What: I am pursuing PhD research with both  Prof. Allison Okamura from the Collaborative Haptics and Robotics in Medicine (CHARM) Laboratory and Prof. Scott Delp from the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab. 

Developing and deploying a smartphone-based platform for self - monitoring of vibrotactile sensory acuity:
  • Characterized smartphone vibrations and tuned their governing parameters to measure clinically relevant sensory response in humans
  • Evaluated the reliability and resolution of the smartphone-based platform in measuring human vibration perception thresholds via one-day, in-lab and multi-day, at-home user studies with over 50 participants
  • Built and led clinical collaborations with four endocrinologists and neurologists at Stanford Hospital to evaluate the performance of the smartphone-based platform in classifying over 100 patients with varying levels of risk of developing diabetic peripheral neuropathy
  • Contributed significantly to a $200k grant to support the project (awarded) Presented project findings at various conferences and seminars: EuroHaptics Conference 2022, BioRob Conference 2022, Stanford Wearable Electronics (EWear) Symposium 2023

Skills: Mobile Health Technologies Research Design, Execution, and Analysis  | Sensor data processing and analysis (esp. related to health sensing, mobile devices, and wearables)  | Data Visualization | Building and leading collaborations between engineers and clinicians  | Technical writing and presenting
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Lessons: Always check for edge-cases. Humans are quite variable!

Awards: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Stanford Graduate Fellow (Medtronic Foundations Fellow)