Samuel Elias
Samuel Elias
He is a mechanical engineer and has worked as a design engineer in the AEC industry.
He joined Biorehab group,CMC Vellore and R2D2, IITM in September 2019 as a project associate and had worked on design and fabrication of Arm Rehabilitation Robot (AREBO). The opportunity to broaden his skill set while working on cost-effective and innovative projects that could positively influence lives has driven him towards assistive technologies.
He is currently pursuing his MS. in Bioengineering and is working on developing an instrumented treadmill for wheelchair users and an IMU based tracker to monitor wheelchair use, as a part of his thesis.
He loves adventure sports and playing basketball and football.
Sujith Christopher
Sujith Christopher
Sujith is a MS Bioengineering student in CMC. He has a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Karunya University, Coimbatore. After that, he joined the Department of Radiation Oncology, CMC Vellore, as a Research Fellow under the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) project, in 2017. During his tenure in Radiation Oncology, he was also involved in teaching Basic electronics and MatLab programming for BSLAP and M.Sc. medical physics students.
Sujith joined our lab as a Research Fellow in 2021, on a computer vision-based project for upper-limb assessment and is currently pursuing MS in Bioengineering. He is working on the Instrumented Arm-Skateboard (ARMBO) – a device that can be used for upper-limb assessment and rehabilitation, as part of his MS thesis.
Sujith loves to teach programming languages. He also likes to play guitar in his leisure time.
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Diwakar Reddy
Diwakar Reddy
Diwakar graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut in 2021. He then joined the Biological Learning and Rehabilitation Group at Christian Medical College Vellore for his Master’s degree. Currently, he is working on two projects: ROMIU, a device to measure joint range of motion, and AFFECT-AI for long-term monitoring of hemiparetic patients. Diwakar is interested in linear algebra, signal processing, and machine learning. He enjoys reading and playing badminton in his free time.
Dyan Raj C
Dyan Raj C
Dyan has completed his B.tech in Biomedical Engineering from Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore. He is currently pursuing his MS in Bioengineering from Christian Medical College, Vellore. He is working on a neuro monitoring device with the Department of Endocrinology, which is used to study the functional integrity of the recurrent laryngeal nerves, post thyroidectomy surgeries. Dyan’s research interests lie in the areas of medical instrumentation and neuroscience.
His other interests are travelling, exploring new places and music.
Blessed Joshua A
Blessed Joshua A
Joshua is a MS Bioengineering Student in our Department. He has a bachelor’s degree in BioMedical Engineering from Alpha College of Engineering,Chennai. After a brief exposure in Bangalore Baptist hospital as BioMedical Engineer, he worked in Asha Kiran Hospital for 4 years in various capacities as Biomedical Engineer & Safety officer.
He is working on FLAMOS( Flap Monitoring system)- a device to measure the saturation of Blood Oxygen and Temperature in Flaps( Plastic Surgery).His area of interest is Biomaterials & Instrumentation and application in the Medical field. During his leisure time, he loves to read Books and travel to different places.