Aspire Create
Our work
Set up in 2014, Aspire CREATE develops translational research to improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries (SCIs). We investigate techniques that are applicable and transferable between different domains in related areas of interest. These include, but are not limited to:
- spinal cord and nerve injury
- stroke
- muscular dystrophy
- amputation
- ageing populations
- training of specialised skills (e.g., surgical).
We regularly invite school students to test our projects and get involved in the science. This is one of our favourite engagement activities. The students learn a lot, and our team learns from them too.
Research themes
Our facilities
Aspire Create is well-equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for developing and evaluating assistive and rehabilitative technologies. Our key lab facilities include dedicated:
- Mechatronic workshop
- Mechanical testing workshop
- Robotics lab
- 3D printing lab
- CAD/CAM facilities
- HaMMoC - Human and machine motion capture platform, with full-body optical tracking
- 2 x Human experiment labs
Our people
Head:
Ìý(2014-2022)
Members
- Research Associates
- Dr Sean Doherty (Postdoc) |Ìýsean.doherty.15@ucl.ac.uk
- Dr Elliott Magee (Postdoc) | e.magee@ucl.ac.uk
- Dr Ha Le (Postdoc) |Ìýh.le@ucl.ac.uk
Former associates
- Dr Tijana Jevtic | Postdoc
- Dr Kylie de Jager |Senior Postdoc
- Dr Stefan Catalin Teodorescu | Postdoc, 2018-2021
- Dr Harry Eberle | Postdoc, 2019-2021
- Dr Bonolo Mathibela |Postdoc, 2018-2021
- Dr Yazi Al’joboori | Postdoc
- Dr Fjodors Tjulkins |ÌýPostdoc, 2017-2018
- Dr Yazi Al’joboori | Postdoc
- Dr Henry Lancashire |ÌýPostdoc, 2017-2018
- Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah |ÌýPostdoc, 2017-2018
- Dr Michael Mentink |ÌýPostdoc, 2015-2017
- PhD students
- Ivy Mumuni | ivy.mumuni.23@ucl.ac.uk
- Ziyue Zhu | ³ú¾±²â³Ü±ð.³ú³ó³Ü.23°ª³Ü³¦±ô.²¹³¦.³Ü°ìÌý
- Haiming Luo | haiming.luo.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Jianan Chen | jianan.chen.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Xinkai Zhou | xinkai.zhou.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Yunyi Zhao | yunyi.zhao.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Yunjia Xia | yunjia.xia.18@ucl.ac.uk
- Marim Basiouny | marim.basiouny.19@ucl.ac.uk
- Irving Caplan | i.caplan@ucl.ac.uk
- Nayereh Seyedarabi | n.seyedarabi@ucl.ac.uk
Former PhD students
- Dr Constantinos (Costas) Heracleous | PhD Student
- Dr Elliott Magee | PhD Student
- Dr Reni Magbagbeola | PhD Student
- Dr Sarah Massey | PhD Student
- Nadia Sciacca | PhD Student
- Dr Fraje Watson | PhD Student
- Dr Bingqing (Pat) Zhang | PhD StudentÌý
- Dr Chinemelu Ezeh | PhD student, 2014-2018
- Dr Andrew Symonds | PhD student
- Research assistants
Former research assistants
- Johnny McNulty | j.mcnulty@ucl.ac.uk
- Peter Snow (PhD student) | p.snow@ucl.ac.uk
- George Walker | Ìýgeorge.walker@ucl.ac.uk
- Ha Le | Research Assistant, 2014-16
- Affiliated researchers
- Dr Henry LancashireÌý|Ìýh.lancashire@ucl.ac.uk
- Prof. Nick Donaldson | n.donaldson@ucl.ac.uk
- Prof. Catherine Holloway |Ìýc.holloway@ucl.ac.uk
- Dr Catalin Stefan Teodorescu |Ìýs.teodorescu@ucl.ac.uk
- Dr Giulia Barbareschi |Ìýgiulia.barbareschi.14@ucl.ac.uk
- Former students
UCL students
- Jonathan Derland | MSc 2022-23
- XiuyuanÌýLi | MSc 2022-23
- YuhanÌýLi Ìý| MSc 2022-23
- Tianheng Luo | MSc 2022-23
- Miguel Luzardo MartÃnez | MSc 2022-23
- Charlie Taylor | MSc 2022-23
- Yutong Wu | MSc 2022-23
- Richard Armstrong-Wood | MSc 2017-22 (modular flexible)
- Sanjith Chandran | MSc 2021-22
- Edmund Da Silva | MSc 2021-22
- Dikshya Gurung | MSc 2021-22
- Danelle Julal | MSc 2021-22
- Francesca Losacco | MSc 2021-22
- Elayna Render | MSc 2021-22
- Michael Warwick | MSc 2021-22
- Kwan Wong | MSc 2021-22
- Yaoxuan Huang | PGDip 2021-22
- Hannah Catherine Campbell | MSc, 2020-21
- Elisabeth Diane JoyceÌý | MSc, 2020-21
- Amber Ruth KiteÌý | MSc, 2020-21
- Chrysolvalanto MessiouÌý | MSc, 2020-21
- Stephanie Anne Stephanie PanousisÌý | MSc, 2020-21
- Paporn ChokpitiboonÌý| MSc, 2020-21
- Jack Evans | MSc, 2020-21
- Vitella Fomenko | MSc, 2020-21
- Federico Fries | MSc, 2020-21
- Chongli Gao | MSc, 2020-21
- Kukena Esther Kaindama | MSc, 2020-21
- Alina Khafizova | MSc, 2020-21
- Arnaud Jacques Hervé Lauriau | PGDip, 2020-21
- Athiya Anindya | MSc, 2019-20
- Elizabeth Reynolds |ÌýMSc, 2018-19
- Ms Lydia Mardell |ÌýMSc student, 2017-18
- Ms Susannah Lee |ÌýMSc student, 2017-18
- Ms Suji Im |ÌýMSc student, 2017-18
- Ms Ashley Coggins |ÌýMSc student, 2017-18
