Bita Fallahi
Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept
- fallahi@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-4843
- Address
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11-385 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Biomedical Engineering Control Systems
Announcements
Graduate Student Opportunity – MSc or PhD Position
Research Area: Magnetically actuated continuum robots (MCRs) for medical applications
Courses
ECE 240 - Continuous Time Signals and Systems
Introduction to linear systems and signal classification. Delta function and convolution. Fourier series expansion. Fourier transform and its properties. Laplace transform. Analysis of linear time invariant (LTI) systems using the Laplace transform. Prerequisites: ECE 202 or E E 240, MATH 201. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 240 or E E 238.
ECE 464 - Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Intervention
Basic concepts of computer-integrated intervention. Surgical CAD/CAM, assist and simulation systems. Actuators and imagers. Medical robot design, control and optimization. Surgeon-robot interface technology. Haptic feedback in surgical simulation and teleoperation. Virtual fixtures. Time delay compensation in telesurgery. Cooperative manipulation control. Overview of existing systems for robot-assisted intervention and for virtual-reality surgical simulation. Prerequisite: ECE 360 or ECE 462 or E E 357 or E E 462 or consent of the Department. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 464 or E E 464.
Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.