Michael Wilkinson, Ph.D.

PhD Candidate

LIMBS Lab, JHU Batlab, KKI Center for Movement Studies, Mechanical Engineering, LCSR

Email: [email protected]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wilkinson

Academic History:

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

M.S.E. in Robotics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Minors in Math and Physics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Selected Conference Presentations:

  1. M. Wilkinson, N. Cowan, C. Moss “Application of System Identification to Model Bat Echolocation Parameter Control During Prey Tracking”, International Congress of Neuroethology (ICN) Conference, July 28-29, 2024
  2. M. Wilkinson, X. Wang, N. Cowan, C. Moss “Adaptive Behavior in Sonar Prey Tracking Tasks: Empirical Data and Modeling”, Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Conference, March. 1, 2023
  3. D. Cao, M. Wilkinson, A. Bastian, N. Cowan, “The Cerebellar Contribution to Human Feed-forward and Feedback Visuomotor Control”, Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Conference, Nov. 15, 2022
  4. Y. Yang, M. Wilkinson, N. Cowan, L. Whitcomb, “Modeling Nonlinearities of Refuge Tracking in Eigenmmania virescens”, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Conference, Virtual Conference, Jan. 3-7th, 2021.
  5. S. Lashkari, M. Wilkinson, B. Krishnan, J. Knierim, N. Cowan, “Decision-Making and Path Planning for Jumping Rats”, Dynamic Walking Conference, Virtual Conference, May 14th, 2020.
  6. M. Wilkinson, R. Moore, “Time of Arrival Analysis – Narrow versus Broad Beam Heating of Ionosphere”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference, Washington DC., December 10th – 14th, 2018.

Selected Honors and Awards

  1. Johns Hopkins PHutures Fresh Voice of the Year Award
  2. Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship, JHU Kavli NDI
  3. Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation GRFP
  4. University of Alabama Capstone Engineering Society ECE Outstanding Senior Award