Research Scientist
Detroit Medical Center
Dr. Chaoyang Chen received MD degree from Fujian Medical University, China in 1987 and completed orthopaedic residency training and orthopedic graduate education in Peking University Health Science Center, China in 1990. He practiced orthopaedic surgery in Fujian Medical University and conducted orthopedic biomechanical research from 1990 to1994. He was selected as an International Fellow by the International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) in 1994. He won a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from Arthritis Foundation for 1997-1998 postdoctoral training at Wayne State University. Currently he is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He is also a Research Scientist and Director for Research at the Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Detroit Medical Center. His research interests include clinical orthopaedics, orthopaedic biomechanics, robotic rehabilitation engineering, sports medicine injury prevention and performance enhancement, artificial intelligence applications in robotics and orthopaedics, EMG and EMG signal AI processing for motion pattern recognition and exoskeleton motion control, baseball player motion capture and AI analysis, and brain computer interface (BCI) for ADHD biomarker for diagnosis. His research has won awards from the prestigious Orthopedic Research Society, Car Crash Conferences, and International Conference of Computation and Pattern Recognition with more than 123 articles published in journals.