Publications

Journals

• DynaRing: A Patient-Specific Mitral Annuloplasty Ring With Selective Stiffness Segments “DynaRing: A Patient-Specific Mitral Annuloplasty Ring With Selective Stiffness Segments.” ASME. J. Med. Devices. September 2022; 16(3):031009.
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• Structural accessibility barriers and service gaps facing refugees with disabilities in the United States
  F. Hamidi., and Z. Karachiwalla. (2022). Structural accessibility barriers and service gaps facing refugees with disabilities in the United States”, Journal of Enabling Technologies
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• A Multi-Axis FBG-Based Tactile Sensor for Gripping in Space
  S. Frishman., J.Di., Z. Karachiwalla., B. Richard., K. Moslehi., T. Smith., B. Coltin., B. Moslehi., and M. R. Cutkosky. (2021). A Multi-Axis FBG-Based Tactile Sensor for Gripping in
  Space. 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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• Spermathecal Variation By Mating System in Temperate Harvestmen
  Z. Karachiwalla., T. Decarvalho., and M. Burns,. (2020). Spermathecal Variation By Mating System in Temperate Harvestmen. In Journal of Integrative and Comparative Biology.

• Three-dimensional Visualization of Harvestman Spermathecae using Confocal Microscopy
  Z. Karachiwalla., T. Decarvalho., and M. Burns,. (2020). Three-dimensional Visualization of Harvestman Spermathecae using Confocal Microscopy. In Journal of Integrative and Comparative
  Biology.

Conferences

• Descriptive Analysis of Manipulation Techniques in Wound Care
  Z. Karachiwalla, A. Srinivasan, E. Lee, A. Dierkes, Z. Erickson, and H. Admoni. (2026). Descriptive Analysis of Manipulation Techniques in Wound Care. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2026), Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. (

• Towards the Development of Wound Care Robots: An Observational Study Outlining Robotic Design Needs
  Z. Karachiwalla, E. Lee, A. Dierkes, H. Admoni, and Z. Erickson. (2024). Towards the Development of Wound Care Robots: An Observational Study Outlining Robotic Design Needs. Aging in Place Workshop at the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2024), Boulder, CO, USA.
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• “I’m ok because I’m alive”: understanding socio-cultural accessibility barriers for refugees with disabilities in the US
  F. Hamidi., and Z. Karachiwalla. (2022). “I’m ok because I’m alive”: understanding socio-cultural accessibility barriers for refugees with disabilities in the US. In Proceedings of the 19th
  International Web for All Conference (W4A ‘22). Association for Computing Machinery
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• Towards a ROS-based Modular Multi-Modality Haptic Feedback System for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Assessments
  S. Machaca, Z. Karachiwalla, N. D. Riaziat and J. D. Brown. (2022) . Towards a ROS-based Modular Multi-Modality Haptic Feedback System for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Assessments. 2022 International Symposium on Medical
  Robotics (ISMR 2022)
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• “Fear is Grounded in Reality”: The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Refugees’Access to Health and Accessibility Resources in the United States
  F. Hamidi., and Z. Karachiwalla. (2022). “Fear is Grounded in Reality”: The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Refugees’ Access to Health and Accessibility Resources in the United States. In ACM
  SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2022). Association for Computing Machinery.
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