HAOHAN ZHANG portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Publications

  • Chang B.C., Zhang H., Trigili E. & Agrawal S.K. (2020). Bio-Inspired Gaze-Driven Robotic Neck Brace. Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. Vol. 2020-November, 545-550. Published, 11/01/2020.
  • Zhang H., Santamaria V. & Agrawal S. (2020). Applying force perturbations using a wearable robotic neck brace. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 4197-4202. Published, 10/24/2020.
  • Zhang H, Chang BC, Andrews J, Mitsumoto H & Agrawal S (2020). A robotic neck brace to characterize head-neck motion and muscle electromyography in subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Annals of clinical and translational neurology. Vol. 6, 1671-1680. Published, 05/01/2020.
  • Zhang H., Chang B.C., Andrews J., Mitsumoto H. & Agrawal S. (2019). A robotic neck brace to characterize head-neck motion and muscle electromyography in subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. Vol. 6, 1671-1680. Published, 09/01/2019.
  • Zhang H., Chang B. & Agrawal S. (2019). Using a Robotic Neck Brace for Movement Training of the Head-Neck. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Vol. 4, 846-853. Published, 04/01/2019.
  • Zhang H., Chang B.C., Rue Y.J. & Agrawal S.K. (2019). Using the Motion of the Head-Neck as a Joystick for Orientation Control. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. Published, 01/23/2019.
  • Zhang H., Albee K. & Agrawal S. (2018). A spring-loaded compliant neck brace with adjustable supports. Mechanism and Machine Theory. Vol. 125, 34-44. Published, 07/01/2018.
  • Zhang H. & Agrawal S. (2018). An Active Neck Brace Controlled by a Joystick to Assist Head Motion. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Vol. 3, 37-43. Published, 01/01/2018.
  • Park JH & Stegall P (2017). Walking With aBackpack Using Load Distribution and Dynamic Load Compensation Reduces Metabolic Cost and Adaptations to Loads. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Vol. 25, 1419-1430. Published, 10/01/2017.
  • Zhang H. & Agrawal S. (2017). Kinematic Design of a Dynamic Brace for Measurement of Head/Neck Motion. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Vol. 2, 1428-1435. Published, 07/01/2017.
  • Zhang H., Kadrolkar A. & Sup F. (2016). Design and preliminary evaluation of a passive spine exoskeleton. Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME. Vol. 10. Published, 03/01/2016.
  • Joshua GA Cashaback, Jessica L Allen, Amber Hsiao-Yang Chou, David J Lin, Mark A Price, Natalija K Secerovic, Seungmoon Song, Haohan Zhang & Haylie L Miller (2024). NSF DARE—transforming modeling in neurorehabilitation: a patient-in-the-loop framework. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. Published, 02/13/2024.
  • Colin Rubow, Tristan Archuleta & Haohan Zhang (2023). Spring Locus Design for Gravity Balanced Mechanisms. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Published, 08/20/2023.
  • David Demaree & Haohan Zhang (2023). A Structurally Enhanced Neck Exoskeleton to Assist with Head-Neck Motion. IEEE. 1-7. Published, 04/29/2023.
  • G. Tello, K. Choi, J. Kim and H. Zhang, "Design of a Hands-Free Braille Display Using a Pneumatically Controlled Wristband," 2022 IEEE Sensors, Dallas, TX, USA, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/SENSORS52175.2022.9967078. Published, 10/30/2022.
  • H. Zhang, B. -C. Chang, P. Kulkarni, J. Andrews, N. A. Shneider and S. Agrawal, "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Regain Head-Neck Control Using a Powered Neck Exoskeleton," 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2022, pp. 01-06, doi: 10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925452. Published, 08/21/2022.
  • Zhang, H. "Multi-Axes Series Elastic Actuation: A Computer Model." Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 7: 46th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR). St. Louis, Missouri, USA. August 14–17, 2022. V007T07A051. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2022-90117. Published, 08/14/2022.
  • Chang, B., Zhang, H., Long, S., Obayemi, A., Troob, S., & Agrawal, S. (2021). A novel neck brace to characterize neck mobility impairments following neck dissection in head and neck cancer patients. Wearable Technologies, 2, E8. doi:10.1017/wtc.2021.8. Published, 07/20/2021.
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  • A PRADO, H ZHANG & S AGRAWAL (2021). Artificial Neural Networks to Solve Forward Kinematics of a Wearable Parallel Robot with Semi-rigid Links. IEEE. 14524-14530. Published, 05/30/2021.

Research Keywords

  • Robotics

Presentations

  • G. Tello, K. Choi, J. Kim and H. Zhang, "Design of a Hands-Free Braille Display Using a Pneumatically Controlled Wristband," 2022 IEEE Sensors, Dallas, TX, USA, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/SENSORS52175.2022.9967078. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/30/2022.
  • H. Zhang, B. -C. Chang, P. Kulkarni, J. Andrews, N. A. Shneider and S. Agrawal, "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Regain Head-Neck Control Using a Powered Neck Exoskeleton," 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2022, pp. 01-06, doi: 10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925452. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/21/2022.
  • Zhang, H. "Multi-Axes Series Elastic Actuation: A Computer Model." Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 7: 46th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR). St. Louis, Missouri, USA. August 14–17, 2022. V007T07A051. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2022-90117. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/16/2022.

Research Groups

  • Adam Reinsch, Graduate Student. Mechanical Engineering. 08/15/2023 - present.
  • Kimia Khoshnami, Graduate Student. Mechanical Engineering. 08/01/2023 - present.
  • Joseph Brignone, Graduate Student. Mechanical Engineering. 06/01/2023 - present.
  • McKinley Blandford, Undergraduate Student. 05/15/2023 - 08/15/2023. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: UROP.

Patents

  • Wearable Apparatuses, Methods, and Systems for Diagnosis, Analysis, Therapy and Other Uses (#11273069). Status: Issued. Inventors: Sunil K. Agrawal, Newark, DE (US); Haohan Zhang, New York, NY (US). File date 01/2016; Issue date 03/15/2022. Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US). Country: United States.