Dejan Tepavac
Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
School of Medicine
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248294
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0620
(305) 284-4520
dtepavac@miami.edu
EDUCATION TEACHING RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS EXPERIENCE HONORS SERVICES
EDUCATION:
BS University of Belgrade, MS University of Belgrade, PhD University of Belgrade
TEACHING:
BME112 Introduction to Engineering, BME401 Senior Project I, BME402 Senior Project II, BME550 Rehabilitation Engineering,
BME570 Biosignal Processing, BME571 Biosignal Processing Lab (Matlab), BME614 Microcomputer based Medical Instrumentation
RESEARCH:
Active assistive rehabilitation devices, Non-numerical control of functional movements, Signal processing, Functional electrical stimulation, Long-term acquisition of biological signals, Microprocessor-based medical instrumentation, Expert systems
PROJECTS:
Body weight supported ambulation training after spinal cord injury, Long-Term Recording of Biological Signals, Programmable Functional, Electrical Stimulator with EMG Feedback
PUBLICATIONS:
Recent Selected Publications:
Tepavac D., Field-Fote E.C., "Vector coding: a technique for quantification of mulitcyclic angle-angle data," In press, Journal of Applied Biomechanics (MS#99-12-1).
Tepavac D., and Schwirtlich L., "Detection and prediction of FES induced fatigue," J. of Electromyography and Kinesiology, Vol. 7, 39-50 1997.
Tepavac D., and Medri E., "Force estimation using surface EMG in FES systems," J. Aut. Control, Vol 4:17-29, 1994.
Tepavac D., Swenson J.R., Stenehjem J., Sarjanovi? I. and Popovi? D., "Microcomputer based portable long-term spasticity recording system," IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., Vol.39, No. 4, pp. 426-431, 1992.
Popovi? D., Tomovi? R., and Tepavac D., "Heuristic control of locomotion," in Publ. Univ. Belgrade, Series: Automatic Control, Dejan Popovi?, Ed., pp. 85-100, 1991.
Popovi? D., Tomovi? R., Tepavac D., and Schwirtlich L., "Control aspects of active above-knee prosthesis," Int. J. Man-Machine Studies, vol. 35, pp. 751-767, 1991.
Tomovi? R., Anastasijevi? R., Vu?o I., and Tepavac D., "The study of locomotion by finite state models," Biological Cybernetics, 63:271-276, 1990.
EXPERIENCE:
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, 1998-present
Affiliated Faculty at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1999-present
Senior Research Associate, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami,1996-1999
Research Associate, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, 1991-1996
Research Associate, Institute for New Technologies, Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, University of Belgrade, 1986-1991
HONORS:
Member, Biomedical Engineering Society
SERVICES:
ABET EC 2000 Coordination Committee, 2000-present
