Dr. Arash Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi, PhD, leads the Rehabilitation Engineering Center within the Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals. He holds a PhD in Exercise Science and Biomechanics from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of Semnan, Iran. Dr. Gonabadi has extensive experience in modeling, designing, and analyzing humans and machinery. He works collaboratively with patients, clinicians and researchers to design hardware and software technology innovations that address the immediate clinical needs of adults and children recovering from various injuries and illnesses including COVID-19. Dr. Gonabadi’s research spans assistive devices, exoskeletons, human movement variability, and artificial intelligence methods. His ongoing projects include optimizing wearable sensors and robots (e.g., hip exoskeletons), waist tethers, human-in-the-loop optimization, and estimating metabolic costs.