Calvin Kuo will be an assistant professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering starting July 1, 2020. He obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He was then a Killam Postdoctoral Scholar working with Jean-Sébastien Blouin in Kinesiology and Dinesh Pai in Computer Science at UBC. Calvin is broadly interested in sensing human motion and understanding how humans make sense of their own motion through a combination of wearable technologies and stochastic modeling approaches.
Principal Investigator: Calvin Kuo
Students
The Human Motion Biomechanics Lab (HuMBL) is currently looking for highly motivated Masters and PhD students in all areas of our research. As our lab does interdisciplinary research, we encourage students with different backgrounds in engineering and science to apply. In addition to academic diversity, we at HuMBL also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive laboratory community and culture. Please apply through the School of Biomedical Engineering and send your C.V. to Calvin Kuo.
Masters Student
UBC, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Characterizing Soft Tissue Artifacts on IMU Measurements
Roxanne Rong
Masters Student, NSERC CGS-M
UBC, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Detecting and Categorizing Near-Falls
Interests: Human Motion Monitoring, Wearable Sensors, Machine Learning
Alexi Michael
PhD Student (starting fall 2021)
UBC, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Modeling Human Standing Balance with Markov Decision Process Framework
Interests: Computational Modeling of Human Movements, Motor Learning and Adaptation
Jiyu Wang
Masters Student (starting fall 2021)
UBC, Biomedical Engineering;
Project: TBD
Suliat Yakubu
PhD Student (starting fall 2021)
UBC, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Vestibular Sensorimotor Control in Real-World Environments
Fraser Douglas
PhD Student (starting fall 2021)
Co-supervised with Jean-Sebastien Blouin
UBC, Kinesiology
Project: Active Inference in Standing Balance Control
Amin Mohammadi
Undergraduate Student, WLIURA
UBC, Biomedical Engineering;
Project: Muscle Synergies in Real-World Movement
Interests: Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Injury Biomechanics, Human Motion
Rael Gumbe
Master's Student
Co-supervised with Peyman Servati
UBC, Electrical Engineering
Project: Automatic Calibration of Multiple IMUs
Interests: Wearable Sensors, Kalman Filters
Wenwen Zhang
Undergraduate Student, NSERC-USRA
UBC, Integrated Engineering;
Project: MRI of the Ankle under Physiological Loads
Lauren Puumala
Undergraduate Student, CBR-SBME
UBC, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Movement Behaviors in Behavioral Disorders
Interests: BIomechanics, Analyzing Human Motion, Medical Devices
Amanda Murphy
Undergraduate Student
UBC, Kinesiology
Project: Classifying Activities in Soccer
Sandra Wong
Undergraduate Student
UBC, Applied Sciences
Project: Classifying Activities in Soccer
Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Xavier Lam
Collaborators
UBC, Mechanical Engineering; Interests: Brain injury biomechanics, Wearable sensing, Sleep medicine; website
Professor Lyndia Wu
Alumni
Undergraduate Student, CBR-SBME
UBC, Biomedical Engineering;
Project: Predicting Sleepiness from Selfie Images
Interests: Biomechanics and biomaterials, innovative medical devices, human motion analytics.
Ella Sit
Undergraduate Student, Co-op
UBC, Computer Science
Project: Automated Assessment of Human Motion from Video
Linus Hung
Undergraduate Student, Co-op
UBC, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Project: Encapsulating Wearable Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors
Interests: Material Science, Nanotechnology, Supply Chain, Project Management
Bhavana Polavarapu
Undergraduate Student
Western University, Medical Sciences
Project: Brainstem Disorders affecting Vestibular Processing
Skye Ku