Smart Medical Devices Lab (SMDL)

Personnel

Principal Investigator

Jong Yoon, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of STEM at the University of Washington Bothell. Before joining UW Bothell in 2014, he was with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar (2009-2014). From 1997 to 2001, he worked as a research engineer at Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Korea, where he designed various precision motors for information and optical devices.

He obtained his B.E. degree from Hong Ik University, Seoul, in 1995, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 2004 and 2009, respectively, all in mechanical engineering.

Dr. Jong Yoon currently advises three student groups. The TrickFire Robotics club is a team of self-motivated UW Bothell students who come from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. From 2016 to 2021, our team participated in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition (Mars RMC), held annually at the  Kennedy Space Center. Since 2023, the robotics team has competed in the University Rover Challenge at Mars Desert Research Station, Utah. UWB Eco car club competes in the annual Shell Eco-marathon Americas, held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis each April, aiming to push new boundaries and encourage innovation in energy efficiency. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) student chapter at the UW Bothell campus provides students with opportunities for professional development, networking, and participation in technical activities.

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Current Students (UW Bothell)

  • Brooke Ojala (ME senior), Collaborative Robot with a Portable Ultrasound Machine project, user interface design
  • Richard Perdomo (MSEE student), Interactive Learning of Objects’ Parameters for Better Robotic Grasping
  • Aidan Bilheimer (ME senior), Collaborative Robot with a Portable Ultrasound Machine project, Carotid phantom
  • UV Raz (CSS senior), Refining a brain-guided robot to gamify therapy for visual neglect-type stroke

Alumni/Former Students

  • Jamie Feinstein (ME, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, summer intern), sleep apnea treatment device development
  • Shuoren Leo Xiang (ME senior), Collaborative Robot with a Portable Ultrasound Machine project, force feedback for ultrasound imaging
  • Aditya S. Pillai (BSCE), CJ McCullum-Zempel (BSME), (jointly with Dr. Pierre Mourad), Refining a brain-guided robot to gamify therapy for visual neglect-type stroke
  • Hanna Park and Dahryn Kim (High School volunteer student)
  • Woojin Kim (High School volunteer student)
  • Beck Rice-Narusch (BSME), Smart Wheelchair Project
  • Brian E. Gonzalez-Montoya (BSME), Collaborative Robot with a Portable Ultrasound Machine project, machine vision
  • Ethan Han (BSME), Collaborative Robot with a Portable Ultrasound Machine project, force feedback for ultrasound imaging
  • Vyom Pulivendula (BSME), Collaborative Robot with a Portable Ultrasound Machine project, carotid artery phantom development
  • Vladmir Roca (BSME), Aakanksha Patel (NM at UW), Collaborative robot arm project
  • Yanda Bao (High School volunteer student), Collaborative Robot with a Portable Ultrasound Machine project
  • Asim Burak (pre-major), Human perception project
  • Maria Barrios Hernandez, Eric Mendoza (Heritage University), HU STEM REU research project, ‘Automating a Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging Exam’
  • Nawal Hersi (BSEE), Collaborative robot arm project
  • Young Beum Cho (BSEE, Undergraduate), Height adjustable smart wheelchair project
  • Patrick Alan McCurry (MSEE), Tethered capsule project, collaborative robot project
  • Peter Wonkey Chung (BSEE, Undergraduate), Tethered capsule project, user interface
  • Elizabeth Mun-Wai Broadwell (UWS, Undergraduate), Tethered capsule project, CO2 sensor
  • Michael Yacoub (BioChem, Undergraduate), Measurement and Verification of CO2 gas sensor for Helico pylori infection
  • Samuel Ionesi (BSME), Sustainability of In-Situ Resource Utilization: Lunar Steel Stock Production, independent study
  • Dennis Igawa (BSME), Robot palpation study project
  • Joseph Mertens, Jessica Hailey (BSME), Tethered capsule project, user interface
  • Daryl Hurwitz (BSME), Height adjustable smart wheelchair project
  • Nick deGrasse (BSME), Wheelchair seats and restroom use project
  • Sue Burns (BSME), Collaborative Robot project, force sensor
  • Dawson Brown (BSME), Collaborative Robot project, user interface design
  • Seungbo Ha (BSME), Automated Bladder Surveillance System, Tethered capsule project
  • Perapat Tantawarak (BSME), Smart Multifunction Toilet Wheelchair project
  • Daniel C. Robinson (BSME), Smart Multifunction Toilet Wheelchair
  • Shayan Ebrahimi, Yang Bai, Daniel Bui Huynh (BSME), Carpal Tunnel Assistive Devices
  • Young-Man Ashworth and Huy Hoang (BSME), Design of Exoskeleton for arthritis patient
  • Vincent Vic Valdez (BSME), Smart Multifunction Toilet Wheelchair
  • Andy Chapman (BSME), Design of Exoskeleton for arthritis patient
  • Megan Hewitt (BSME), Cystoscope project
  • John Lynch, Simranjeet Singh (BSME), Continuum multi-DOF shaft design

Visiting Scholars

  • Dr. Sang-Kon Lee, Advanced Mobility Components R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) (2024-2025)
  • Prof. Tae Dong Kim, Materials Science and Engineering, Hannam University (2020-2021)
  • Prof. Yeonbae Kim, Department of Applied Engineering, Seoul National University (2018-2019)