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Ashkan Pourkand Ashkan was born in Tehran. He moved to United State after he received his B.S. degree in Mining Engineering from Tehran University. He received his first M.S in Geomechanics from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, where his thesis research involved the application of image processing and particle tracking in the laboratories test. Later he joined the Robotic Interfaces lab at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and received his second Masters in Mechanical Engineering. He worked on multiple skill assessment and haptics projects for orthopedic training. Ashkan earned a Ph.D. in the School of Computing at Utah, where his dissertation research involved the design and control of a new generation of untethered magnetic haptic display. After defending his dissertation, Ashkan became a postdoctoral researcher with Pierre Dupont at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
PublicationsL. N. Pham, G. F. Tabor, A. Pourkand, J. L. B. Aman, T. Hermans, and J. J. Abbott, "Dexterous magnetic manipulation of conductive non-magnetic objects", Nature, 598:439-443, 2021.
A. Pourkand and J. J. Abbott, "Magnetic Actuation with Stationary Electromagnets Considering Power and Temperature Constraints", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(4):6964-6971, 2020.
A. Pourkand and J. J. Abbott, "Hybrid Force-Moment Braking Pulse: A Haptic Illusion to Increase the Perceived Hardness of Virtual Surfaces", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(3):4588-4595, 2020.
A. Pourkand and J. J. Abbott, "A Critical Analysis of Eight-Electromagnet Manipulation Systems: The
Role of Electromagnet Configuration on Strength, Isotropy, and Access", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4):2957-2962, 2018. Erratum, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2):2251, 2019.
Ashkan Pourkand, Naghmeh Zamani, David Grow, Mechanical model of orthopaedic drilling for augmented-haptics-based training, In Computers in Biology and Medicine, Volume 89, 2017, Pages 256-263, ISSN 0010-4825 Pourkand A, Salas C, Regalado J, et al. Objective Evaluation of Motor Skills for Orthopedic Residents Using a Motion Tracking Drill System: Outcomes of an ABOS Approved Surgical Skills Training Program. The Iowa Orthopaedic Journal. 2016;36:13-19. Razavi, M. R., Pourkand, A., & Mojtabai, N. (2014, August 18). Challenges in Determination of Brazilian Test Rock Specimens Surface Displacements by Using Digital Image Cross-Correlation. American Rock Mechanics Association. Deana Mercer, Ashkan Pourkand, Christina Salas, David Grow. Objective evaluation of motor skills training effectiveness for orthopaedic residents using a haptic motion tracking drill system. PowerPoint presented at Western Orthopaedic Association 79th Annual Meeting; July 29-Aug 1 2015; Coeur d'Alene, ID. Pourkand, A. (2016). Robotic tools for improving the quality of bone drilling (Order No. 10163682). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1831357363). Motion_tracking Drill System Using a Haptic Device for Evaluating and Training Motor Skill of Orthopaedic Resident Physicians Outside the Operating Room: A Pilot... A Pourkand, C Salas, D Mercer, D Grow The University of New Mexico Orthopaedics Research Journal 4, 29-31 Determination of Micro Displacement Fields on the Rock Surface Using Digital Image Correlation A Pourkand New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology |