Patrick Slade

Patrick Slade is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Harvard University, affiliated with the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His primary teaching area is Bioengineering, and he is based in the Electrical Engineering department. Slade's research interests span areas such as computational neuroscience, data science, and machine learning, with applications in bioengineering and robotics. His work includes developing models for energy expenditure and exploring human-robot interaction. He can be contacted at slade@seas.harvard.edu or through his lab website at sladelab.seas.harvard.edu.

Patrick Slade is an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, specializing in assistive devices, human-robot interaction, robotics, and AI. His research focuses on developing wearable systems and robotic technologies to enhance mobility and independence for individuals with physical impairments. He explores methods to personalize exoskeleton assistance, improve navigation for visually impaired individuals, and design affordable prosthetic devices. His work integrates multimodal sensing, Bayesian reinforcement learning, and open-source hardware to create intuitive and efficient human-robot interaction systems. Slade's contributions span from wearable motion monitoring to soft robotic catheters and myoelectric prosthetics, emphasizing real-world applications and user-centered design.