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Steven Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. His research focuses on understanding human movement control, characterizing movement disorders, and developing robotic technologies for rehabilitation. He has held academic and research positions at institutions including MIT, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Johns Hopkins University, and Kennedy Krieger Institute.
- Ph.D. in Mechanical and Medical Engineering from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (2008)
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT (2004)
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University (2001)
Dr. Charles’s research lies at the intersection of biomechanics, neuroscience, and robotics. He investigates how humans control movement, the role of passive stiffness in wrist dynamics, and the application of technologies like rehabilitation robots and motion capture systems to assess and assist patients with movement disorders. His work has significant implications for neurorehabilitation and prosthetics.
His recent publications emphasize essential tremor analysis, motor control in upper limb disorders, and the development of quantitative assessment tools using motion capture and robotics. Studies include tremor decomposition methods, coherence frameworks for motor inputs, and markerless monitoring systems for movement disorders.
Dr. Charles has contributed extensively to neuromechanics and rehabilitation engineering, with a focus on translating biomechanical insights into clinical applications. His work spans both theoretical modeling and practical device development, including instrumented figure skating blades and compliant robots for human-robot interaction.