- Mr Devash Hanoomanjee |ÌýMSc student, 2016-17
- Ms Fatma Hegazi |ÌýMSc student, 2016-17
- Ms Mariam Hegazi |ÌýMSc student, 2016-17
- Mr Yu Imaoka |ÌýMSc student, 2016-17
- Ms Sarah Massey |ÌýMSc student, 2016-17
- Mr Jeremy Low |ÌýMSc student, 2015-16
- Mr Vincent (Vinnie) Kehoe |ÌýiBSc student, 2015-16
- Ms Darshni Pandya |ÌýiBSc student, 2015-16
- Mr Alex Zervudachi |ÌýiBSc student, 2015-16
- Mr Ashish Rathore |ÌýiBSc student, 2014-15
- Mr Matthew Willett |ÌýiBSc student, 2014-15Ìý
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Visiting students
- Martin Blondiau |ÌýVisiting student, 2018
- Nicholas Hautekeet |ÌýVisiting student, 2018
- Ms Louise Devigne |ÌýVisiting PhD, 2016 & 2017
- Mr Nicolas Le Borgne |ÌýVisiting student, 2017
- Mr Valentin Buereau |ÌýVisiting student,Ìý2016
- Mr Eric Sanchez |ÌýVisiting student,Ìý2016
- Mr Joris Van der Cruijsen |ÌýVisiting student,Ìý2014-15
- Mr Pierre Jestin |ÌýVisiting student,Ìý2014-15
- Mr Matthew Wilcox |ÌýVisiting student,Ìý2014-15
- Mr Antoine Mouraux |ÌýVisiting student,Ìý2014-15
- Ms Jeviya Mohanakrishnan |ÌýVisiting student,Ìý2014-15
- Mr Tiago Toste |ÌýVisiting student,Ìý2014-15
Funding / Partnerships
We are proud to be part of:
The organisations we work with include:
- Aspire Charity
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
- Barbara Bus Fund
- Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
We would like to thank the organisations that fund our work:
Selected publications
- Morbidi, F., Devigne, L., Teodorescu, C.S., Carlson, T., et al. (2022). . IEEE Robotics and Automation magazine, 2-14.
- Papadopoulou, A., Kumar, N.S., Vanhoestenberghe, A.Ìý& Francis, N.K. (2022). .ÌýThe British Journal of Surgery, znac191.
- Pacaux-Lemoine, M.P., Habib, L., Carlson, T. (2022). Levels of Cooperation in Human-Machine Systems: A Human-BCI-Robot example. In Fortino, G., Kaber, D., Nurnberger, A., Mendoca, D. (eds.), . Wiley-IEEE Press.
- Teodorescu, C., Zhang, B. &ÌýCarlson, T. (2021). .ÌýIFAC PapersOnLine 53-2 (2020) 10148–10153.
- Jiang, D., Liu, F., Lancashire, H.T., Vanhoestenberghe, A., et al. (2021). . Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15
- Peterken, F., Benjaber, M., Doherty, S., Donaldson, N., et al. (2021). .Ìý43rd International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society.
- Al'Joboori, Y., Hannah, R., Francesca, L., Duffell, L., et al. (2021). . Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15.
- Yue, K., Lancashire, H., de Jager, K., Vanhoestenberghe, A., et al. (2021). . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 1.
- Zhang, B., Eberle, H., Holloway, C., Carlson, T. (2021). . International Journal of Social Robotics, 14,Ìý631-643.
- Ghoreishizadeh, S.S., Liu, Y., Carminati, M. (2021). . IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 15 (5), 859.
- Debelle, A., Hesta, M., de Rooster, H., Vanhoestenberghe, A., et al. (2021). . Artificial Organs, 46 (6), 1055-1067.
- Debelle, A., de Rooster, H.,ÌýVanhoestenberghe, A., et al. (2021). . Medical Engineering and Physics, 92, 93-101.
- McNulty, J., de Jager, K., Lancashire, H.T., Vanhoestenberghe, A., et al. (2021). . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 1.
- Lamont, C., Grego, T., Vanhoestenberghe, A., Donaldson, N., et al.Ìý(2021). . Journal of Neural Engineering, 18.
- Oldfrey, B., Loureiro, R., Holloway, C., et al.Ìý(2021). . Medical Engineering & Physics, 87, 45-55.
- Watson, F., Fino, P.C., Heracleous, C., Loureiro, R., et al. (2021). . BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22 (1).
- Pacaux-Lemoine M-P.,ÌýHabib L., Sciacca N.Ìý&ÌýCarlson T. (2020). IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS),ÌýRome.
Abbink DA., Carlson T., Mulder M., de Winter JCF., et al. (2018). . IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 48(5), 509-525.
Rastegarpanah, A., Rakhodaei, H., Saadat, M., Loureiro, R.C.V., et al. (2018).Ìý. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. January 2018.
Snow, P.W., Sedki, I., Sinisi, M., Comley, R. &ÌýLoureiro, R.C.V. (2017).Ìý.ÌýInternational Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 1019-1024.
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How to reach usÌý
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Brockley Hill
Stanmore,ÌýHA7 4LP
- Our office: Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science. (Building 6, ref. 8D.)
- Our main lab: Peripheral Nerve Injury unit. (Building 37, ref. 5E.)
It can be trickyÌýto find your way around the site. We have created a photo guide to help you find our office.Ìý