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Curriculum Vitae He (Helen) Huang, Ph.D.

NCSU/UNC Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Email: hhuang11@ncsu.edu or helen-huang@unc.edu Phone Number: (919) 515-5218; Lab webpage: http://nrel.bme.ncsu.edu

GENERAL INFORMATION

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

May 2006-Aug 2008 Post-doc, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/ Northwestern

University, Chicago, IL, USA Aug 2002- Feb 2006 Ph.D., Arizona State University

Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Tempe, AZ, USA Aug 2000-May 2002 M.S., Arizona State University

Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Tempe, AZ, USA Sep 1996- July 2000 B.S., Xi’an Jiaotong University,

School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Xi’an, China

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

07/2016 – Present Affiliated Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer

Engineering, NC State University 07/2014 – Present Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Core, North Carolina State University

and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 07/2013 – Present Associate Professor (with tenure), UNC/NCSU Joint Department of

Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

07/2012 – 06/2013 Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering, University of Rhode Island

08/2011 – 06/2013 Co-Director, Center for Heath Behavior Monitoring and Intervention, University of Rhode Island

08/2008 – 06/2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer & Biomedical engineering, University of Rhode Island

05/2006 – 08/2008 Post-doctoral research associate, Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs (NECAL), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

08/2000 – 02/2006 Research Assistant, Motor Control and Rehabilitation Lab, Bioengineering, Arizona State University.

Editorial Services

2013-Present Associate Editor for Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation 2012 Associate Editor for IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Engineering

HONOR

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2015 University Faculty Scholar, North Carolina State University 2015 Selected Participant for U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of

Engineering, USA 2012 Elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE 2012 NSF Faculty Early CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, USA 2011 Outstanding Intellectual Property Development, Awarded by the President of URI 2008 Winner, the Delsys Prize for Innovation in Electromyography, Delsys Inc. MA, USA 2008 Switzer Research Fellowship: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

(NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education 2007 Globe Foundation Fellowship, Deerfield, IL, USA 2003 Outstanding Research Assistant (Accolades, May 2003), Arizona State University 1999 “XEROX” Fellowship, awarded by XEROX Corp., Shenzhen, China 1998 Lee Fook-sean Fellowship, awarded by Fook-sean Lee, the former chief justice of Hong Kong

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

⎯ IEEE Senior Member, IEEE in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS) ⎯ Member, Society For Neuroscience (SFN); ⎯ Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers (*corresponding author; # senior author if not assigned as correspondence) F. Zhang, P. Bohlen, M. Lewek, H. Huang*, “Prediction of intrinsically caused trips in individuals

with stroke”, IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, 2016 (In Minor Revision) Y. Wen, J. Si, X. Gao, S. Huang, H. Huang*, “A new powered lower limb prosthesis control

framework based on adaptive dynamic programming”, IEEE Trans on Neural Network and Learning Systems, 2016 (In Press)

M. Liu, D. Wang, H. Huang*, “Development of an environment-aware locomotion mode recognition system for powered lower limb prostheses”, IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, 24(4) pp. 434-43, 2016

H. Huang*, D. Crouch, M. Liu, G. Sawicki, D. Wang. “A cyber expert system for auto-tuning powered prosthesis impedance control parameters”, Annals Biomedical Engineering, 44(5), pp. 1613-24, 2016

(Featured on the front page of NSF website and NSF Science channel http://science360.gov/obj/video/182b2562-155f-455a-9926-af5544ead9e6/nsf-science-now-episode-37)

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J. L. Contreras-Vidal*, A. Kilicarslan, H. Huang, R. G. Grossman, “Human-Centered design of wearable neuroprostheses and exoskeletons”, AI Magazine, 36(4), 12-22, 2015

F. Zhang*, M. Liu, H. Huang#, “Investigation of timing to switch control mode in powered knee prostheses during task transitions”, PLoS One, (10) 7, 2015

X. Zhang, H. Huang#, “A real-time, practical sensor fault-tolerant module for robust EMG pattern recognition”, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 12:18, 2015

C. Myer, H. Huang, Y. Zhu*, “Wearable Silver Nanowire Dry Electrodes for Bioelectronic Sensing”, RSC Advances, 5(15), pp. 11627-32, 2015

