Jiyeon Kang

PhD

Jiyeon Kang.

Jiyeon Kang

PhD

Jiyeon Kang

PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor (Volunteer)
Rehabilitation Sciences Department
School of Public Health and Health Professions

Research Interests

Rehabilitation robotics; prosthetic devices; cable-actuated mechanisms; intelligent wheelchairs for children with special needs

Contact Information

1011 Furnas Hall

Buffalo NY, 14260

Phone: (716) 645-6063

jiyeonk@buffalo.edu

Biography Publications Teaching Research

Selected Publications

  • J. Kang, D. Martelli, V. Vashista, I. Martinez-Hernandez, H. Kim, and S. K. Agrawal, “Robot-driven downward pelvic pull to improve crouch gait in children with cerebral palsy,” Science Robotics 2 (2017) eaan2634.
  • J. Kang, M. A. Gonzalez, B. R. Gillespie, D. H. Gates, “A haptic object to quantify the effect of feedback modality on prosthetic grasping,” IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett. 4 (2019) 1101–1108.
  • J. Kang, V. Vashista, and S. K. Agrawal, “On the adaptation of pelvic motion by applying 3-dimensional guidance forces using TPAD,” IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng. 25 (2017) 1558–1567.
  • J. Kang, K. Ghonasgi, C. J. Walsh, and S. K. Agrawal, “Simulating Hemiparetic Gait in Healthy Subjects using TPAD with a Closed-loop Controller," IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng. (2019).​
  • J. Kang and S. K. Agrawal, Chapter 9. Robot enhanced walkers for training of children with cerebral palsy: pilot studies. In Encyclopedia of rehabilitation robotics (World Scientific, Singapore, 2018), 217–240.
  • K. Ghonasg, J. Kang, and S. K. Agrawal, “Walking with a weighted pelvic belt or with an equivalent pure downward force on the pelvis: are these different?," IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett. 4 (2019) 309–314.
  • S. K. Agrawal, J. Kang, X. Chen, M. J. Kim, Y. Lee, S. W. Kong, H. Cho, and G.-J. Park, “Robot-enhanced mobility training of children with cerebral palsy: short-term and long-term pilot studies," IEEE Syst. J. 10 (2016) 1098–1106.
  • D. Martelli, L. Luo, J. Kang, U. J. Kang, S. Fahn, and S. K. Agrawal, “Adaptation of stability during perturbed walking in Parkinson's disease," Sci. Rep. 7 (2017) 17875.
  • M. Khan, V. Santamaria, J. Kang, B. Bradley, J. Dutkowsky, A. M. Gordon, and S. K. Agrawal, “Enhancing seated stability using trunk support trainer (TruST)," IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett. 2 (2017) 1609–1616.