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
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.
Research Assistant
• Manage Bio-robotics research lab
• Develop an intelligent wearable robot (modeling, design, development, control & experiments)
• Mentor graduate students (PhD & Master’s)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Develop control strategies for active and passive robotic rehabilitation protocol
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.
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.
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.
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
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Mechanical Engineering
Master of Engineering (M. Engg.)
Mechanical Engineering (Bio-robotics)
Dissertation title: Development of a Mobile Exoskeleton Robot for Human Upper-limb Motion Assist
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.
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
Robotica (in press)
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
Robotica (in press)
IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
Robotica (in press)
IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt
Journal of Automation and Control Engineering
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
Robotica (in press)
IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt
Journal of Automation and Control Engineering
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
Robotica (in press)
IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt
Journal of Automation and Control Engineering
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
Robotica, Cambridge University Press.
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
Robotica (in press)
IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt
Journal of Automation and Control Engineering
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
Robotica, Cambridge University Press.
Int. J. Modelling Identification and Control, 21(2), Ref. # 13142 (in press).
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
Robotica (in press)
IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt
Journal of Automation and Control Engineering
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
Robotica, Cambridge University Press.
Int. J. Modelling Identification and Control, 21(2), Ref. # 13142 (in press).
International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Springer), 11(1), 92-104.
Robotica (in press)
IEEE-2013 5th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), Egypt
Journal of Automation and Control Engineering
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
International Conference on Mecatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
Robotica, Cambridge University Press.
Int. J. Modelling Identification and Control, 21(2), Ref. # 13142 (in press).
International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics, Structural Analysis
International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI 2013). Sopot, Poland.
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