Mohammad Rahman

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Mohammad H. Rahman

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Biography

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Engineering

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Higher Education
Mohammad Habibur
Rahman, PhD, P.Eng.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BRIEF BIO.
• Research Expertise: Rehabilitation Robotics, EMG, Nonlinear Control
• 10 + Years experience in research and development engineering
• More than 10 years of experience in design, development & control of mechatronic systems
• Extensive practical and research knowledge in bio-robotics
• Extensive knowledge in kinematic and dynamic modeling of linear and nonlinear systems
• Experienced in consultancy and testing services as a mechanical engineer
• Over 10 Years of experience in teaching engineering students
• Outstanding academic background and excellent track record of research

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Designed & developed a wearable robot to assist shoulder, elbow & wrist joint movement | 2012
• Designed & developed an innovative power transmission mechanism | 2011
• Designed & developed a 'master arm' for teleoperation of wearable robots | 2009
• Designed & developed a mobile exoskeleton robot to assist upper limb motion | 2004
• Proposed a nonlinear control technique that combined the concept of sliding mode exponential reaching law and sat function to reduce chattering in the control signals | 2013
• Developed a robotic rehabilitation protocol | 2012
• Proposed a control strategy using skin-surface EMG signals to maneuver wearable robots | 2005

EDUCATIONS
• PhD in Electrical Engg. (Bio-robotics ) | Canada
• M.Engg in Mechanical (Bio-robotics) | Japan
• BSc in Mechanical Engg. | Bangladesh

SPECIALTIES
• Designing, Modeling, Robotics, Nonlinear control, Mechatronics, Supervising, Project management

SCHOLARSHIPS
• Postdoctoral scholarship-B3* | Fonds de recherche du Québec Nature et technologie
• Doctoral scholarship-V1* | Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisirs et du Sport du Québec
* The applications were ranked number one on both occasions.
• Monobukagakusho Scholarship, Japan
• Outstanding academic award from Institution of Engineers Bangladesh


Experience

  • École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    Research Assistant (post-graduate research)

    • Designed and developed a exoskeleton robot to assist upper-limb motion.
    • Developed and implemented both linear and nonlinear control strategies to maneuver wearable robots.
    • Serving as a lab-in-charge of ‘Bio-robotics research lab.’ that requires laboratory development, maintaining laboratory equipment, ensuring a safe environment in the lab, providing technical assistance, and advising students in their research.
    • Analyzed upper-limb biomechanics and developed a passive robotic rehabilitation protocol.
    • Developed LabVIEW-based user interface to control a 7DoFs anthropomorphic exoskeleton robot.

  • École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    Research Assistant

    • Manage Bio-robotics research lab
    • Develop an intelligent wearable robot (modeling, design, development, control & experiments)
    • Mentor graduate students (PhD & Master’s)

  • McGill University

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    • Develop control strategies for active and passive robotic rehabilitation protocol

  • Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET)

    Lecturer and Consulting Engineer

    • Delivered lectures for theory classes as well as relevant labs in Thermodynamics, Thermal Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Engineering Drawing, Engineering Mechanics and Mechanical Design courses
    • Consult with industrial partners* for design problems, development and testing.
    • Was responsible for preparing and conducting exams, grading students and advising them in their courses and academic matters.
    • Served as a member of the committee subject to updating and modifying the curricula of the department.
    • Worked with the evaluation committee for undergraduate student admission processes.
    • Organize department seminars and symposiums.

  • Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET)

    Assistant Professor and Consulting Engineer, Dept. of Mechanical Engg.

    • Delivered lectures for theory classes as well as relevant labs in Robotics & Control, Heat Treatment & Metallurgy, Solid Mechanics, Engineering Drawing, and Thermal Engineering courses.
    • Consult with industrial partners for design problems, development and testing.
    • Serving as the lab-in-charge of ‘Robotics & Control Lab’ that requires laboratory development, maintaining laboratory equipment, providing technical assistance, and advising students in their research.
    • Faculty adviser of 10 undergraduate students.
    • Supervised and co-supervised final year students in their project & thesis.
    • Was responsible for preparing and conducting exams, grading students and advising them in their courses and academic matters.
    • Served as a member of the committee subject to updating and modifying the curricula of the department.
    • Worked with the evaluation committee for undergraduate student admission process.

  • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

    Assistant Professor

    Research Area:
     Bio-robotics: Wearable robots, exoskeleton robots (for rehabilitation & motion assist), human-assist robots, service robots, surgical robots, medical robots, human-machine interface.
     Mobile Robots: Urban search and rescue robotics, autonomous navigation, UAV, tele-robotics, teleportation.
     Intelligent system and Control: Nonlinear control, artificial intelligence, neural networks, fuzzy systems, fuzzy-neuro control, adaptive control, control using bio-logical signals such as electromyogram signals.

  • Consultancy, Research and Testing Services (CRTS) |

    Mechanical Engineer

    • Served in the CRTS under the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Eng. & Technology (KUET) and was responsible for dealing with problems of design, development and testing in the field of science, engineering and management

Education

  • Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

    Bachelor of Science (BSc)

    Mechanical Engineering

  • 佐賀大学 / Saga University

    Master of Engineering (M. Engg.)

    Mechanical Engineering (Bio-robotics)
    Dissertation title: Development of a Mobile Exoskeleton Robot for Human Upper-limb Motion Assist

  • Université du Québec - Ecole de Technologie supérieure

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    Electrical Engineering (Bio-robotics)
    Dissertation title: Development of an Exoskeleton Robot for Upper-limb Rehabilitation. The research focused on the modeling, design, fabrication, instrumentation and control of the robot.

Publications

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Development of a Whole arm Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and to Assist Upper Limb Movements

    Robotica (in press)

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Development of a Whole arm Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and to Assist Upper Limb Movements

    Robotica (in press)

  • Control of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Active Assistive Therapy

    IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Development of a Whole arm Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and to Assist Upper Limb Movements

    Robotica (in press)

  • Control of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Active Assistive Therapy

    IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt

  • EMG Based Control of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Shoulder and Elbow Motion Assist

    Journal of Automation and Control Engineering

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Development of a Whole arm Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and to Assist Upper Limb Movements

    Robotica (in press)

  • Control of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Active Assistive Therapy

    IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt

  • EMG Based Control of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Shoulder and Elbow Motion Assist

    Journal of Automation and Control Engineering

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Development of a Whole arm Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and to Assist Upper Limb Movements

    Robotica (in press)

  • Control of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Active Assistive Therapy

    IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt

  • EMG Based Control of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Shoulder and Elbow Motion Assist

    Journal of Automation and Control Engineering

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Virtual decomposition control of an exoskeleton robot arm

    Robotica, Cambridge University Press.

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Development of a Whole arm Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and to Assist Upper Limb Movements

    Robotica (in press)

  • Control of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Active Assistive Therapy

    IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt

  • EMG Based Control of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Shoulder and Elbow Motion Assist

    Journal of Automation and Control Engineering

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Virtual decomposition control of an exoskeleton robot arm

    Robotica, Cambridge University Press.

  • Force-position control of a robotic exoskeleton to provide upper extremity movement assistance

    Int. J. Modelling Identification and Control, 21(2), Ref. # 13142 (in press).

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Development of a Whole arm Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and to Assist Upper Limb Movements

    Robotica (in press)

  • Control of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Active Assistive Therapy

    IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt

  • EMG Based Control of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Shoulder and Elbow Motion Assist

    Journal of Automation and Control Engineering

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Virtual decomposition control of an exoskeleton robot arm

    Robotica, Cambridge University Press.

  • Force-position control of a robotic exoskeleton to provide upper extremity movement assistance

    Int. J. Modelling Identification and Control, 21(2), Ref. # 13142 (in press).

  • Motion Control of an Exoskeleton Robot using EMG Signals

    International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm with Sliding Mode Exponential Reaching Law

    International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.

  • Development of a Whole arm Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and to Assist Upper Limb Movements

    Robotica (in press)

  • Control of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Active Assistive Therapy

    IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt

  • EMG Based Control of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Shoulder and Elbow Motion Assist

    Journal of Automation and Control Engineering

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Robotic assisted trajectory tracking for human arm rehabilitation

    International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • Virtual decomposition control of an exoskeleton robot arm

    Robotica, Cambridge University Press.

  • Force-position control of a robotic exoskeleton to provide upper extremity movement assistance

    Int. J. Modelling Identification and Control, 21(2), Ref. # 13142 (in press).

  • Motion Control of an Exoskeleton Robot using EMG Signals

    International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis

  • HELIOS: The human machine interface for MARSE robot

    International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI 2013). Sopot, Poland.

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