Eugene Tunik
Affiliated Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Science
Contact
- e.tunik@northeastern.edu
- 308C Robinson Hall
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- 617.373.2924
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Research Focus
Human motor control / learning, neurorehabilitation neuroscience, brain stimulation, brain imaging, virtual reality
Research Overview
Human motor control / learning, neurorehabilitation neuroscience, brain stimulation, brain imaging, virtual reality
Selected Research Projects
- Optimizing Hand Rehabilitation Post-Stroke Using Interactive Virtual Environments
- – Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health
- Planning and Updating in Frontoparietal Networks for Grasping
- – Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health
Selected Publications
- G. Chen, M. Yarossi, S. Gordon, S. Gomes, A. Rubakhina, S. Adamovich, E. Tunik, Concurrent tDCS and Mirror Feedback has Additive Effects on M1 Excitability, Brain Stimulation, 10(4), 2018, e39-e40
- M. Yarossi, M. Dannhauer, D. Erdogmus, D. Brooks, E. Tunik, Multi-Muscle TMS Mapping Using Subject-Specific FEA Models of Induced Currents, Brain Stimulation, 10(4), 2017, e28
- L.F. Schettino, S.V. Adamovich, E. Tunik, Coordination of the Pincer Grasp and Transport Following a Haptic Perturbation of the Index Finger, Journal of Neurophysiology, 117(6), 2017, 2292-2297
- M. Yarossi, S.V. Adamovich, E. Tunik, Facilitation of Ipsilateral Corticospinal Excitability During Mirror Visual Feedback Requires Target Directed Actions, Frontiers Human Neuroscience, 11, 2017, 242
- L.F. Schettino, S.V. Adamovich, H. Bagce, M. Yarossi, E. Tunik, Disruption of Activity in the Ventral Premotor but not the Anterior Intraparietal Area Interferes with On-Line Correction to a Haptic Perturbation During Grasping, The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(5), 2014, 2112-2117
- M. Yarossi, S. Adamovich, E. Tunik, Sensorimotor Cortex Reorganization in Subacute and Chronic Stroke: A Neuronavigated TMS Study, Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Conference, 2014, 5788-5791
Oct 18, 2022
Using Impact Engine Funds to Capture Real-Time ICU Data
BioE/Khoury/Bouve Professor Rai Winslow is leading the project HEART (Healthcare Enabled by AI in Real-Time), from Northeastern’s Impact Engine program, which uses machine learning to collect data from ICU patients to predict any complications. Roux Institute researcher to capture real-time data from ICU monitors for better patient outcomes Main photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images Bedside […]
Sep 26, 2022
Impact Engines Spur Multidisciplinary Research Innovation to Solve Global Challenges
Northeastern University has selected its first cohort of Impact Engines to ignite measurable change in problem-solving, three of the five of which are led by engineering faculty.
Jul 07, 2022
ECE PhD Students Win PETRA Best Student Paper Award
ECE PhD student Kyle Lockwood and coauthors received the best student paper award at PETRA 2022 (Corfu, Greece), with their paper titled “Leveraging Submovements for Prediction and Trajectory Planning for Human-Robot Handover”.
Aug 05, 2021
Cutting-Edge Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator
BioE/ECE Affiliated Faculty Eugene Tunik, ECE Professor Deniz Erdogmus, ECE Research Professor Dana Brooks, and COS Professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli were awarded a $400K NSF MRI grant for the “Acquisition of a controllable pulse transcranial magnetic stimulator with robotic positioning and integrated EEG / EMG for engineering and neuroscience research and education.”
Jun 07, 2021
Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Congratulations to the COE student recipients of the Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards. The PEAK Experiences Awards are a progressively structured sequence of opportunities designed to support learners as they continue climbing to new heights of achievement in undergraduate research and creative endeavor throughout their Northeastern journeys. BASE CAMP AWARDS Ana Salichs, E’22, “Colorimetric Assays […]
Apr 26, 2021
Congratulations RISE: 2021 Winners
Congratulations to our engineering students who won awards at the RISE:2021 Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo!
Mar 30, 2021
Two COE Students Awarded Goldwater Scholarships
Cameron Young, E’22, chemical engineering and biochemistry, and Spencer Lake Jacobs-Skolik, E’22, electrical engineering, were awarded the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship, the United States’ premier award for outstanding young researchers in STEM fields.
Feb 08, 2021
Spring 2021 PEAK Experience Recipients
Congratulations to the COE student recipients of the Spring 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards. The PEAK Experiences Awards are a progressively structured sequence of opportunities designed to support learners as they continue climbing to new heights of achievement in undergraduate research and creative endeavor throughout their Northeastern journeys. PEAK Experience Ascent Awardees Ryan Brady, COE’22, Chemical […]
Jul 06, 2020
SPIRAL Receives 2 Best Paper Awards at PETRA
Two papers from SPIRAL researchers received best paper awards at PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) conference.
Sep 09, 2019
Coordinating Object Handovers Between Robots and Humans
Bouve Professor Eugene Tunik (PI) on the project, ECE Professor Deniz Erdogmus, Associate Professor Taskin Padir and Bouve Associate Research Scientist Mathew Yarossi were award a $760K NSF grant for the “Coordination of Dyadic Object Handover for Human-Robot Interactions”.