He (Helen) Huang, Ph.D.
Education and Training
Postdoc, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University, Neural Engineering Center of Artificial Limbs (NECAL), Chicago, IL
Ph.D., Arizona State University, Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Tempe, AZ
M.S., Arizona State University, Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Tempe, AZ
B.S., Xi’an Jiaotong University, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Xi’an, China
Academic Positions
09/2022 – Present Co-director, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center, Assisting Stroke Survivors with Engineering Technology (ASSET)
01/2020 – Present Jackson Family Distinguished Professor, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, NC State University and UNC at Chapel Hill
07/2017 – Present Professor, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, NC State University and UNC at Chapel Hill
09/2019 – Present Affiliated Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NC State University
07/2016 – Present Affiliated Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University
07/2014 – Present Director, Closed-Loop Engineering for Advanced Research (CLEAR) Core, NC State University
07/2014 – Present Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UNC-Chapel Hill
07/2013 – 06/2017 Associate Professor, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
08/2008 – 06/2013 Assistant Professor (2008-2012), Associate Professor (2013), Department of Electrical, Computer & Biomedical engineering, University of Rhode Island
05/2006 – 08/2008 Post-doctoral research associate, Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs (NECAL), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University
Honor
2023 Fellow, IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
2021 ALCOA Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award, NC State University
2021 Fellow, AIMBE (American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering)
2021 Statistics in Physical Engineering Sciences Award (SPES Award), American Statistical Association (ASA)
2020 Named to the Jackson Family Distinguished Professor, NC State University
2019 Selected Organization Committee Member for China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, US National Academy of Engineering, USA
2015 University Faculty Scholar, North Carolina State University
2015 Selected Participant for U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, US National Academy of Engineering, USA
2012 NSF Faculty Early CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, USA
2011 Outstanding Intellectual Property Development, Awarded by the President of URI
2008 Winner, the Delsys Prize for Innovation in Electromyography, Delsys Inc. MA, USA
2008 Switzer Research Fellowship: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education
2007 Globe Foundation Fellowship, Deerfield, IL, USA
2003 Outstanding Research Assistant (Accolades, May 2003), Arizona State University
1999 “XEROX” Fellowship, awarded by XEROX Corp., Shenzhen, China
1998 Lee Fook-sean Fellowship, awarded by Fook-sean Lee, the former chief justice of Hong Kong
Services
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Neural System and Rehabilitation Engineering (2024 – Present)
Editorial Board Member for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, (2022 – Present)
Standing Member for NIH MFSR Study Section, 2022-2026
Associate Editor for IEEE International Conference for Neural Engineering (NER), 2022
Guest Editor for the Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering (COBME), 2021-2023
Associate Editor for IEEE International Conference for Engineering of Medical and Biological Society (IEEE EMBC), 2020-present
Associate Editor for Wearable Technologies (2019 – 2023)
Associate Editor for IEEE International Conference for Robotics and Automation (IEEE ICRA), 2019-2022
Guest Associate Editor for a special issue on Wearable Robotics, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2019-2021
Award Review Board Member for the Delsys Prize, Delsys Inc. (2017-2021)
Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural System and Rehabilitation Engineering (2017-2023)
Associate Editor for Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation (2014-2023)
Associate Editor for IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Engineering (2012)
Member of DOD/CDMRP Programmatic Panel: Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program (OPORP), US Department of Defense (2017- 2020)
Member of VA/Rehab Research and Development Service (RR&D) Scientific Merit Review Board, US Department of Veterans Affairs (2018-2022)
Professional Affiliations
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Fellow, IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS) and Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS)
Member, Society For Neuroscience (SFN);
Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Member, American Society of Biomechanics (ASB)
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)