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Current Lab Members

Photograph of Clive D'Souza

Clive D'Souza, PhD

Lab Director and Assistant Professor,
Departments of Rehabilitation Science & Technology, Ophthalmology, and Industrial Engineering

Research interests

human factors engineering; measurement of human movement, mobility and performance; wearable sensing and bioinstrumentation; accessibility and inclusive design

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Yue Qin, PhD student

Graduate Student Researcher

Research interests

Spatial knowledge acquisition for human cognitive maps

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Abrar Alamri, PhD student

Graduate Student Researcher

Research interests

Prosthetics and human performance

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Arman Assankhanov, PhD student

Graduate Student Researcher

Research interests

Autonomous vehicles, Human-computer interaction, GIS, Machine learning

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Annali Nelson, MS

Graduate Research Assistant

Research interests

Prosthetics, Orthotics, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation

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Nathaniel Jamison, MS

Graduate Research Assistant

Research interests

Prosthetics, Orthotics, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation

Former PhD Students

  • Sol Lim, PhD

    PhD IOE, 2019; MS BME, 2015, University of Michigan
    Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

  • Justin Haney, PhD

    PhD IOE, 2019; MS BME, 2014, University of Michigan
    Current position: Associate Service Fellow, Protective Technology Branch, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV

Former Graduate Students

  • Kamolnat 'Kam' Tabattanon

    MS IOE, 2021, University of Michigan

  • Yifan Li

    MS IOE, 2021, University of Michigan

  • Patrik Schuler

    MS IOE, 2021, University of Michigan

  • Alexandra 'Alex' Resto

    MS IOE, 2021, University of Michigan

  • Nicholas 'Nick' Sandhu

    MS IOE (Ergonomics), 2020, University of Michigan

  • Tianke (Kirk) Wang

    MS IOE, 2019, University of Michigan

  • Mohammad K. Keleshteri

    MS EECS, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Raissa Barros de Carvalho

    MS Design Science, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Mia Caminita

    MS IOE, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Ameya Bongale

    MS IOE, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Mais Dawleh

    MS IOE, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Joanna Chiang

    MS Kinesiology, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Gabriela Diaz

    MS BME, 2015, University of Michigan

  • Kristen Knuutila

    MS IOE, 2014, University of Michigan

  • Gopinath Jayaprakash

    MS IOE, 2014, University of Michigan

Former Undergraduate Students

  • Christopher Hudson

    BS ME, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Charles Peterkin

    BS IOE, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Duncan Macleod

    BS ME, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Angjela Keci

    BS IOE, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Joshua Lustig

    BS EECS & IOE Dual major, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Joelle Grider

    BS IOE, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Josefina Moni

    BS IOE with International Minor , 2018, University of Michigan

  • Dehao (Terry) Zhang

    BS IOE, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Kelly Schwab

    BS IOE, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Shelby Hubbell

    BS IOE, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Maggie Hafers

    BS IOE, 2018, University of Michigan

  • Jason Holmes

    BS ME, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Rebekah Menchak

    BS IOE, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Ocilio Terto De Lago

    BS IOE, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Sean Hayes

    BS IOE, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Chanmee Chung

    BS IOE, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Mary Owczarczak

    BS IOE, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Kellen Bixler

    BS CS, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Jiachen (Jason) Dou

    BS CS, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Alex Holtschneider

    BS Mathematics, University of Maryland, 2017, University of Michigan

  • Michelle Kleinau

    BS ME, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Aneesha Reddy

    BS IOE, Art & Design (minor), 2016, University of Michigan

  • Naboth Chimbala

    BS ME, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Matheus DeSouza

    BS IOE, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Andrea Case

    BS IOE, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Dongyun Xu

    BS IOE, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Yuanxin Zheng

    BS IOE, 2016, University of Michigan

  • Yang Li

    BS IOE, 2015, University of Michigan

  • Gabriella Willis

    BS CEE, 2014, University of Michigan

  • Carolina Lofgren

    BS LSA, 2014, University of Michigan

Join Us

Undergraduate Students

We hire undergraduate students to assist with human subject data collection, data processing and analysis during the academic year and summer months.

Students can work on a volunteer basis, as hourly paid assistants, for academic credit, or as part of the Frederick Honors College.

For information about these different opportunities, please also visit:

If interested in exploring research opportunities in our lab, please complete the RST department’s online Research Interest Form at this link and mention Dr. Clive D’Souza under research faculty of interest.

Masters Students

Masters students interested in working with us can do so either for research credit, or for hourly pay between 8 and 20 hours per week during the academic year, and up to 40 hours per week during summer months.

We welcome masters students from the health and rehabilitation disciplines (e.g., MRT, MSPO, OT), engineering (e.g., IE, BME, ME), computing (e.g., computer science, data science, geospatial statistics).

If interested in exploring research opportunities in our lab, please complete the RST department’s online Research Interest Form at this link and mention Dr. Clive D’Souza under research faculty of interest.

Promising masters students have the opportunity to continue on for a Ph.D. depending on interested and demonstrated potential for conducting independent research.

PhD Students

Our lab is currently recruiting PhD students that have an interest in one or more of the following areas: human factors / ergonomics (related to transportation, automated vehicle design, partial driving automation), rehabilitation engineering and/or assistive technology design, and developing methods that use wearable technologies and/or machine learning to measure functional mobility in laboratory and community settings.

PhD students can apply through either the PhD in Rehabilitation Science (https://www.shrs.pitt.edu/phdrs) or PhD in Industrial Engineering (https://www.engineering.pitt.edu/departments/industrial/graduate/doctoral-program/) program.

Interested students should contact Dr. Clive D’Souza directly by email (crd85@pitt.edu) along with a CV and short summary of your research interests prior to submitting their PhD application.

Post-doctoral Researchers

Our lab is presently looking to recruit an outstanding Post-doctoral Research Fellow for a one year, renewable appointment to participate in research that combines human factors engineering and assistive technology design. A PhD in engineering, rehabilitation science, computing, or related field is required. Interested individuals may contact Dr. Clive D’Souza directly by email (crd85@pitt.edu) along with a CV and short summary of your research interests.