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ECHO Lab Presents at the 2023 HFES Healthcare Symposium

ECHO Lab members presented their work at the 2023 Human Factors and Ergonomics International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 1st year PhD student, Holden Duffie, presents his poster: Training and Design Environment Considerations for Future of Robotic Surgery. 2nd year PhD student, Alec Gonzales, presented his work titled: Compatibility of Exoskeletons …

Gonzales presents at the annual 2023 ACS Surgeons and Engineers: A Dialogue on Surgical Simulation

2nd year PhD Student, Alec Gonzales, presented his work titled: Justification of Shoulder and Back Support Exoskeletons for Minimally Invasive Surgeons and Operating Room Nurses to Reduce Musculoskeletal Symptoms during the 2023 American College of Surgeons Surgeons and Engineers: A Dialogue on Surgical Simulation annual meeting.

Cha Named 2023 CUSHR Faculty Fellow

ECHO Lab Members Present at HFES 2022

ECHO lab members present during the 66th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) in Atlanta, GA:

Gonzales Awarded IISE John. S.W. Fargher Scholarship

Alec Gonzales, second-year PhD student, was the recipient of the Institute of Industrial and System Engineer’s, 2022, John S.W. Fargher Scholarship.

ECHO Lab Members Present at the Clemson 6th Annual Summer CI+UR Showcase

Daniel Ludden, a junior industrial engineering student, presents his work: “Suit Up: Assessing Integration of Exoskeletons to Reduce the Physical Demands of Surgeons” at the Clemson Undergraduate Summer Creative Inquiry Showcase. Ludden, D., Gonzales, A., Barbieri, D., Carbonell, A., Joseph, A., Srinivasan, D., Cha, J. Suit Up: Assessing Integration of Exoskeletons to Reduce the Physical …

ECHO Lab Members Present at CECAS’s 9th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium

Junior industrial engineering student, Daniel Ludden, presents his work: “Suit Up: Assessing Integration of Exoskeletons to Reduce the Physical Demands of Surgeons”. Ludden, D., Gonzales, A., Barbieri, D., Carbonell, A., Joseph, A., Srinivasan, D., Cha, J. Suit Up: Assessing Integration of Exoskeletons to Reduce the Physical Demands of Surgeons. College of Engineering, Computing and Applied …

Gonzales Presents at IISE Annual Conference 2022

Alec Gonzales, a first-year PhD students, presents his work over “Retention of Robotic-Assisted Surgery Skills: Leveraging Scheduling and Training Tasks to Improve Performance” and “Evaluation of Interventions on Office Worker Health” at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineer’s Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.

Gonzales Awarded Two Clemson Fellowships

Alec Gonzales, second-year PhD student, was the recipient of the 2022-2023 Clemson University Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship and 2022-2023 Clemson University Graduate Diversity Doctoral Fellowship.

Gonzales Finalist in 2022 Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS)

Alec Gonzales, first year PhD student, was a finalist in the 2022 Clemson Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS) competition. He presented his work “Identifying Optimal Training Tasks and Scheduling Times to Improve Robotic-Assisted Surgery Training.”