J. Alex Birdwell

Associate Professor of Instruction, McCormick Office of Undergraduate Engineering
Associate Professor of Instruction, Mechanical Engineering

Emailbirdwell@northwestern.edu

187 Citations

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Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Northwestern University

… → 2012

Mechanical Engineering, MS, Northwestern University

… → 2006

Mechanical Engineering, BS, Georgia Institute of Technology

… → 2004

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Research Output 2007 2018

187 Citations
5 Article
2 Conference article

Academic advising and student affairs working together to improve first-year experience of engineering students

Bacon, K. K., Birdwell, J. A., Brown, O., Tevaarwerk, E., Freeman, R. W., Roldan, W., Gentry, K. & Pokryfky, A. R., Jun 23 2018, In : ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2018-June

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

Students

Engineering and technology literacy introduced in cornerstone design cours

Freeman, R. W., Birdwell, J. A., Tevaarwerk, E., Gentry, K. & Brown, O., Jun 23 2018, In : ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2018-June

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

Students

Studios

Mockups

Curricula

Engineers

18 Citations (Scopus)

Extrinsic finger and thumb muscles command a virtual hand to allow individual finger and grasp control

Birdwell, J. A., Hargrove, L. J., Weir, R. F. & Kuiken, T. A., Jan 1 2015, In : IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 62, 1, p. 218-226 9 p., 6868969.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Muscle

Controllers

Pattern recognition

Wire

Electrodes

49 Citations (Scopus)

Dexterous control of a prosthetic hand using fine-wire intramuscular electrodes in targeted extrinsic muscles

Cipriani, C., Segil, J. L., Birdwell, J. A. & Weir, R. F., Jul 2014, In : IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 22, 4, p. 828-836 9 p., 6718168.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Prosthetics

Muscle

Electrodes

Hand

Wire

11 Citations (Scopus)

Activation of individual extrinsic thumb muscles and compartments of extrinsic finger muscles

Birdwell, J. A., Hargrove, L. J., Kuiken, T. A. & Weir, R. F., Sep 15 2013, In : Journal of neurophysiology. 110, 6, p. 1385-1392 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Thumb

Fingers

Muscles

Prostheses and Implants

Electrodes