (2014)
Xuefang Wu, PhD (2015)
Christina Garman, PhD (2015)
Achu Byju, MS (2016)
Hoda Koushyar, PhD (2016)
Jessica Aviles, MS (2016)
Youngjae Lee, MS (2019)
Leigh Allin, PhD (2019)
Jessica Aviles, PhD (2021)
Laith Abuhaija (2021)

* includes students originally advised by the late Kevin Granata

 

Where to next?

Our alumni have gone on to work in various capacities within academia, industry, and consulting. Some companies who have hired our graduates include:

  • Accident Research Specialists, PLLC
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard University
  • Boeing
  • Bucknell University
  • The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Exponent
  • Ford Motor Company - Advanced Biomechanics Division
  • Hayes + Associates
  • High Point University
  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Microsoft
  • NASA
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Nike
  • Penn State University
  • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • Stryker Orthopaedics
  • University of Denver
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Virginia SPEED Clinic
  • Vicon
  • Wake Forest University
  • WL Gore and Associates
  • Zimmer