About Us
Meet the team that's making this all possible!
Shikera Chamndany | Team Lead
Shikera is a Biomedical Engineer with a wide range of interests. Her responsibilities are to lead and guide the hardware and software team.
Email: schamnda@uci.edu
Nicky Chow | Hardware
Nicky is a fourth year Biomedical Engineer with experience interning at Medtronic Diabetes. She is interested in working with drug delivery devices in the future. For this project, Nicky has worked with the design and manufacturing of the hardware components.
Email: nychow@uci.edu
Christian Velez | Hardware
Christian is a Materials Science and Engineering student that is enthusiastic about the science and engineering of materials, specifically rubbers and elastomer materials. He intends on using the knowledge he has gathered throughout his undergraduate years at UCI to help advance the creation of NewTouch to help impaired stroke survivors start their path to recovery. His responsibilities include: selection of framing materials, hardware and ergonomics design, and machining.
Email: cvelez@uci.edu
John Luong | Software
Recently, John has found his passion in computer science and its applications, and is currently pursuing a minor in Computer Science. In the future, he hopes to be part of the technological advances and impact that the future holds. His responsibilities are: helping to program the game, data processing, and website.
Email: jdluong@uci.edu
Nazar Karanurov | Software
Nazar is a fifth year Biomedical Engineer, specializing in Biophotonics. He has interests in prosthetics and programming, also open minded towards learning new concepts and ideas. For the project, Nazar worked with the programming team developing the game and primarily worked on the electrical circuitry components of the project.
Email: nkaranur@uci.edu
Dr. David Reinkensmeyer | Mentor
Dr. Reinkensmeyer received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge in 1988, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991 and 1993, with dissertation work on human control of hand movements and robotic devices for movement therapy after stroke. He was a postdoctoral fellow then research assistant professor in the Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Medical School from 1994 – 1998. He joined U.C. Irvine in 1998 and is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Email: dreinkein@uci.edu