G. Hefferman, F. Zhang, M. Nunnery, H. Huang*, “Integration of surface EMG sensors with the transfemoral amputee socket: a comparison of four differing configurations”, Prosthetics and Orthotics International, (39) 2, 166-173 2015

F. Zhang, M. Liu, H. Huang*, "Effects of locomotion mode recognition errors on volitional control of powered above-knee prostheses", IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, 23(1), pp. 64-72, 2015

(Featured by the NSF Science Channel http://science360.gov/obj/video/b8e8abba-a1fc-49c8-a1c1-ab7e42dd1d35/nsf-science-now-episode-29)

F. Zhang, M. Liu, S. Harper, M Lee, H. Huang*, “Engineering Platform and Experimental Protocol for Design and Evaluation of a Neurally-controlled Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis”, Journal of Visualized Experiments, (89), e51059, 2014

M. Liu*, F Zhang, P. Datseris, H. Huang#, “Improving finite state impedance control of active transfemoral prostheses using Dempster-Shafer state transition rules”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, (76) 3-4, pp 461-74, 2014

F. Zhang*, H. Huang#, “Source selection for real-time user intent recognition towards volitional control of artificial legs”, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 17(5), 907-914, 2013

L. Du, F. Zhang, M. Liu, H. Huang*, “Towards Design of an Environment-aware Adaptive Locomotion-Mode-Recognition System”, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 59(10): 2716-25, 2012

X. Zhang, Y. Liu, F. Zhang, Y. Sun, Q. Yang, H. Huang*, “On design and implementation of neural-machine interface for artificial legs”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 8(2), 418-29, 2012

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F. Zhang, S.E. D’Andrea, M.J. Nunnery, S. Kay, H. Huang*. “Towards design of a stumble detector for artificial legs”. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, Vol. 19(5): 567-77, 2011

H. Huang*, F. Zhang, L. Hargrove, Z. Dou, D. Rogers, K. Englehart, “Continuous Locomotion Mode Identification for Prosthetic Legs based on Neuromuscular-Mechanical Fusion”, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 58(1), pp 2867-75,2011

Y. Cao, H He*, H Huang. “LIFT: A New Framework of Learning from Testing Data for Face Recognition”. Neurocomputing, 74(6), pp. 916-929, 2011

H. Huang*, F Zhang, Y Sun, H He “Design of a Robust EMG Sensing Interface for Pattern Classification”, Journal of Neural Engineering, vol. 7(5), pp 0565, 2010

D. Tkach, H Huang*, TA Kuiken, “Stability of time-domain EMG features for prosthetic device control", Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 7(1):21, 2010

H. Huang, P. Zhou*, G. Li, and T. Kuiken#, "Spatial filtering improves EMG classification accuracy following targeted muscle reinnervation," Ann Biomed Eng, vol. 37, pp. 1849-57, 2009.

H. Huang*, T. A. Kuiken#, and R. D. Lipschutz, "A strategy for identifying locomotion modes using surface electromyography," IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 56, pp. 65-73, 2009.

L. A. Miller*, R. D. Lipschutz, K. A. Stubblefield, B. A. Lock, H. Huang, T. W. Williams, 3rd, R. F. Weir, and T. A. Kuiken#, "Control of a six degree of freedom prosthetic arm after targeted muscle reinnervation surgery," Arch Phys Med Rehabil, vol. 89, pp. 2057-65, 2008.

H. Huang, P. Zhou, G. Li, and T. A. Kuiken*, "An analysis of EMG electrode configuration for targeted muscle reinnervation based neural machine interface," IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, vol. 16, pp. 37-45, 2008.

P. Zhou, M. M. Lowery, K. B. Englehart, H. Huang, G. Li, L. Hargrove, J. P. Dewald, and T. A. Kuiken*, "Decoding a new neural machine interface for control of artificial limbs," J Neurophysiol, vol. 98, pp. 2974-82, 2007.

T. G. Sugar*, J. He, E. J. Koeneman, J. B. Koeneman, R. Herman, H. Huang, R. S. Schultz, D. E. Herring, J. Wanberg, S. Balasubramanian, P. Swenson, and J. A. Ward, "Design and control of RUPERT: a device for robotic upper extremity repetitive therapy," IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, vol. 15, pp. 336-46, 2007.

H. Huang, S. L. Wolf, and J. He*, "Recent developments in biofeedback for neuromotor rehabilitation," J Neuroeng Rehabil, vol. 3, pp. 11, 2006.

