Research Focus & Open Positions
Ph.D. openings: We invite applications for funded PhD positions working in the Neurorobotics Lab, BSBE, IIT Indore starting Fall 2024. Highly motivated undergraduate and master students with a background in Mechanical, Electronics, Biomedical engineering, or MBBS are encouraged to apply. Students will work on research projects that involve signal processing, instrumentation, computational modeling, design and control of robotic systems. The experiments are expected to involve interaction with human participants.
Undergraduate position openings: Research projects for undergraduate students are available for those who would like to get research experience in signal processing, device design or control, and human machine interaction.
1. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control
In this direction of research We aim to utilize the novel engineering signal processing tools and data analytical techniques for diverse application in neurorehabilitation technology, and associated areas of biomedical application. The major focus in this domain is to facilitate data driven modelling of sensory motor activities for precision measurements in home-based neural rehabilitation and for Neural-machine interface.
2. Data driven modelling of sensory motor control
Identify and analysis principles of movement control in health and diseases. We aim to experiment through novel wearable sensors (Inertial, optical, electrophysiological) and by creating computational models of neural and neuromuscular control. At neurorobotics lab we are especially interested in how low-level motor controls are carried out in precision tasks and how that is jeopardize in disease like stroke.
Importantly, while we plan any movement at a higher level, however, the response the spinal motor neuron level provides insight to the adaptable nature of the control. We aim to use novel noninvasive sensors to detect the individual motor neuron responses.