Contact
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Education
- 2020 - Present: PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- 2014 - 2018: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA
Research Interests
- Steerable Catheter Design, Modeling, and Control
- Sensing Modalities for Endovascular Procedures
- Mechanics Modeling of Flexible Rods
- Medical Image Segmentation and Image-Guided Control
Experience
- June 2018 - July 2020: Mechanical Engineer, Neocis Inc, Miami, FL
- May 2017 - May 2018: Intern, Medtronic, North Haven, CT
- May 2016 - May 2017: Intern, Medtronic, Boston, MA
Publications
- N. Shihora, J. Lawson, P. Moubarak, M. Reese, L. Wang and N. Simaan, "On the Use of Tension Transition Zones for Kinematic and Compliance Performance Analysis of Wire-actuated Continuum Robots," 2024 Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics (JMR) (Accepted)
- C. Abah, J. Lawson, R. Chitale and N. Simaan, "Self-steering Catheters for Neuroendovascular Interventions," 2024 Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (TMRB) (Accepted)
- J. Lawson, M. Veliky, C. Abah, M. Dietrich, R. Chitale and N. Simaan, "Endovascular Detection of Catheter-Thrombus Contact by Vacuum Excitation," 2024 Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
- J. Lawson, R. Chitale and N. Simaan, "Model-based Pose Estimation of Steerable Catheters under Bi-Plane Image Feedback," 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK, 2023