H. Huang, J. He*, R. Herman, and M. R. Carhart, "Modulation effects of epidural spinal cord stimulation on muscle activities during walking," IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, vol. 14, pp. 14-23, 2006.

Peer-reviewed conference papers

Refereed Conference papers in the Fields of Electrical/Computer Engineering and Science W Zhang, M White, M Zahabi, AT. Winslow, F Zhang, H Huang, D Kaber, Cognitive Workload in

Conventional Direct Control vs. Pattern Recognition Control of an Upper-limb Prosthesis, Conf Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2016 (Accepted)

Hernandez, Robert, Jason Kane, Fan Zhang, Xiaorong Zhang, and He Huang. "Towards ubiquitous mobile-computing-based artificial leg control." In 2015 9th Annual IEEE International Systems

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Conference (SysCon), pp. 821-827, 2015. D. Wang, L Du, H. Huang, "Terrain Recognition Improves the Performance of Neural-Machine

Interface for Locomotion Mode Recognition", International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, pp. 87-92, 2013 (Acceptance rate = 25%)

X. Zhang, H. Huang, Q. Yang, "Implementing an FPGA System for Real-Time Intent Recognition for Prosthetic Legs", Design Automation Conference, pp. 169-175, 2012 (Acceptance rate = 23%)

M. Liu, P. Datseris, and H. Huang, "A prototype for smart prosthetic legs: analysis and mechanical design," in Proceeding of International Conference on Control, Robotics and Cybernetics. New Delhi, India: IEEE, March 21-23, Vol. 1. pp. 139-143, 2011.

F. Zhang, W. DiSanto, J. Ren, Z. Dou, Q. Yang, H. Huang, “A Novel CPS System for Evaluating a Neural-Machine Interface for Artificial Legs”, in Proceeding of 2nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Chicago, IL, pp 67-76, 2011(Acceptance rate = 28%)

X. Zhang, Q Yang, H. Huang, “Design and implementation of a special purpose embedded system for Neural Machine Interface”, Conf Proc IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, Amsterdam, Netherland, pp 166-172, 2010 (Acceptance rate = 29%)

H. Huang, Y. Sun, Q, Yang, F. Zhang, X Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Ren, F. Sierra, “Integrating neuromuscular and cyber systems for neural control of artificial legs”, in Proceeding of First ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 129-138, 2010 (Acceptance rate = 26%)

Y. Chen, H. Huang, W. Xu, R. I. Wallis, H. Sundaram, T. Rikakis, T. Ingalls, L. Olson, and J. He, "The design of a real-time, multimodal biofeedback system for stroke patient rehabilitation," in The 14th Annual ACM International Conference on Multimedia. Santa Barbara: ACM Press: New York, pp. 763-72, 2006 (Acceptance rate =37%)

P. Kuchi, R. Hiremagalur, H. Huang, M. Carhart, J. He, and S. Panchanathan, "DRAG: A Database for Recognition and Analysis of Gait," in Proceeding of Internet Multimedia Management Systems, vol. 5242. Orlando, FL, 2003, pp. 115-24.

Refereed Conference papers in the Fields of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering (acceptance rate ranges from 50%~80%)

D. Crouch, H. Huang, Simple EMG-Driven Musculoskeletal Model Enables Consistent Control Performance During Path Tracing Tasks, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2016 (Accepted)

Y. Wen, M. Liu, J. Si, H. Huang, Adaptive Control of Powered Transfemoral Prostheses Based on Adaptive Dynamic Programming, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2016 (Accepted) (Finalist for student paper competition at IEEE EMBC 2016 http://embc.embs.org/2016/2016-embs-student-paper-competition-finalists/; 15 out of 257 submissions were selected as the finalists; will compete for the top award in August 2016)

A. Brandt, M. Liu, H. Huang, Does the Impedance of Above-knee Powered Prostheses Need to Adjusted for Load-carrying Conditions? Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2016 (Accepted)

F. Zhang, M. Liu, H. Huang, Tolerance of Neural Decoding Errors for Powered Artificial Legs: a Pilot Study, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2016 (Accepted)

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Anna Winslow, Justin Brantley, Fangshi Zhu, José Contreras-Vidal, He Huang, Corticomuscular Coherence Variation throughout the Gait Cycle during Overground Walking: A Preliminary Investigation, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2016 (Accepted)

