Tess Bisbee Meier

• Master's Student
• Robotics Engineering
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Contact Information

• Lab
• • 85 Prescott Street
  • Room 230 (Beside RBE office)
  • Phone: 508-831-5191
• Mailing Address
• • 85 Prescott Street
  • 2nd Floor, Robotics Engineering
  • Worcester, MA 01605
• E-mail
• tbmeier@wpi.edu

Education

• B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 2018

Research Interests

• Assistive Upper Extremity Exoskeletons
• Human Motion Studies
• Biofabrication Automation Robots
• EMG methods for device control

About Me

My goal is to research and develop inclusive, controlled, assistive devices and rehabilitation robotics by studing human motion and conducting physiological testing. I am also interested in robotic automation of human processes in biofabrication.

Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

1. Nycz CJ, Meier TB, Carvalho PA, Meier G, Fischer GS, Design Criteria for Hand Exoskeletons: Measurement of Forces Needed to Assist Finger Extension in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol 3, No 4, pp 3285-3292, July 2018. IEEE
   

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. Meier TB, Carvalho PA, Gandomi KS, Fischer GS, Nycz CJ, Assisting Hand Movement of TBI Patients Through Robotic Orthoses, Hamlyn Symposium, London, UK, June 2019. Hamlyn Proceedings
   
2. Mbanisi KC, Kimpara H, Meier TB, Gennert MA, Li Z, Learning Coordinated Vehicle Maneuver Motion Primitives from Human Demonstration, 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp 1677-1684, Oct 2018.