Lorenzo Masia

Biography

Lorenzo Masia graduated in Mechanical Engineering at “Sapienza” University of Rome in 2003, and in 2007 he accomplished his PhD in “Mechanical Measurement for Engineering” at the University of Padua with the Thesis “Design and Characterization of a Modular Robot for Hand Rehabilitation”.He was PhD visiting student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (from Jan- 2005 to Dec 2006) working at the Newman Lab for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation. Under the supervision of Dr. Hermano Igo Krebs and Prof. Neville Hogan, he designed the first prototype of InMotion Hand Robot for hand motor restoration, a modular device now commercialized by Interactive Motion Technologies Inc.(Cambridge, MA).He was a post-doctoral researcher (February 2007- February 2011) and held a Team-Leader position (March 2011- July 2013) at the Robotics Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department (RBCS) of Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) leading the Motor Learning and Rehabilitation Laboratory, focusing his research on design & development of novel mechatronic devices for rehabilitation and haptics. During the conference IEEE ICORR 2011 on Rehabilitation Robotics, he received the Best Paper Award, presenting a modular mechatronic device for fast estimation of end-point stiffness.He is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Meachanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore.

Research Interest

Robotic Rehabilitation, Mechanical & Control Design, Mechatronics & Haptics, Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movements.