M. Liu, P. Bohlen, H. Huang, Effect of Environmental Factors on Level of Tripping Disturbance: A Simulation Study, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2016 (Accepted)

Justin Brantley, Trieu Phat Luu, Recep Ozdemir, Fangshi Zhu, Anna Winslow, He Huang, José Contreras-Vidal*, Noninvasive EEG Correlates of Overground and Stair Walking, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2016 (Accepted)

F. Zhang, M. Liu, H. Huang, Detection of Critical Errors of Locomotion Mode Recognition for Volitional Control of Powered Transfemoral Prostheses, 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 1128-1131, 2015

D. Crouch, H. Huang, Musculoskeletal Model Predicts Multi-joint Wrist and Hand Movement From Limited EMG Control Signals, 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 1132-1135, 2015

T. Yang, F. Wu, M. Liu, H. Huang, An Optimization-based Approach for Prosthesis Dynamic Modeling and Parameter Identification, 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2015

J. Liu, F. Zhang, H. Huang. An Open and Configurable Embedded System for EMG Pattern Recognition Implementation for Artificial Arms. Proc of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. PP. 4095 – 4098, 2014

A. Myers, L. Du, H. Huang, Y. Zhu (2014). Novel Wearable EMG Sensors Based on Nanowire Technology. Proc of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. PP.1674 – 1677, 2014

D. Wang, M. Liu, H. Huang, “Design of an expert system to automatically Calibrate impedance control for powered knee prostheses”, Conf Proc IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robots, 2013

F. Zhang, H. Huang, “Decoding Movement Intent of Patient with Multiple Sclerosis for the Powered Lower Extremity Exoskeleton”, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, pp. 4957-60, 2013

R. Hernandez, X. Zhang, F. Zhang, Q. Yang, H.Huang, “Design and Implementation of a Low Power Mobile CPU Based Embedded System for Artificial Leg Control”, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, pp. 5769-72, 2013

X. Zhang, H. Huang, Y. Qing, “Real-Time Implementation of a Self-Recovery EMG Pattern Recognition Interface for Artificial Arms”, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, pp. 5926-29, 2013

L. Du, H. He, H. Huang, “Improving the performance of a neural-machine interface for prosthetic legs using adaptive pattern classifiers” Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, pp. 1571-4, 2013

F. Zhang, M. Liu, H. Huang, “Preliminary Study of the Effect of User Intent Recognition Errors on Volitional Control of Powered Lower Limb Prostheses”, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, pp. 2768-2771, 2012

R. Hernandez, F. Zhang, X. Zhang, H. Huang, Q. Yang, “Promise of a Low Power Mobile CPU Based Embedded System in Artificial Leg Control”, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, pp. 5250-5254, 2012

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X. Zhang, D. Wang, Q. Yang, H. Huang, “An Automatic and User-Driven Training Method for Locomotion Mode Recognition for Artificial Leg Control”, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, pp. 6116-6120, 2012

F. Zhang, Z. Dou, M. Nunnery, and H. Huang, "Real-time implementation of an intent recognition system for artificial legs," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2011, pp. 2997-3000, 2011.

X. Zhang, H. Huang, and Q. Yang, "A special purpose embedded system for neural machine interface for artificial legs," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2011, pp. 5207-10, 2011.

F. Zhang, Z. Fang, M. Liu, and H. Huang, "Preliminary design of a terrain recognition system," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2011, pp. 5452-5, 2011.

H. Huang, Z. Dou, F. Zhang, and M. J. Nunnery, "Improving the performance of a neural-machine interface for artificial legs using prior knowledge of walking environment," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2011, pp. 4255-8, 2011.

Y. Liu, F. Zhang, Y. L. Sun, and H. Huang, "Trust sensor interface for improving reliability of EMG-based user intent recognition," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 2011, pp. 7516-20, 2011.

F. Gao, F. Zhang, and H. Huang, "Investigation of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit in an above knee amputee," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2011, pp. 7340-3, 2011

A Lin, X. Zhang, H. Huang, and Q. Yang, "Design and implementation of an embedded system for neural-controlled artificial legs," in IEEE Workshop on Health Care Management. Venice, Italy, pp. 1-6, 2010

L. J. Hargrove, H. Huang, A. E. Schultz, B. A. Lock, R. Lipschutz, and T. A. Kuiken, "Toward the development of a neural interface for lower limb prosthesis control," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 1, pp. 2111-4, 2009.

