IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), have announced the incoming appointment of Professor He (Helen) Huang as editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE). Her duties will commence on January 1, 2024.
Dr. Huang's research focuses on neural-machine interfaces, prosthetic and exoskeleton control, human-robot interaction, and human movement control. She has more than 15 years of experience as a professor and currently teaches at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. She is the Jackson Family Distinguished Professor within the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) of both universities and is the director of the Closed-Loop Engineering for Advanced Rehabilitation core. Dr. Huang also co-founded AVEX Motion, in 2022, a spin-off of her research lab work in wearable robotics and rehabilitation at the Joint Department of BME.
Dr. Huang earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Arizona State University. She has earned numerous accolades, including the Delsys Prize for Innovation in Electromyography, the Mary E. Switzer Fellowship with NIDRR (now NIDILRR), the NSF CAREER Award, the ASA SPES Award, and the ALCOA Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award. She is a distinguished fellow of AIMBE, and IEEE and a member of many other esteemed organizations.
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