Principal Investigator

Hyunglae Lee, PhD

Director, Neuromuscular Control and Human Robotics Laboratory

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Graduate Faculty, Biomedical Engineering

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE)

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Honors Faculty, Barrett, The Honors College

Scholar, Global Sport Institute

Affiliate, Global Security Initiative

Arizona State University (ASU)

Biography

Dr. Hyunglae Lee is an associate professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2015-) . He received his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the supervision of Prof. Neville Hogan (2013). Then, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC; now ShirleyRyan AbilityLab) (2013-15). Previously, he also worked at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST; 2006-08) and LG Electronics (2004-06). He received his BS (Ranked 1st in the class of 2002) and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University (SNU).

Research Interests: Physical human-robot interaction, wearable robotics, neuromuscular control of human movement, robot-aided neurorehabilitation

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CV available upon request

Honors and Awards

(2025) Top 5% Teaching Award, The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (ASU)
(2024) Disability Access and Inclusion Award, Arizona State University (ASU)
(2021) New Investigator Award, Arizona Department of Health Services
(2021) IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Prize Paper Award (2nd place), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
(2021) Top 5% Teaching Award, The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (ASU)
(2021) Innovation Award Winner (2nd Place), Wearable Robotics Association Conference (WearRAcon 2021), Wearable Robotics Association
(2020) Top 5% Teaching Award, The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (ASU)
(2020) Innovation Award Winner (1st Place), Wearable Robotics Association Conference (WearRAcon 2020), Wearable Robotics Association
(2019) NSF CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development Program) Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
(2018) Outstanding Paper Award, 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR 2018)
(2014) Sarah Baskin Award (1st Place), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC)
(2012) Finalist for the Best Student Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2012)
(2008-2013) Samsung Scholarship (2008-2013), Samsung Scholarship Foundation

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