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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>-------- Original Message -------- <o:p></o:p></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Subject: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Seminar by Dr. Patrick Aubin on “Design and Discovery:,Biorobotic Systems and the Human Sensorimotor Control System”: March 8, 1PM<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Date: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:13:56 -0800<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>From: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Kee Moon <a href="mailto:kmoon@mail.sdsu.edu"><kmoon@mail.sdsu.edu></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>To: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu">faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>The ERC faculty search committee would like to inform you a seminar by <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dr. Aubin on “Design and Discovery: Biorobotic Systems and the Human <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Sensorimotor Control System” on Friday, March 8, 2013. Please note that <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the seminar is at 1:00PM. We would be highly honored if you can spare <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>some time from your busy schedule to attend the seminar. We would like <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to invite all you students to attend the seminar as well. For your <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>information, the faculty candidate’s resume is attached. Further, we <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>would appreciate it if you can join the following meetings with the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>faculty candidate:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>11:00-11:30am Group meeting with ME/ECE faculty, ME Conference room<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>11:30am Lunch in Faculty Club, ECE/ME faculty<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Thanks and regards,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Kee<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Faculty Candidate Seminar<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Speaker Name:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Dr. Patrick Aubin<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Date: Friday, March 8, 2013 - 1:00PM<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Location: COE Dean’s Conference room<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Design and Discovery:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Biorobotic Systems and the Human Sensorimotor Control System<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>In this talk I will describe a duality that exists between a rigorous <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>scientific understanding of the underlying biomechanical and <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>neurological principles of human movement, and the development of novel <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>robotic technologies that improve the human condition. My approach is <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to study living subjects and develop cadaveric models to understand the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ingenious neurological, sensorimotor, and musculoskeletal systems of the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>human body. I then utilize this knowledge to develop biomechatronic <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>technologies that augment human performance or improve mobility and <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>function for those affected by disease, age or trauma. I will <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>demonstrate how dynamic cadaveric lower limb gait models can serve as a <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>tool to understand the biological function of the foot and ankle, as <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>well as to investigate the efficacy of surgical treatments and examine <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>disease etiology. I will also describe how our understanding of gait <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>biomechanics has contributed to the development of soft wearable robotic <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>exosuits, novel systems which aim to augment human performance during <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>walking and heavy load carrying. Within the upper extremity, I will <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>focus on two systems: 1) the Isolated Orthosis for Thumb Actuation <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(IOTA), a 2-degrees-of-freedom pediatric thumb exoskeleton for at-home <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>rehabilitation that utilizes neuroplasticity to retrain and improve a <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>child’s fine motor control skills; and 2) Kin-Neural, a novel <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>diagnostics and monitoring test for Parkinson’s disease based on <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>wearable wireless inertial sensors. Looking forward, a collaborative <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>approach between engineering, medicine, and science will lead to next <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>generation brain-computer interfaces which will improve the function of <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>these aforementioned robotic technologies. This integration of brain <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>control into smart wearable devices has the potential to enable faster <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>rehabilitation, more intuitive control of assistive robotic systems, and <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>greater performance augmentation for healthy individuals.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Biosketch:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Patrick Aubin’s research spans robotics and biomechanics with <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>applications in medicine and rehabilitation. Dr. Aubin received his <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering with a <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>concentration in robotics and controls from the University of <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Washington, Seattle, WA, in 2004, 2006 and 2010, respectively. He <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>developed a passion for gait analysis and foot biomechanics while <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>working as a Research Assistant at the Center of Excellence for Limb <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering within the Department of <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Veterans Affairs, Seattle, WA. Dr. Aubin was a Whitaker International <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Biomedical Scholar and a U.S. Fulbright Scholarship grantee at Vilnius <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Gediminas Technical University in Vilnius, Lithuania from 2010 to 2012, <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>where he directed a team of researchers from the Neurology Center and <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the Departments of Biomechanics and Electronic Systems to develop a <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>novel Parkinson’s disease diagnostic and monitoring device. Currently, <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dr. Aubin is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wyss Institute for <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, where he is <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>developing and evaluating upper and lower extremity next generation <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>wearable robotic systems for performance augmentation and rehabilitation <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>within the Institute’s Anticipatory Medical and Cellular Devices <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Platform and the Biologically Inspired Robotics Platform. Dr. Aubin is <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB).<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-------------------------<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br />--
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