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Karen Rodriguez Hernandez

Trainee patent attorney
2022 started off great for me as I joined NLO as a trainee patent attorney in the physics and mechanical engineering sector. I have a background in biomedical and biomechanical engineering and working experience in industry and research. During my career I have played the role of researcher, designer and advanced user of medical technology. These experiences allow me to communicate with a diversity of stakeholders and to look at new inventions and projects from an integral perspective.

Expertise

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Physics
  • Optics
  • Telecommunications
  • Mechanical Engineering

From an early age I was fortunate to navigate within international and multidisciplinary environments, from training clinical staff on the use of live support medical equipment in Mexico, to contributing to biomechanics and motor control research at institutes in Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Before NLO, I worked as a PhD candidate at TU Delft. My research focused on the pre-clinical application of a new inexpensive ankle-foot exoskeleton that assists voluntary movement of individuals with neural lesions.

As a researcher and developer of medical technology I understand the difficult process to bring new technology to the market

Training & Education

  • PhD in Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology (Expected 2022)
  • MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Delft University of Technology (2016)
  • BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Universidad Iberoamericana (2013)
  • Technical studies in Digital Systems, Instituto Politecnico Nacional (2008)

 

Publications 

  • B.W. Ossenkoppele, V. Daeichin, K.E. Rodriguez H, N. de Jong, M.D. Verweij, A.C. Schouten, W. Mugge, "System identification of ankle joint dynamics based on plane-wave ultrasound muscle imaging," 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2019
  • K.E. Rodriguez, J.H. de Groot; F. Baas; M. Stijntjes, F.C.T. van der Helm, H. van der Kooij, W. Mugge, "Passive Ankle Joint Stiffness Compensation by a Novel Ankle-Foot-Orthosis," 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (Biorob), 2018
  • H. Rouhani, K.E. Rodriguez, A.J. Bergquist, K. Masani, and M.R. Popovic, “Minimizing muscle fatigue through optimization of electrical stimulation parameters”, J. Biomed. Eng. Informatics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 33–43, 2017
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