Mr. Jian Zhang
	Ph.D. Candidate
	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
	Columbia University
	Lab: 245 S.W. Mudd Building
	Tel: 1-212-854-7715
	Email: jz2181@columbia.edu

Research Interests:

• Flexible Robots and Robots for Medical Surgery
• Mechantronics, Robotics and Control

Current Projects:

• Robotic-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery
• Automated Robotically-Based High-Throughput Radiation Biodosimetry

Publications:

• Zhang, J., Roland J.T., Manolidis, S., Simaan, N., ”Design and Path Planning of Wire Under-actuated Steerable Electrode Arrays for Optimal Insertion,” in preparation. Planned submission to IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO) in 2009.
• Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Wang, H., Garty, G., Xu, Y., Lyulko, O., Turner, H., Randers-Pehrson, G., Simaan, N., Yao, L., Brenner, D., “Development of a Robotic-based Automated Biodosimetry Tool for High-throughput Radiological Triage”, submitted to International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics (IJBBR), 2009.
• Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Wang, H., Garty, G., Xu, Y., Lyulko, O., Turner, H., Randers-Pehrson, G., Simaan, N., Yao, L., Brenner, D., “Rabit – Rapid Automated Biodosimetry Tool For High Throughput Radiological Triage,” ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE, 2009.
• Zhang, J., Wei, W., Ding. J., Rolant, T.J., Manolidis, S., Simaan, N., “Inroads towards Robot-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery using Steerable Electrode Arrays”, submitted to Otology  & Neurology special issue on Cochlear Implants, 2009.
• Zhang, J., Wei, W., Roland, J., Manolidis, S., Simaan, N., “Optimal Path Planning for Robotic Insertion of Steerable Electrode Arrays in Cochlear Implant Surgery”, in ASME Journal on Medical Devices, Vol 3., No. 1, pp. 011001, 2009.
• Zhang, J., Bhattacharyya, S., Simaan, N., “Model and Parameter Identification of Friction During Robotic Insertion of Cochlear-Implant Electrode Arrays,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA’2009), pp. 3859-3864, 2009.
• Zhang, J., Roland, J., Manolidis, S., Simaan, N., ““Path Planning and Workspace Determination for Robot-Assisted Insertion of Steerable Electrode Arrays for Cochlear Implant Surgery,”  The 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI’2008), pp. 692-700, 2008.
• Garty, G., Pehrson, G.R, Simaan, N., Salerno, A., Dutta, A., Nie, J., Schettino, G., Lyulko, O.V., Zhang, J., Bhathala, A., Yao, Y.L., Brenner, D.J.,  “Development of an ultrahigh-throughput robotically-based biodosimetry workstation using in-situ assays”, 13th International Congress of Radiation Research, San Francisco, California, Jul. 2007.
• Salerno A., Zhang J., Bhatla A., Lyulko O.V., Nie J., Dutta A., Garty G., Simaan N., Randers-Pehrson G., Yao Y.L. and Brenner D.J. Design Considerations for a Minimally Invasive High-Throughput Automation System for Radiation Biodosimetry. In Proceedings of the Third Annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Scottsdale, AZ, September 2007, pp. 846-852.
• Reichert, S., Zhang, J., Xu, K., Simaan, N. Manolidis, S., "Robotic insertion of cochlear implant electrodes to minimize cochlear trauma", 6th European Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery., Vienna, Austria, Jun. 2007.
• Zhang, J. , Xu, K., Simaan, N., Manolidis, S., “A Pilot Study of Robot-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery Using Steerable Electrode Arrays”, MICCAI 2006 (9th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention), pp. 33-40, 2006. This paper won the best student paper award for the clinical applications category.

Former Research Contributions:

• Jun. 2006 to present: Research Assistant in ARMA lab, Columbia University
• Sep. 2003 to Jul. 2005: Research Assistant in Center for Control Science and Technology, H.I.T.
• Sep. 2003 to Sep. 2004: Project "Automatic Environment Regulation Systems for Agriculture Planting", Leader in Department of Electrical Engineering, H.I.T.
• Sep. 2003 to Sep. 2004: Project "Automatic Water Saving Systems in High-rise Apartments", Member in Department of Electrical Engineering, H.I.T.

Education:

• 2006 to present: Ph.D. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, U.S.A
• 2005 to 2006: M.S. Degree, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, U.S.A
• 2001 to 2004: B.E. Degree, Department of Control Science and Engineering, Experiment Faculty, Harbin Institute of Technology (H.I.T.), P.R.China
• 1998 to 2001: Tianjin Nankai High School, Tianjin, P.R. China

Honors

• 2006 Best Student Paper Award, 9^th MICCAI Conference & Philips, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2004 Honorable Mention in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, U.S.A.
• 2003 HAIWANG Special Scholarship, H.I.T.
• 2002-2004 First Rank of RenMin Scholarship for three consecutive years, H.I.T.
• 2002 Outstanding University Social Activist, H.I.T.
• 2001 Second Prize in NOKIA “Make It Possible” Innovation Competition, H.I.T.& NOKIA

Community Activities

• Mar 2003 to Sep 2003: Chairman and Chief Technical Officer in charge of the Students Association of Electrical Engineering in Experiment Faculty, H.I.T.
• Sep 2002 to Mar 2003: Vice Minister of the Science Chapter of the Student Union in Experiment Faculty, H.I.T.