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Designing my first prosthetic hand as a freshman student.

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Syracuse University, New York

Publication Date

March 25, 2022

Start Date

March 25, 2022

End Date

February 26, 2024

Page Count

2

DOI

10.18260/1-2--45409

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https://strategy.asee.org/45409

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Juan Pablo S. Sola Clarkson University

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Juan Pablo S. Sola grew up in Mexico and graduated from Hazen Union High School in Vermont, USA. Juan Pablo is currently a freshman at Clarkson University pursuing a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Robotics. Juan Pablo is currently involved in the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers as treasurer and in the Underwater Robotics SPEED Team as the 'Design and Build' Team Captain. He started researching Clarkson University during his first semester as an Undergraduate Student.

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Ernesto Sola-Thomas Clarkson University

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Undergraduate student pursuing a computer engineering major with a minor in software engineering. Actively involved in research. Currently, working with STM32 embedded systems, NRF52, FPGA, and the development of prosthetic devices. I have published 2 papers to IEEE and I presented at two conferences. Hardware Captain of the Underwater Robotics Speed team at Clarkson University. RA (Resident Advisor) for Clarkson University. Member of the Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers (SHPE).

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Masudul Imtiaz

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Dr. Masudul H Imtiaz is currently an assistant professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA, and head of the AI Vision, Health, Biometrics, and Applied Computing (AVHBAC) lab. Dr. Imtiaz received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied physics, electronics, and communication engineering from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Alabama in the summer of 2019. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama. His research interests include the development of wearable systems, mHealth, deep learning on wearables, biomedical signal processing, and computational intelligence for preventive, diagnostic, and assistive technology, with a special focus on health monitoring and rehabilitation. Dr. Imtiaz is also developing novel biometric technologies, ensuring the high enrollment and person verification accuracy. Currently, he directs a collaborative research platform, 'The Center for Advanced PCB Design and Manufacture'.

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Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this work is to develop a prosthetic hand aimed to replicate the performance, functionality, appearance, and comfort of a natural hand. The goal of the design was to develop an accessible substitution with a user-friendly interface requiring little to no training, and a high number of Degrees of Freedom. The proposed mechanical hand should be able to replicate most of the motion, and functions that a natural hand can perform like grasping a variety of objects, tactile feeling and recognition, and the manipulation of different shaped objects. This design was performed by a Mechanical Engineering Freshman student in his very first semester after performing a rigorous literature review. The design experience, trade-off, and learnings are presented in this paper to be replicated by a similar enthusiastic student.

S. Sola, J. P., & Sola-Thomas, E., & Imtiaz, M. (2022, March), Designing my first prosthetic hand as a freshman student. Paper presented at 2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference, Syracuse University, New York. 10.18260/1-2--45409

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