About Hananeh Esmailebigi

About Hananeh

Hananeh Esmailbeigi, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Computer Science,

Founder and CEO of HideIT Wearables Innovation Inc.

Visiting Scientist at Shirley Ryan Abilitylab,

Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano.

 

 

 

Active areas of research: Wearable Technology, Sensory Substitution and Enhancement, Biosensors, Human-Machine Interface, Brain-Machine Interface, Rehabilitation Engineering, Neural Interfaces, Medical Device Design and Development.

 

Postdoctoral, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL.

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology – Tehran Polytechnic, Iran.

 

Hananeh is currently the faculty adviser to the UIC chapter of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). For more information, please visit the IEEE EMBS website. 

Hananeh established the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) chapter at UIC and was the faculty adviser from 2014 to 2017. During her time as adviser, she actively supervised the Brain-Computer Interface and Human-Machine Interface projects. To learn more visit the BMES Website.

 

Awards:

  • The Undergraduate Student Government Faculty Open Educational Resources Leadership Award, 2024.
  • Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi Global Engagement Emerging Leader Faculty Award, 2024.
  • Award of Excellence in Teaching, College of Engineering, 2023.
  • Nuveen International Development Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2022 & 2023.
  • Teaching Recognition Program Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2022.
  • Award of Excellence in Teaching, Runner up, College of Engineering, 2022.
  • Grace Hopper Celebration Scholar, 2022.
  • College of Engineering Advising Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2021.
  • College of Engineering Advising Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2020.
  • Thesis Advisor to the UIC Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award of 2020 – awarded to Giulia Soresini for distribution of “Analysis of the Tongue’s Free-Exploration Pattern using an Oral Wearable Device.”
  • Recipient of the Industry Showcase Award for HideIT Wearable Innovations Inc., The 16th IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, Chicago, IL, May 2019.
  • 1871 + IHCC Partnership – Cohort 4 StartUP Scholarship
  • College of Engineering Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018.
  • Best New EMBS Student Chapter Award, given to the IEEE EMBS UIC Student Branch, Role: Faculty Advisor, 2018.
  • Teaching Scholar, Center for Advancement of Teaching-Learning Communities, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018.
  • Teaching Recognition Program Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2017.
  • Research Advisor for the Best Paper nominee at IEEE EMBC Conference, Student author: Nicholas Marjanovic Wireless Wearable User Interface Cursor-Controller (UIC-C), Jeju, Korea, 2017.
  • Teaching Scholar, Center for Advancement of Teaching-Learning Communities, 2017.
  • College of Engineering Advising Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2017.
  • Nuveen International Development Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2016.