Conferences

Human Sensorimotor Dynamics During the Onset and Offset of Touch, With and Without Visual and Tactile Feedback

Mrigank Maharana, Bradley Lega, Ceci Verbaarschot. Human Sensorimotor Dynamics During the Onset and Offset of Touch, With and Without Visual and Tactile Feedback.

Poster presented at the 2026 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Poster presented at the 11th Annual BMEN Undergraduate Poster Competition, UT Dallas - Richardson, TX.

Towards Brain-Robot Shared Autonomy for Independent Feeding

Siyuan Tao, Leo Wu, Pedro C. Unikovski, Mrigank Maharana, Arnav Bhalla, Wensi Ai, Karthik Dharmarajan, Leigh R. Hochberg, Nicole Provenza, Sameer A. Sheth, Ruohan Zhang, and Nishal P. Shah. Towards Brain-Robot Shared Autonomy for Independent Feeding.

Poster presented at the 2026 InterfaceNeuro Conference, Rice University - Houston, TX.

“Typing-Blind” to Assess Distributed Sensorimotor Dynamics in Patients with Intact Hand Function

Mrigank Maharana, Bradley Lega, and Ceci Verbaarschot. “Typing-Blind” to Assess Distributed Sensorimotor Dynamics in Patients with Intact Hand Function.

Poster presented at the 2026 Undergraduate Research Scholar Awards (URSA) Semifinals, UT Dallas - Richardson, TX.
Poster presented at the 2026 Capital of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference (CTURC), UT Austin - Austin, TX.

Awards: Certificate of Commendation

Chronic Stability of Ruthenium Oxide Electrodes in Rat Motor Cortex

Mrigank Maharana, Mahasty Khajehzadeh, Justin R. Abbott, Elanor N. Jeakle, Thomas J. Smith, Joseph J. Pancrazio, and Stuart F. Cogan. Chronic Stability of Ruthenium Oxide Electrodes in Rat Motor Cortex.

Poster presented at the 2025 Undergraduate Research Scholar Awards (URSA) Semifinals, UT Dallas - Richardson, TX.

Emotion in Motion: Predicting Emotional States from Gait Biomechanics

Luke Fisanick, Angeloh Stout, Justin Cadenhead, Mrigank Maharana, Ashley Guzman, Katherine Brown, and Gu Eon Kang. Emotion in Motion: Predicting Emotional States from Gait Biomechanics.

Poster presented at the 2025 South-Central American Society of Biomechanics (SCASB) Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.

Sex-Based Differences in Dynamic Balance under Emotional States

Raha Bagheri, Ojas Kaveeshwar, Riya Shipurkar, Mrigank Maharana, Marvin Alvarez, Justin Cadenhead, Ashley Guzman, and Gu Eon Kang. Sex-Based Differences in Dynamic Balance under Emotional States.

Poster presented at the 2024 Summer Platform for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Symposium at UT Dallas - Richardson, TX.

Effects of Emotional States on Dynamic Balance

Mrigank Maharana, Justin Cadenhead, Connor Carnes, Riya Shipurkar, Raha Bagheri, and Gu Eon Kang. Effects of Emotional States on Dynamic Balance.

Poster presented at the 2024 South-Central American Society of Biomechanics (SCASB) Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.