My Educational Experiences in Biomedical

Sciences and Engineering - PROSTHETICS

D. Subbaram Naidu, PhD, Life Fellow IEEE

Minnesota Power Jack Rowe Endowed Chair

Professor, Electrical Engineering

University of Minnesota Duluth

Duluth, MN, USA

http://www.d.umn.edu/~dsnaidu

Biosketch BE, Electrical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India

MTech/PhD, Control Systems, Indian Inst. of Tech. (IIT), Kharagpur (1979)

NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (1985-90)

Idaho State University (ISU), USA (1990-2014) – All Hats/Awards

HATS: Professor, Dept Chair, Associate Dean, Director/Dean – School of Engineering

ISU Outstanding & Distinguished Researcher; Funds:$4.5M; IEEE Fellow (first in Idaho)

Professor Emeritus, Idaho State University, 26 March 2015

US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), WPAFB, OH (1998-99)

Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim (2004)

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich (2005)

Nantong University, Nantong, China (2007)

Univ. of Southern & Western Australia, Adelaide & Perth (Spring 2008)

East China Normal Univ. (ECNU), Shanghai, (Dec. 2009/2011)

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (Dec. 2011)

University of Minnesota Duluth (August 2014 - present)

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You are in the Top 10 Engineering Schools!

“This unscientific, short list is based on interviews

with engineering departments at two top schools

(MIT and Stanford) plus US News and World

Report's famous annual list”.

Once again, UMD has made Sierra

Club's list of Top 100 Green Schools.

The University of Minnesota Duluth has once again been

named a "Cool School" on the Sierra Club's List of The

Top 100 Green Schools. The list recognizes educational

institutions and individuals across the country that

demonstrate new and innovative approaches to school

sustainability, environmental initiatives and a

commitment to leading the way in energy and

environmental design. September 01, 2016

UMD is ranked 76 ahead of MIT, Brown Univ., etc. and

None from the state of Minnesota.

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-5-september-october/cool-schools-2015/full-ranking

20th Century's Greatest

Engineering Achievements

13 of them belong to IEEE

(1,5,6,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16,18,19)

Biomedical Sciences & Engineering

“Biomedical engineering (BME) is a

discipline that advances knowledge in

engineering, biology and medicine, and

improves human health through cross-

disciplinary activities that integrate the

engineering sciences with the biomedical

sciences and clinical practice”.

Source: The Whitaker Foundation: www.whitaker.org

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What is Prosthetics?

Biomedical Sciences and Engineering

Prosthetics is the surgical and dental

specialties concerned with artificial

replacement of missing parts.

Prosthesis is an artificial leg, arm, or any

other missing body part.

Prosthetic: relating to prosthetics or

prosthesis

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http://solutionists.ieee.org/

“Military to Fund Prosthetics

Research” * “DoD is embarking on

multi-million dollar research program to revolutionalize upper-body prosthetics after a surge in troops who have lost hands and arms in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars”.

“Pentagon to spend $35Mto develop artificial arms “feel, look, perform” like a real arm guided by the central nervous system”.

* USA Today – October 05, 2005

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DARPA – Neuro Prosthetic Arm

Jesse Sullivan became a real life “bionic

man” after a terrible electrical accident. 10

Bionic Hand -

IEEE Spectrum – Oct. 2007

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SMART PROSTHETIC HAND TECHNOLOGY

at ISU: Phases I to III

D. Subbaram Naidu, PhD, Electrical Engineering - PI

Marco P. Schoen, PhD, Mechanical Engineering

Alba Perez, PhD, Mechanical Engineering

Solomon Leung, PhD, Environmental Engineering

Steve Chiu, Computer Science

Jim Lai, PhD, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Alex Urfer,

PhD, Physical and Occupational Therapy

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Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science and Engineering Research

Funding: $2.25M; 2007-12; 12 PhD’s and MS students

Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)

United States Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC)

Department of Defense (DOD)

J.C.K. Lai, M.P. Schoen, A. Perez-Gracia, D.S. Naidu, and S.W. Leung, ``Prosthetic Devices: Challenges and Implications of

Robotic Implants and Biological Interfaces", Proc. of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), London, UK, Journal of

Engineering in Medicine, Vol.~221, Nr.~2, pp.~173-183, 2007. Listed in Top 20 Articles, in the Domain of Article 17385571,

Since its Publication (2007) according to BioMedLib: "Who is Publishing in My Domain?".

Schematic of Prosthetic Hand Technology

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Schematic of Prosthetic Hand Technology

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Fusion of Hard and

Soft Control: AI &

Deep Learning

EMG Signal

Processing &

Classification

Experimental Design - III

Five-Finger Prosthetic Hand

Reaching a Rectangular Rod

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Fresh from the Press: 1/2 – June 2014

“The End of Disability Prosthetics and

neural interfaces will do away with

biology’s failings” by Eliza Strickland –

IEEE Spectrum: The Future We

Deserve-The Next 50 years, June 2014

“Fifty years out, I think we will have

largely eliminated disability”

NO ACHILLES’ HEELS: Aimee Mullins and Hugh Herr foresee a day when upgrading a

body is routine. Mullins, an actress and advocate for advanced prosthetics, was the first

double amputee to compete at the highest levels of U.S. collegiate track-and-field events.

Fresh from the Press – 2/2 – Sept. 2014

IEEE Spectrum – September 2014

Prosthetic Hand Research Continues at EED-UMD

Grad students Ibrahim & Syed

Working with Professor Naidu

UG student Austin Working on

3-D printing of Prosthetic Hand

Prosthetic Hand Research-in-Progress

@ EED-UMD

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UMD students design

affordable, functional robotic hand DULUTH TV (CBS) – May 6, 2015

Robotic Hand on UMD Billboard !!!On Hwy 53 opposite to Target Store parking lot near Duluth Mall – 03/2016

TED Talk: Prosthetic Hand - Dr. Naidu,

Aug. 12, 2016

TED Talk: Dr. Naidu with Mr. Chris Bankers

(UMD – EE Senior) on the Stage

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Vision for Prosthetic Devices

in 2025!

• Create a robotic hand with most functionality under $250 by 2025• 1. Circuit design

• EMG signals

• Simple components

• 2. Mechanical design

• 3D printed

• 5 fingersPrototype design

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Thank You & Questions?