AMIR HOOSHIAR: A sense of touch for heart surgeons using robots during surgery

Amir Hooshiar, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Concordia University, works on recreating tactile sensing (or haptic feedback) for surgeons during robot-assisted cardiovascular interventional surgery.
Amir Hooshiar received his Bachelor's and Master's in Biomedical Engineering with Honours from Amirkabir University of Tehran, Iran. He served as a Certified Medical Devices Expert for nine years before joining Concordia. Amir is a Vanier Scholar and the recipient of the prestigious NSERC Gilles-Brassard Doctoral Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in 2018. His doctoral research is under the supervision of Dr. J. Dargahi on recreating tactile sensing and haptic feedback for surgeons during robot-assisted cardiovascular interventional surgery.
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Nice Amir KHaan ;) Good Luck

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Thanks, buddy. Same to you.