Our People

Leadership

Roger O. Smith, Ph.D., OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow R₂D₂ Center Director Occupational Therapy and Industrial Engineering
Nathan Spaeth R₂D₂ Management Team, Technical Director
Computer Science

Professional Members

Dave Edyburn, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Professor Emeritus
Educational Technology, Special Education
Mark Johnston, Ph.D. FACRM
Professor Emeritus
Economics, Psychology
Neil Oldridge, Ph.D., FACSM, FAACVPR, FESC
Senior Scientist, Professor Emeritus
Health Outcomes Research
Brooke Slavens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, PI
Motion Analysis, Rehabilitation Engineering
Sheikh (Iqbal) Ahamed, Ph.D.
Scientist (Marquette University)
Computer Science
Noralyn Pickens, OT, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Director, Professor, Occupational Therapy
(Texas Woman’s University)
Suzanne Burns, Ph.D., OTR
Associate Professor (University of New Mexico)
Occupational Therapy
Jeffery Crabtree, M.S., OTD, FAOTA
Associate Professor Emeritus (Indiana University)
Occupational Therapy
Rochelle Mendonca, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Columbia University)
Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
Jay Kapellusch, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology
Ergonomics
Ying-Chih (Inga) Wang, Ph.D., OTR/L
Associate Professor
Occupational Science and Technology
Melissa Mensah-Brown, M.S.
Consultant, Instructor
Biomedical Engineering & Universal Design
Thomas Keating, Ph.D.
President and Ceo,
Cognitopia/Special Education and Rehabilitation
Heidi Janzen
Administrative Program Specialist,
SOAR/Administration
Jaclyn Schwartz, Ph.D., OTR/L
Assistant Professor (Washington University)
Occupational Therapy
Vaskar Raychoudhury, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Miami University)
Computer Science & Software Engineering
Md Osmani Gani, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Information Systems
Emily Steel, PhD, MSc, BOccThy
Centre for Universal Design Australia
Occupational Therapist

Doctoral Students

Maysam Ardehali, BSEE
Doctoral Student Assistant
Health Sciences/Electrical Engineering
Qussai Obiedat, MS, OT
Doctoral Student Assistant
Health Sciences/Occupational Therapy
Mason Drake, OTD
Doctoral Student Assistant
Health Sciences/Occupational Therapy
Laryn O’Donnell, OTD, OTR/L
Doctoral Student Assistant
Health Sciences/Occupational Therapy
Sayeda Farzana Aktar, MS, CSE
Graduate Research Assistant
Computer Science

Student and Other Research Staff

Hanna Noyce
Program Coordinator
Occupational Sciences and Technology
Emily Olejniczak
Graduate Student Researcher
Steven Sizer, MS, OTR/L
Research Specialist
Ciara Schwindt
Research Specialist
Trevor Murrow
Graphics and Communications Designer
Art and Design
Anna Koehn
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Anna Buzzard
Undergraduate Student Researcher

Collaborative Programs & Affiliates

Independence First
Cindi Pichler, Milwaukee, WI
University of Pennsylvania
Michelle Johnson, Philadelphia, PA
Independent Consultant
Lee Shultz
Vanguard Metrics and Analytics, Forensic Prosthetic and Orthotic Consulting
Brian Gustin
Medical College of Wisconsin: DeYoe Lab for Neuroscience Research
Ted DeYoe, Wauwatosa, WI
Medical College of Wisconsin, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering
Adam Greenberg