United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering

Gabe Rowe , M.S. 

Current Position 

Research Engineer

Contact Information 

VA Puget Sound Health Care System
VA RR&D Center, MS 151
1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108
Telephone (206) 221-6673
E-mail

Education

University of Washington, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2003
University of Washington, M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2005
University of Washington, Ph. D. Electrical Engineering, 2009 Expected

Research Interests

Gabe has several areas of interest including:

  • Stretchable sensors and electronics for next generation prosthetic sockets and liners
  • Thermal management of the prosthesis
  • Human Machine Interfacing
  • Humanoid robotics

Publications

Gabriel I. Rowe, N. Y. Wong, G. K. Klute, A. V. Mamishev, B. A. Parviz, "Stretchable Conductors Formed Using Elastomeric Microtextured Substrate", Nature Materials, Submitted, 2008.

Gabriel I. Rowe, "Low-cost stretchable Conductors for Human-Machine Interfacing", Electrical Engineering Kaleidoscope 2008 (UW EE research highlight magazine).

G. K. Klute, Gabriel I. Rowe, A. V. Mamishev, W. R. Ledoux, "The Thermal Conductivity of Prosthetic Sockets and Liners," accepted on July 14, 2006, Prosthetics and Orthotics International.

A. Mathur, Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Gabriel I. Rowe, and A. V. Mamishev, "Dielectric Spectroscopy for Pharmaceutical Applications: Choosing the Right Approach", Journal of Process Analytical Technology, accepted.

Xiaobei Li, Gabriel I. Rowe, Valerie V. Inclan, and Alexander V. Mamishev, "Non-dimensionalized Parametric Model for Concentric Ring Fringing Electric Field Sensors", IEEE Sensors Journal, accepted.

Gabriel I. Rowe, William R. Ledoux, Glenn K. Klute, Alexander V. Mamishev, "Fringing Electric Field Sensor Arrays for Amputee Residual Limb Interface", AAAS Annual Meeting, February, 2006.

Xiaobei Li, Gabriel I. Rowe, Valerie V. Inclan, and Alexander V. Mamishev, "Parametric Modeling of Concentric Fringing Electric Field Sensors", IEEE CEIDP Conference, October, 2005, Nashville, TN.

Gabriel I. Rowe, Jun H. Yi, Kevin G. Chiu, Jason Tan, Alexander V. Mamishev, Bob Minaie, "Fill-Front and Cure Progress Monitoring for VARTM with Auto-Calibrating Dielectric Sensors", SAMPE 2005 Symposium & Exhibition, May 2005.

Gabriel I. Rowe and Alexander V. Mamishev, "Simulation of a Sensor Array for Multi-Parameter Measurements at the Prosthetic Limb Interface", SPIE 9th Annual International Symposium on NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, 2004, Volume 5394, pp. 493-500.

Gabriel I. Rowe and Alexander V. Mamishev, "Sensitive Skin Design for Prosthetic Limb Interfacial Force and Condition Analysis", AAAS General Meeting, February 2004.

Anna L. Pyayt, Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Gabriel I. Rowe, Matilda A. Enlund, "On-chip Characterization of Fluids Using Micro Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors", SPIE General Meeting, July 2004.

Min Wang, Gabriel I. Rowe, Alexander V. Mamishev, "Classification of Power Quality Events Using Optimal Time-Frequency Representations Part 2: Application", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 1496-1503, July 2004.

Min Wang, Gabriel I. Rowe, Alexander V. Mamishev, "Real-Time Power Quality Waveform Recognition with a Programmable Digital Signal Processor", IEEE PES Meeting, July 2003, vol.2, pp. 1268-1273.


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