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Taylor Higgins

2017-2022, Now: Assistant Professor at Florida State University

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Email
tgambon@nd.edu

Originally from Simpsonville, SC, I attended Clemson University for my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. In 2022, I graduated from the University of Notre Dame with my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering advised by Dr. Jim Schmiedeler and Dr. Pat Wensing. My dissertation work specifically aimed to identify human gait speed intentions for lower-limb exoskeletons. After Notre Dame, I took a postdoc position at UT Austin with Dr. Ann Majewicz Fey working on optimal haptic guidance strategies for surgical robotics.  In 2023 I will start as an assistant professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee where I will continue my work to increase the fluency of a broad spectrum of human/robot interactions.

Experience

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University (2023 - Present)

Postdoctoral Associate, Human-Enabled Robotic Technology, The University of Texas at Austin (2022-2023)

Education

Ph.D. University of Notre Dame (2022)

B.S. Clemson University (2017)

Award

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2018)

First-Year Engineering Teaching Apprenticeship Program (FYETAP) (Fall 2020 & Spring 2021)

Publication

Journal

  • T. M. Gambon, J. P. Schmiedeler, and P. M. Wensing. Effects of user intent changes on onboard sensor measurements during exoskeleton-assisted walking. IEEE Access, 8:224071– 224082, Dec 2020. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3044255.

Conference

  • T. M. Gambon, J. P. Schmiedeler, and P. M. Wensing. Exoskeleton user intent identification via the Mahalanobis distance. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE RAS/EMBS Interna- tional Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB), pages 1115– 1121, New York, NY (virtual), Nov./Dec. 2020. doi: 10.1109/BioRob49111.2020.9224299.

  • T. M. Gambon, J. P. Schmiedeler, and P. M. Wensing. Characterizing intent changes in exoskeleton-assisted walking through onboard sensors. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pages 471–476, Toronto, ON, CA, June 2019. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779503.

  • R. M. Karulkar, T. M. Gambon, and P. M. Wensing. Adapting the dual-slip model for low-speed walking using leg stiffness modulation. In Proceedings of the Midwest American Society of Biomechanics Regional Meeting, 2019.

  • T. M. Gambon, P. M. Wensing, and J. P. Schmiedeler. Intent changes during locomotion in a robotic exoskeleton. In Proceedings of the Midwest American Society of Biomechanics Regional Meeting, 2019.

External

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