Prof. Dr. Roger Gassert

Area of Interest

Robotics, haptics, rehabilitation engineering, assistive technology

Tutor for Majors MSc HST:

  • Human Movement Science and Sport
  • Medical Technology
  • Neurosciences
  • Rehabilitation and Inculsion
Enlarged view: Roger Gassert

Contact

Prof. Dr. Roger Gassert
Full Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology
  • GLC G 20.2
  • +41 44 632 32 66

Rehabilitation Engineering
Gloriastrasse 37/ 39
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

Prerequisites a student should comply with

Interest in robotics, haptics, wearable sensors or noninvasive neuroimaging with clinical/neuroscience applications.

Recommended master courses (Electives I+II of Learning Agreement of the Major)

Human Movement Science and Sport:

376‐1651‐00 Clinical and Movement Biomechanics
376‐1306‐00 Clinical Neuroscience
376‐0221‐00 Advanced Topics in Neural Control of Movement
376‐0202‐00 Neural Control of Movement and Motor Learning
376‐1217‐00 Rehabilitation Engineering I: Motor Systems
376‐1219‐00 Rehabilitation Engineering II: Rehabilitation of Sensory and Vegetative Functions
376‐1719‐00 Statistics for Experimental Research
376‐1660‐00 Scientific Writing, Reporting and Communication
227‐0385‐00 Biomedical Imaging
227‐0386‐00 Biomedical Engineering
363‐0790‐00 Technology Entrepreneurship
376‐1720‐00 Application of MATLAB in the Human Movement Sciences

Medical Technology:

376‐1217‐00 Rehabilitation Engineering I: Motor Systems
376‐1219‐00 Rehabilitation Engineering II: Rehabilitation of Sensory and Vegetative Functions
401‐0629‐00 Applied Biostatistics
376-1712-00 Finite Element Analysis in Biomedical Engineering
376‐1974‐00 Colloquium in Biomechanics
227‐0969‐00 Methods & Models for fMRI Data Analysis
376‐1279‐00 Virtual Reality in Medicine
376‐1651‐00 Clinical and Movement Biomechanics
227‐0393‐00 Biosensors and Bioelectronics
376-1504-00 Physical Human-Robot Interaction

Neurosciences:

376‐1305‐01 Neural Systems for Sensory, Motor and Higher Brain Functions
376‐0202‐00 Neural Control of Movement and Motor Learning
376‐1306‐00 Clinical Neuroscience
227‐1035‐00 Dynamische Systeme in der Biologie
227‐1037‐00 Introduction to Neuroinformatics

Research projects of the group

  • Neurocognitive Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation of Hand Function
  • Sensor-Based Long-Term Activity Monitoring and Therapy in Stroke
  • Robot-Assisted Assessment of Sensorimotor Function
  • Autonomous Surgical Robotics
  • FMRI-Compatible Robotics to Investigate the Neural Mechanisms of Sensorimotor Control
  • Targeted Neural Intervention through Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback
  • FNIRS-Based Brain-Computer Interface for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation
  • Wearable Hand Exoskeleton for Assistance and Therapy in Activities of Daily Living
  • Instrumented White Cane to Assist Navigation in Visually-Impaired Persons
  • A Robotic Platform to Assess, Guide and Perturb Rat Forelimb Movements
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