W. Xiao, H. Huang, Y. Sun, and Q. Yang, "Promise of embedded system with GPU in artificial leg control: Enabling time-frequency feature extraction from electromyography," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 1, pp. 6926-9, 2009.

S. Balasubramanian, H. Huang, and J. He, "Quantification of dynamic property of pneumatic muscle actuator for design of therapeutic robot control," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 1, pp. 2734-7, 2006.

H. Huang, Y. Chen, W. Xu, H. Sundaram, L. Olson, T. Ingalls, T. Rikakis, and J. He, "Novel design of interactive multimodal biofeedback system for neurorehabilitation," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 1, pp. 4925-8, 2006.

H. Huang, T. Ingalls, L. Olson, K. Ganley, T. Rikakis, and J. He, "Interactive multimodal biofeedback for task-oriented neural rehabilitation," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 3, pp. 2547-50, 2005.

J. He, E. Koeneman, H. Huang, G. T. Sugar, R. Herman, and J. B. Koeneman, " Design of a Robotic Upper Extremity Repetitive Therapy Device," in Proceeding of IEEE 9th International conference on rehabilitation robotics. Chicago, IL, 2005, pp. 511-4.

J. He, E. J. Koeneman, R. Schultz, D. Herring, J. Wanberg, H. Huang, T. Sugar, R. Herman, and J. B. Koeneman, "RUPERT: a Device for Robotic Upper Extremity Repetitive Therapy," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 7, pp. 6844-7, 2005.

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H. Huang and H. Jiping, "Utilization of biomechanical modeling in design of robotic arm for rehabilitation of stroke patients," Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 4, pp. 2718-21, 2004.

H. Huang, A. Papandreou-Suppappola, and H. Jiping, "Analysis of surface electromyogram during gait by modified mathcing pursuit decomposition," in Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 3. Cancun, Mexico, 2003, pp. 2402-5.

M. R. Carhart, W. Willis, A. Thompson, H. Huang, S. D'Luzansky, J. Thresher, R. Herman, and J. He, "Mechanical and metabolic change in gait performance with spinal cord stimulation and reflex-FES," in Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 2. Cancun, Mexico, 2003, pp. 1558-61.

H. Huang, J. He, M. Carhart, and R. Herman, "Change of muscle activation pattern by epidural stimulation on a SCI patient," in Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 1. Houston, TX, 2002, pp. 114-5.

Invited Book Chapters

H. Huang, F. Zhang, A. Brendt, “Advances in lower limb prosthetics”, in Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, Elsevier, 2016 (In progress)

SL. Wolf, H. Huang, “Chapter 70: Evolution of Biofeedback in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation”, in DeLisa’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, 5th edition, eds. W. Frontera, Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010

Selected Recent Conference Abstracts (# denotes undergraduate students) S. Huang, H. Huang, Ballistic-Like Residual Muscle Activation Patterns in Below-Knee Amputees,

Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement, OH, USA, June 2016. S. Huang, H. Huang, Activation Patterns of Residual Muscles in Below-Knee Amputees, Annual

Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, NC, USA, August 2016. D. Crouch, H. Huang. Low-Dimensional EMG-Driven Musculoskeletal Model for Predicting Hand

Kinematics, Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement, OH, USA, June 2016. D. Crouch, H. Huang. Low-Dimensional EMG-Driven Musculoskeletal Model Enables Effective

Real-Time Simultaneous Multi-Joint Control of a Virtual Hand. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, NC, USA, August 2016.

A. Brandt, M. Liu, H. Huang, Adjusting Powered-Knee Prosthesis Impedance Parameters Improves Gait Symmetry During Load Carriage, Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, MN, USA, Oct. 2016.

A. Brandt, M. Liu, H. Huang, Do Above-knee Powered Prostheses Need to be Tuned Under Load-carrying Conditions? Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, NC, USA, Aug. 2016.

