Yves Losierlosier

Instructor

BScE, MScE, PhD (UNB)

Office: E-45D
Tel: (506) 447-3394
Fax: (506) 453-5025

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Areas of Interests

  • Control Systems of Powered Prostheses
  • Embedded Control Systems
  • Mechatronics
  • Multisensor Data Fusion
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Application of Neural Networks to Control Systems
  • Robotics

Selected Publications

  • Fougner, A., Stavdahl, Ø., Kyberd, P., Losier, Y., Parker, P., "Control of Upper Limb Prostheses: Terminology and Proportional Myoelectric Control - A Review," Accepted for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2012.
  • Kendell, C., Lemaire, E., Losier, Y., Wilson, A., Chan, A., Hudgins, B., “A novel approach to surface electromyography: an exploratory study of electrode-pair selection based on signal characteristics,” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 9:24, 2012.
  • Losier, Y., Englehart, K., Hudgins, B., “Evaluation of shoulder complex motion-based input strategies for endpoint prosthetic-limb control using dual-task paradigm,” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development’s Special Issue on the Control of Powered Upper-Limb Prostheses, 48(6), pp. 669-78, 2011.
  • Wilson, A., Losier, Y., Parker, P., Lovely, D.F., “A Bus-Based Smart Myoelectric Electrode/Amplifier - System Requirements,” Medical Measurements and Applications’ 2010 Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2011.
  • Losier, Y., Wilson, A., “Bridging the Gap: Ensuring Communication Bus Standard Compatibility with Current Commercially Available Prosthetic Components,” Proceedings of the Myoelectric Control Symposium ‘11, Fredericton, Canada, 2011.
  • Losier, Y., Clawson, A., Wilson, A., Scheme, E., Englehart, K., Kyberd, P.J., Hudgins, B., “An Overview of the UNB Hand System,” Proceedings of the Myoelectric Control Symposium ‘11, Fredericton, Canada, 2011.
  • Losier, Y., Wilson, A., Englehart, K., Hudgins, B., “Evaluation of the Vector Projection Algorithm for Transhumeral Amputation Cases,” The 34th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2011.
  • Losier, Y., Wilson, A., “Moving Towards an Open Standard: The UNB Prosthetic Device Communication Protocol,” The 13th World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Leipzig, Germany, 2010.