Our People

Leadership

Roger O. Smith, Ph.D., OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow R₂D₂ Center Director Occupational Therapy, Industrial Engineering
Nathan Spaeth
Technical Director
Computer Science
Maysam Ardehali, Ph.D.
Operations Director and Project Manager
Health Sciences, Electrical Engineering

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., FAOTA
Associate Dean, Professor, College of Health Sciences and College of Nursing
(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., OTR/L
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
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
Qussai Obiedat, Ph.D., OTR
Faculty Member (Jordan University of Science and Technology)
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Sayeda Farzana Aktar, Ph.D., CSE
Assistant Professor (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)
Computer Science

Doctoral Students

Mason Drake, OTD
Doctoral Student Assistant
Health Sciences/Occupational Therapy

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
Bonnie Murphy
Financial Specialist Senior
Trevor Murrow, BS, BFA
Graphics and Communications Designer
Art and Design
Rachel Page
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Kaitlin Schultz
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