Y. Wen, S. Huang, J. Si, H. Huang, Towards Adaptive Self-Configuring Control for Powered Prosthetic Knee: A Simulation Study, Dynamic walking, OH, USA, 2015

A Brandt, M Liu, H Huang, Generalization of Fuzzy Rule-based Tuning System Across Above-knee Powered Prosthesis Designs, Annual meeting of BMES, FL, USA, 2015

M Conrad#, M Liu, G Sawicki, and H Huang, An Investigation of the Positive Joint Power Distribution in Above-Knee (AK) Prostheses, Annual meeting of BMES, FL, USA, 2015

ST. King#, M Liu, and H Huang, Using Simulation to Quantify Performance of a 2D LIDAR Terrain Reconstruction System, Annual meeting of BMES, FL, USA, 2015

Other Publications

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H. Huang. Development of a novel immersive and interactive therapeutic tool for neurorehabilitation. Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Arizona State University. Dissertations-Ph.D., Academic 2006

H. Huang. Analyzing effects of epidural spinal cord stimulation on muscle activity during walking in spinal cord injured. Department of Bioengineering, Arizona State University. Dissertations-M.S., Academic 2002

INVENTION DISCLOURES Issued Patents T Kuiken, H Huang. Identification and implementation of locomotion modes using surface

electromyography, US Patent 8,828,093, 2014 H Huang, Y Sun, Q. Yang. Systems and methods for providing a neural-machine interface for

artificial legs, Australia Patent 2011207474, US Patent Application Pending, 2015 Disclosures and Pending Patent Applications H Huang, Stumble detection systems and methods for powered artificial legs, 2011, US Patent App.

13/344,176 H Huang, M. Liu, Systems and Methods for Automatically Tuning Powered Prosthesis Impedance

Control Parameters, 2015 US Provisional Patent 62/247,553 M Liu, H Huang, Smart Socket for Lower Limb Amputees, 2014

Invention disclosure at OTT of NC State University

GRANTS AND RESEARCH SUPPORT Active Extramural Grants 10/01/2016-09/30/2020 NSF “CHS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Novel Optimal Control for Co-Adaptation of

Human and Powered Lower Limb Prosthesis” Role: PI

Co-PI: J Si (ASU)

10/01/2016 – 09/30/2019 NSF “NRI: Towards Restoring Natural Sensation of Hand Amputees via Wearable Surface Grid Electrodes”

Role: Co-PI PI: X Hu, co-PI: Y Zhu (NC State)

10/01/2016 – 09/30/2019 NSF “SCH: INT: Novel Textile based Sensors for Inner Prosthetic Socket Environment Monitoring”

Role: Co-PI PI: A Bozkurt, co-PI: T Ghosh (NC State), M Lee (UNC Chapel Hill)

06/01/2016 – 05/30/2018 DARPA “Novel Neural Control of Multifunctional Prosthetic Arms based on Internal Musculoskeletal Biomechanical Model” Role: PI # N66001-16-2-4052

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09/01/2015- 08/30/2019 DOD/CDMRP “A Modular Multi-DOF Prosthetic Wrist and Low-Level Autonomous Control for Ease-of-Use” Role: Co-PI # W81XWH15C0125 PI: A Dollar (Yale); co-PI: L Resnik (Providence VA/Brown)

09/01/2015 – 08/30/2018 DOD/CDMRP “Smart Control Modes for Facilitating Use of Multi-DOF Upper-Limb Prosthetics” Role: Co-PI #OR140147 PI: A Dollar (Yale); co-PI: L Resnik (Providence VA/Brown)

09/01/2015 – 08/30/2018 NSF

“NRI: Novel prosthetic arm control based on a Low-dimensional Internal Musculoskeletal Biomechanical (LIMB) model” Role: PI #1527202

Oct 2013-Sept 2017 NSF

“HCC: Medium: Collaborative Research: Neural Control of Powered Artificial Legs” Role: PI #1361549

Co-PI: J Contreras-Vidal (U of Houston) Nov 2012-Oct 2016 NIDRR

Field-Initiated Project: “Building the Foundation of Clinical Practice of EMG Pattern Recognition for Prosthetic Arm Control”

Role: PI #H133G130308

May 2012-Apr 2018 NSF “CAREER: Understanding and Analyzing User-Prosthesis Interaction for Designing a Volitional Controller for Powered Lower Limb Prostheses” Role: PI #1406750

Completed Extramural Grants Mar 2012-Sep 2013 Össur (Private prosthesis company)

