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Director

Alaa Ahmed

Alaa Ahmed, Ph.D.

Director • Professor
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Neuromechanics Lab
alaa.ahmed@colorado.edu

Graduate Students

Dan Apuan

Daniel Apuan, B.S.

Graduate Student • Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering || Effect of Confidence in Eye Movements
daniel.apuan@colorado.edu
Gary Bruening

Garrick Bruening, M.S.

Doctoral Candidate • Research Assistant
Integrative Physiology
Masters of Science, Integrative Physiology || Confidence in Reward of Reaching Movements
Garrick.Bruening@colorado.edu
Robbie Courter

Robbie Courter, M.S.

Graduate Student • Research Assistant
Integrative Physiology
Masters of Science, Integrative Physiology || Metabolic cost of reaching and walking in Multiple Sclerosis
robert.courteriv@colorado.edu
Colin Korbisch

Colin Korbisch, M.S.

Graduate Student • Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering
Masters of Science, Integrative Physiology || Movement Decisions in Uncertain Environments
Colin.Korbisch@Colorado.EDU

Madison Kyle

Graduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
Rachel Marbarker

Rachel Marbaker, B.S.

Graduate Student • Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering || Adaptation and Learning in Walking and Reaching
rachel.marbaker@colorado.edu

Sam Rubaker, B.S.

Graduate Student • Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering
Shruthi Sukumar

Shruthi Sukumar, M.S.

Graduate Student • Research Assistant
Computer Science
Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering || Control of Arm Reaching during Foraging
Shruthi.Sukumar@colorado.edu

Undergraduate Students

Razan Alghamdi

Razan Alghamdi

Undergraduate Student • Discovery Learning Apprentice
Electrical Engineering

Lab Alumni

Postdocs

Graduate students

Undergraduate Students

  • Stefan Garcia (IPHY)
  • David Busick (IPHY)
  • Andrew Kary (MCEN)
  • Alex Kaiser (ECEN)
  • Cliff Min (IPHY)
  • Elli Rinaldi (IPHY)
  • Christina Uhlir (MCDB)
  • Alyssa Sawyer (MCEN)
  • Horan Dylan (IPHY)
  • Humsini Acharya (MCEN)

Visiting Researchers

  • Hannah Dorris (Pamona College)
  • Shuo He (Beihang University)

Collaborators

John Hopkins University 

Univeristy of Colorado Boulder