Talking about New Year’s resolutions? Rhet is the kind of person who actually completes them.
Our distinguished PhD student colleague has officially advanced to doctoral candidacy after successfully presenting his dissertation proposal titled “Evaluating active assessment and learning control for robotic rehabilitation”.
After years of rigorous preparation and solid research development, Hailey now stands on the threshold of completing his academic journey, working alongside his advisor and mentor, Dr. Chad G. Rose.
Congratulations on this major milestone, we look forward to what comes next!
On October 17, 2025, he Department of Mechanical Engineering hosted its Annual Graduate Student Poster Session and Contest for Fall 2025. With six categories and nearly nine participants per group, the event showcased the innovation and creativity driving our field. And as always, WeBR Lab had something remarkable to share.
Representing both experience and fresh perspectives, our team members Paxton Albright, Zack Miller, Mason Mathias, and Carlos Campos proudly stood out in the System Dynamics & Controls and Design & Manufacturing categories.
The results speak for themselves: 🏆 Paxton Albright – 2nd Place, Design & Manufacturing – for his brilliant soft exosuit design. 🏆 Zack Miller – 2nd Place, System Dynamics & Controls – for his research on predicting tremors. 🥉 Mason Mathias – 3rd Place, System Dynamics & Controls – for exploring effective muscle synergies in upper-body exoskeletons by perturbing a single joint.
“Its a poster!”
Dr. Chad G. Rose
WeBR Lab: united in innovation, driven by purpose.
Paxton Albright
It was a great experience to practice presenting research and to get feedback from experts in the field.
Mason Mathias
Zack Miller
First steps, it is uphill from here, but I am here for a good challenge.
WeBR Lab teamZachary Miller and his approach on Essential Tremor prediction using custom LSTMPaxton Albright pushing the frontier of UAV-based human gesture recognition interaction.Davis Poole making a strong comeback with his 2 DoF empathetic diagnostic system for Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Representing the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, our powerhouse team Paxton Albright, Rhet Hailey, Zachary Miller, and Davis Poole stood alongside their distinguished advisor Dr. Chad Rose, showcasing not just knowledge and innovation, but also team spirit, bold creativity, and a style that rocked the conference floor.
From exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation to cutting-edge human-robot interaction, WeBR Lab made its mark with vision, impact, and innovation.
Ann Ryan Johnston successfully defended her MS Thesis titled “ Exploring Mechanomyography as a Tool for Fatigue Monitoring in Neurorehabilitation” on Thursday!
Congratulations to WeBR’s own Mason Mathias for being named the SEC Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the year! We are excited to see Mason’s continued success after graduation.
Congratulations to Avinash Baskaran and Davis Poole for both placing 2nd in system design and control, and biomechanics and biosystems respectively at the 2023 Mechanical Engineering Student Research Poster Contest!