“Response to Tripping in Transfemoral Amputees” Role: Co-PI Awarded

PI: S D’Andrea (Providence VA Medical Center/Brown University)

Apr 2010-Mar 2012 NIH “Design of a Real-Time Fusion-based Neural-machine Interface”

Role: PI #R21HD64968 Oct 2009-Sep 2012 NSF (National Science Foundation)

“CPS: Medium: Towards Neural-controlled Artificial Legs using High-Performance Embedded Computers”

Role: PI #0931820

July 2009-July 2014 DOD/TATRC

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“Development of a Neural Interface for Powered Lower Limb Prostheses” Role: Co-PI #W81XWH-09-2-0020

PI: T Kuiken (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University) Feb 2009-Feb 2010 Collaborative Research Grant, Rhode Island Science and Technology

Advisory Council. “Development of a Reliable Stumble Detection System for Artificial Legs”

Role: PI #RIRA 2009-27 Sep 2008-Sep2009 Switzer Research Fellowships: National Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education “Development of a Neural-Machine Interface for Lower-Limb Prosthesis Control” Role: PI #H133F080006 Intramural Grants 04/01/2016-03/30/2017 Speed dating between Engineering and Medical Surgeon

Role: Co-PI Awarded PI: L. Kalliainen (UNC-CH)

01/01/2015-12/30/2015 NCSU-UNC Rehabilitation Engineering Center Seed Grant Role: Co-PI Awarded PI: F Wu (NCSU) and M Lewek (UNC-CH)

07/01/2014-06/30/2015 NCSU-UNC Rehabilitation Engineering Center Seed Grant Role: PI Awarded Co-PIs: O Oralkan (NCSU) and S Harper (UNC-CH)

May 2010-Apr 2011 University of Rhode Island, Equipment and Laboratory Infrastructure Renovation Award Role: Co-PI Awarded

PIs: T. Walls, D. Chelidze (URI) Oct 2009-Sep 2010 Champlin Foundation

Role: PI Awarded International Collaborations 10/2014-09/2017 Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

Role: International scholar PI: Z. Hou

INVITED TALKS 01/2017 Duke University 08/2016 Special symposium speaker, the American Society of Biomechanics 40th Annual Meeting 04/2016 Nagoya University, Japan 01/2016 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University 12/2015 Invited speaker, Sony Research Institute, Sony Corp. 12/2015 Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 10/2015 NC AAOP Annual meeting

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10/2015 Durham VA Medical Center 04/2015 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill 03/2015 Regional Meeting of National Academy of Engineering 12/2014 Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 09/2014 Department of Psychology, NC State University 09/2014 Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill 08/2014 Joint School of Nanoscience and NanoEngineering, UNC-Greensbor and NC A&T 07/2014 Keynote speaker, NIDRR Fellows Summit, the National Institute of Disability and

Rehabilitation Research, the US Department of Education, Washington DC 04/2014 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University 03/2014 NCSU/UNC Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill 02/2014 NSF ERC ASSIST, NC State University 06/2013 Mathworks Faculty Summit, Mathworks, Inc. 02/2013 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware 01/2013 IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications,

Workshops Cyber Physical System, San Diego, CA 10/2012 iWalk (current BionX Medical Technology, LLC), Bradford, MA 09/2012 Department of Electrical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 08/2012 DOD LEGS workshops, Frederick, MD 05/2012 Northeastern regional CPS workshop, Newtown MA 06/2011 Department of Automation, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 05/2011 Invited speaker, IEEE International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, tutorial

workshop “Neural Rehabilitation on SensoriMotor Functions”, Harbin China 04/2011 College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University 10/2010 Keynote Speaker, Switzer Seminar, The National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation

Research, the US Department of Education, Arlington, VA 06/2010 Department of Orthopedics, Brown University 04/2010 Medical Device Matchmaking Event, Rhode Island Center for Innovation &

Entrepreneurship 02/2010 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware 02/2010 Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering, University of Rhode

Island 11/2009 Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Program, University of Massachusetts

Dartmouth 03/2009 Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine, Brown University, Providence VA

Medical Center 12/2008 MIT Media Laboratory, MIT 05/2008 Xi’an Jiao-tong University, Xi’an, China 03/2008 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California 12/2007 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Chicago Chapter 03/2007 IGERT Symposium 2007, Arizona State University