Mehrnaz Salehian

Home Lab:
Real-Time and Robotics Laboratory (LASA), with Prof. H.A. Talebi and Prof. S. M. Rezaee

Home University:
Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Visiting Lab:
Biorobotics Lab (BIOROB), with Prof. Auke Ijspeert
Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques (LSRO) with Prof. Hannes Bleuler

Visiting University:
EPFL, Switzerland

Year of visit:
6 months in 2017

Project:
Development and implementation of an exoskeleton controller for the mobilization of people with neurological disorders

The host labs and my supervisors strongly contributed to the quality of my research and I made a lot of new experience during the internship.

After finishing my internship, I applied for EDRS and EE Doctoral program of EPFL, and moreover I searched for jobs related to my background, Robotics and Medical Robots. In 2018, I started to work in one of the startup at the EPFL Innovation Park (DistalMotion) as an intern (control system engineer). I’m really interested to improve my skills in robotics and control system during this job and work as an expert in this area.

Working in an international environment allowed me to grow as a person and taught me how to adapt to new and challenging atmospheres. Therefore, I want to thank the NCCR Robotics team for giving me the chance to work here in Switzerland.