Publications & Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

  1. Lakmazaheri, A., Collins, S. H. (2025). Biofeedback speeds adaptation to exoskeleton gait assistance. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2025.06.21.660857
  2. Lakmazaheri, A., Collins, S. H. (2025). Characterizing expert exoskeleton-assisted gait: insights to accelerate ankle exoskeleton mastery. In press at IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. PDF [Invited Journal Publication]
  3. Lakmazaheri, A.*, Song, S.*, Vuong, B. B., Biskner, B., Kado, D. M., & Collins, S. H. (2024). Optimizing exoskeleton assistance to improve walking speed and energy economy for older adults. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 21(1), 1. doi:10.1186/s12984-023-01287-5 *contributed equally
  4. Franks, P., Bryan, G., Martin, R., Reyes, R., Lakmazaheri, A., & Collins, S. (2021). Comparing optimized exoskeleton assistance of the hip, knee, and ankle in single and multi-joint configurations. Wearable Technologies, 2, E16. doi:10.1017/wtc.2021.14
  5. Adler, J.M., Lakmazaheri, A., O'Brien, E., Palmer, A., Reid, M., Tawes, E. (2019). Identity integration in people with acquired disabilities: A qualitative study. Journal of Personality. 89(1), 84-112. doi:10.1111/jopy.12533
  6. Mason, A.E., Adler, J.M., Puterman, E., Lakmazaheri, A., Brucker, M., Aschbacher, K., & Epel, E.S. (2019). Stress resilience: Narrative identity may buffer the longitudinal effects of chronic caregiving stress on mental health and telomere shortening. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 77, 101-109. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2018.12.010

Presentations:

  1. Training for Adaptability: Integrating Motor Learning Frameworks into Coaching Practice (2025). Stanford Athletics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. [Invited Talk]
  2. Toward Co-Adaptive Human-Exoskeleton Interaction (2025). Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Video [PhD Dissertation Defense]
  3. Toward Co-Adaptive Human-Exoskeleton Interaction (2025). Bioengineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA. [Invited Talk]
  4. Training and Optimization Techniques to Improve Human-Exoskeleton Interaction (2025). Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. [Invited Talk]
  5. Learning from Experts: Accelerating Exoskeleton Training with Biofeedback (2025). IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, RehabWeek, Chicago, IL. [Podium Presentation; Best Student Paper Award]
  6. Optimizing Exoskeleton Assistance to Improve Walking Speed and Energy Economy for Older Adults (2023). American Society of Biomechanics, Knoxville, TN. Abstract | Poster [Thematic Poster and Oral Presentation]
  7. Optimizing Musculotendon Parameters to Simulate Walking with Ankle-Foot Orthoses in Children with Cerebral Palsy (2019). Center for Neurotechnology Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Video | Poster [Podium Presentation; Poster Presentation]
  8. Exploring Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials with Video Stimuli (2019). Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. [Poster Presentation]
  9. Cross-Robot Core Software Architecture for Real-Time Humanoid Control (2018). Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. [Poster Presentation]
  10. Brain-Actuated Robotics: Controlling a Humanoid Using Electroencephalography (2016). London International Youth Science Forum, Imperial College London, London, England. [Poster Presentation]
  11. Featured Speaker on Good Morning Washington (2015). ABC 7 News, Arlington, VA. [Invited Media Talk]
  12. Turning Brainwaves into Action (2015). TEDxYouth, Zhengzhou, China. [Invited Talk]

Reports:

  1. The New College for Humanistic Engineering: Curricular Strategies to Educate Engineers as Liberal Learners (2023). Higher Education and Society, Stanford University. PDF
  2. Who is Walking Whom? Control Strategies for Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking (2021). Biomechanics of Movement, Stanford University. PDF
  3. Software Architecture for Humanoid Control: Review & Guide (2018). Terrestrial Robotics Engineering and Controls Laboratory, Virginia Tech. PDF
  4. Brain-Actuated Robotics: A Logic-Based Approach for Multimodal Programming and Operation of Assistive Humanoid Robots (2016). Intel Science Talent Search, Society for Science. PDF
  5. Turning Brainwaves into Action: Meet ARTIE, the Robot Activated by Thoughts. (2015) Imagine Magazine, Johns Hopkins University Press. PDF