October 2026
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Research Day 2026!
This annual event serves to showcase research and innovation within the medical school and to encourage deep dialogue and cross program exchanges between medical and graduate students, faculty and trainees. ReLLiNC Lab PhD candidates Eileen Petros, Lindsey Hauck, and Srikanth Chavali presented posters on their research at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC and Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center.
Congratulations to Eileen Petros and to Madelaine Blincoe from Ronald Triolo’s lab for winning the Outstanding Poster Award! Poster awards were selected by faculty and only the top 11% were recognized out of 220 posters.
A wonderful reflection of the talent and strength of our Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering!
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2026
Dr. Charkhkar, Dr. Triolo, and Lindsey Hauck attended the IROS 2026 Workshop - State of the Art in Robotic Leg Prostheses: Where We Are and Where We Want to Be in Pittsburgh, PA! Lindsey presented a poster: Electrically Elicited Plantar Sensation Modulates EMG Activity in the Residual Limb: Implications for Prosthetic Control
September 2026
Two ReLLiNC Lab members, Skrikanth and Jacob, presented at the Midwest American Society of Biomechanics Conference at Cleveland State University!
PhD candidate Srikanth Chavali gave an oral presentation in the Sports & Comparative/Functional Movement section
Undergraduate Jacob Rollins presented a poster in the Neurorehabilitation & Assistive Technology section
May 2025
- Dr. Suzhou Li has officially graduated with his doctorate! While we will miss him at ReLLiNC we can't wait to see what he does next.
- Hannah was recognized for her invaluable work as part of the BME PhD recruiting team and as president of the BME Graduate Student Association with two awards: Excellence Award for Departmental and External Service and the Dr. Dorothy Pijan Student Leadership Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Officer. Well deserved awards for some amazing work by Hannah!
- Finally, this month the team had a great presence at VA Research day which showcases all the excellent work at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center that improves healthcare for veterans.
April 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Suzhou Li for successfully defending his thesis on the sensorimotor integration of electrically elicited plantar sensation!!
February 2025
Lindsey and Suzhou competed in the final round of CWRU's Three Minute Thesis Competition. They did a great job communicating the impact of their work succinctly and compellingly!
January 2025
The ReLLiNC team published two new articles this month!
- "Long-term performance and stability of implanted neural interfaces in individuals with lower limb loss" Eileen Petros, Michael Miller, Jeremy Dunning, Gilles Pinault, Dustin Tyler, Ronald Triolo and Hamid Charkhkar
- "A sensory neuroprosthesis enhances recovery from treadmill-induced stumbles for individuals with lower limb loss" Suzhou Li, Ronald J. Triolo & Hamid Charkhkar
October 2024
October was a busy conference season for ReLLiNC!
Hannah and Eileen attended the AIMBE Public Policy Institute in Washington DC to hear from leaders in science policy and advocacy. Speakers from the FDA, NIH, Union of Concerned Scientists, AAAS, and more spoke on topics ranging from medical device regulation and AI in policy.
Shortly after, the team attended BMES 2024 in Baltimore. Eileen gave a podium presentation on her dual-task work and Julianne presented a poster at the conference. Hannah represented CWRU BME on the exhibit floor and met with prospective graduate students.
August 2024
- Congrats to our Wen H Ko Summer Internship students! Dylan Zhu won first place at the summer poster session and Julianne Sweet will be presenting her poster at BMES in October!
- Welcome Ricardo Siu! He will be joining our team as a Research Associate. He received his PhD from Florida International University and has completed post docs at University at Louisville and here at CWRU