Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Primary Faculty

Patrick E. Crago
Professor and Associate Dean

Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

Control of neuroprostheses for motor function; neuromuscular control systems

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Patrick E. Crago

J. Thomas Mortimer
Emeritus Professor

Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

Neural control and prostheses; electrical activation of neural tissue; membrane properties and electrodes.

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J. Thomas Mortimer
       

Dominique M. Durand
Director, Neural Engineering Center

Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Neurosciences, CWRU

Neural engineering; neuroprostheses; neural dynamics; electric and magnetic stimulation of the nervous system; neural interfaces with electronic devices; analysis and control of epilepsy

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Dominique M. Durand

P. Hunter Peckham
Donnell Institute Professor
Director, FES Center

Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

Neural prostheses, implantable stimulation and control; control of movement; rehabilitation engineering

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P. Hunter Peckham
       

Kenneth Gustafson
Associate Director
Associate Professor

Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

Neural engineering; neural prostheses; neuro- physiology and neural control of genitourinary function; devices to restore genitourinary func- tion; functional neuromuscular stimulation

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Kenneth Gustafson

Erin Lavik
Associate Professor

Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

biomaterials, drug delivery, neural tissue engineering, neural stem cell constructs for drug delivery approaches to protect and regrow neural tissue

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Erin Lavik
       

Robert Kirsch
Asssociate Professor
Interim Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Director, FES Center

Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

Functional neuromuscular stimulation; biomechanics and neural control of human movement; modeling and simulation of musculoskeletal systems; identification of physiological systems

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Robert Kirsch

Dustin Tyler
Nord Distinguished Assistant Professor
Associate Director, APT Center

Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

Neuromimetic neuroprostheses; laryngeal neuroprostheses; clinical implementation of nerve electrodes; cortical neuroprostheses; minimally invasive implantation techniques; modeling of neural stimulation and neuroprostheses

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Dustin Tyler

Jeffrey Capadona
Assistant Professor

Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

Biomaterials cortical neuroprotheses, electrode-mediated neural inflammation.

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Jeffrey Capadona

A. Bolu Ajiboye, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Development and control of brain-computer-interface (BCI) technologies for restoring function to individuals who have experienced severely debilitating injuries to the nervous system, such as spinal cord injury and stroke

Bolu Ajiboye