Who We Are
Michael L. Madigan, Ph.D.
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
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.
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
MS student
Stephen is studying how exoskeletons affect balance and risk of falls. The "Dooley paper" will be epic!
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
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chris is an undergraduate ISE student assisting with research in the lab.
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