Dr. Ramana Kumar Vinjamuri
Associate Professor · Tenured
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering and Information Technology
NSF IUCRC BRAIN
He/Him/His/Himself
About
Ramana Vinjamuri received his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2008 specialized in dimensionality reduction in control and coordination of human hand from the University of Pittsburgh. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate (2008-2012) in the field of Brain Machine Interfaces (BMI) to control prosthesis in the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh where he received Mary E Switzer Merit Fellowship from NIDILRR in 2010. He worked as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University (2012-2013) in the area of neuroprosthetics. He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (2013-2020). In 2018, he received the Harvey N Davis Distinguished Teaching Award for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2019. He received an NSF IUCRC Planning grant in 2020, culminating in a successful planning meeting for the BRAIN center at UMBC in 2022, officially launching the center in 2024. His collaboration with Delsys, Inc., through an SBIR award from NIDILRR in 2022, evolved from his lab’s research on virtual reality and hand synergies. With his role as a visiting scientist at NIDA and with the support of an NSF I-Corps grant in 2024 he is starting to commercialize neurotechnologies for mental health developed in his lab. As an active member in technical societies, he has chaired IEEE Brain workshop of SfN 2023 and currently chairing BMES 2024 among other editorial services. His other notable research awards are from NSF I-corps, NIDILRR, USISTEF and New Jersey Health Foundation. He holds a secondary appointment as an Adjunct Faculty positions in IIT-Hyderabad and MAHE in India.
Research interests
Brain-Computer Interfaces; AI & ML; Robotics; Human-Robot Interaction; Neurotech for Mental Health;
Teaching interests
CMSC 411 Computer Architecture
CMSC 491/691 Introduction to Brain Computer Interfaces
Education
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Ph D, Electrical Engineering
— University of Pittsburgh (2008) Dimensionality Reduction in Control and Coordination of Human Hand
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MS, Electrical Engineering
— Villanova University (2004) Design and Implementation of State of Charge Meter for Li Ion Batteries
- BS, Electrical Engineering — Kakatiya University (2002)
Presentations
- Selection of Optimal Physiological Features for Accurate Detection of Stress 2022
Grants and Contracts
- CAREER: synergy-based human-machine interfaces 2020
Research in Progress
- An integrated system for real-time detection and management of substance use disorder using wearable biosensors 2020
Patents and Intellectual Property
- An integrated system for real-time detection and management of substance use disorder 2022
Courses Taught
- Doctoral Diss Research
- Pre Doc Candidacy Research
- Special Topics in Comp Sci - Graduate
- Special Topics in Comp Sci
- Computer Architecture
- Doctoral Dissertation Research
- Pre Candidacy Doc Rsch
- Masters Thesis Research
- Special topics in Computer Science
- Special Topics in Comp Engr
- Computer Architecture