Chang Yaramothu
Chang Yaramothu
Assistant Professor, School of Applied Engr & Tech
220 Fenster Hall (FENS)
About Me
I have spent the past decade creating and formulating new systems for concussion/TBI diagnostics. My goal is to perform fundamental research and translate that research into technology that can be utilized by the general public. Prior to joining NJIT as full-time faculty, I have co-founded a biotech start-up that utilizes virtual reality for therapeutic purposes.
Education
Ph.D.; New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences; Biomedical Engineering; 2017
M.S.; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Biomedical Engineering; 2014
B.S.; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Biomedical Engineering; 2013
M.S.; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Biomedical Engineering; 2014
B.S.; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Biomedical Engineering; 2013
Awards & Honors
2020 Digi-Tech Innovator, NJBiz Magazine
2020 Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
2020 Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
Website
2024 Fall Courses
BME 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I
BME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
BMET 415 - BIOMEDICAL MECHATRONICS
BME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
BME 492 - RESEARCH & INDPNDNT STUDY II
BMET 440 - BMET EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
BME 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
BME 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
BME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
BMET 415 - BIOMEDICAL MECHATRONICS
BME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
BME 492 - RESEARCH & INDPNDNT STUDY II
BMET 440 - BMET EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
BME 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
BME 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
Teaching Interests
Biomedical Engineering, Electronics, Embedded Systems, Medical Devices, Signal Processing, and Data Analysis.
Past Courses
BMET 415: BIOMEDICAL MECHATRONICS
ECET 202: CIRCUITS II
ECET 311: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS I
ECET 411: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS II
ECET 202: CIRCUITS II
ECET 311: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS I
ECET 411: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS II
Research Interests
Concussion/TBI Diagnostics, Eye Movements, Vestibular System Endurance, OculoMotor and Vestibular Rehabilitation, Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Patents
Method, System and Apparatus for Diagnostic Assessment and Screening of Binocular Dysfunctions
Method, system, and apparatus for treatment of binocular dysfunctions
In Progress
Development of Concussion Diagnostics Tools in an Adult Population
The aim of this study is to generate normative values of oculomotor endurance in an adult (18 - 65 years) population with acute TBI utilizing the Oculomotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) protocol.
Longitudinal Concussion Assessment on NJIT Athletes Utilizing MoVES and VisQuaL-T
The aim of this study is to test the reliability and efficacy of the Oculomotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) protocol in detecting concussions.
MoVES Automation
This project aims to automate the Oculomotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) protocol in a virtual reality headset so it can easily be utilized without any training.
Multimodal Visual Balance Concussion Assessment
The purpose of this study is to understand the underlying interconnectivity between the visual, oculomotor, and balance systems in non-concussed healthy controls and the deficits present in concussed participants.
TBI Acquired Convergence Insuffieincey Rehabilitation RCT
This study aims to examine the efficacy of office-based vergence and accommodative therapy (OBVAT) in remediating convergence insufficiency (CI) in children with CI acquired as a result of a concussion.
The aim of this study is to generate normative values of oculomotor endurance in an adult (18 - 65 years) population with acute TBI utilizing the Oculomotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) protocol.
Longitudinal Concussion Assessment on NJIT Athletes Utilizing MoVES and VisQuaL-T
The aim of this study is to test the reliability and efficacy of the Oculomotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) protocol in detecting concussions.
MoVES Automation
This project aims to automate the Oculomotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) protocol in a virtual reality headset so it can easily be utilized without any training.
Multimodal Visual Balance Concussion Assessment
The purpose of this study is to understand the underlying interconnectivity between the visual, oculomotor, and balance systems in non-concussed healthy controls and the deficits present in concussed participants.
TBI Acquired Convergence Insuffieincey Rehabilitation RCT
This study aims to examine the efficacy of office-based vergence and accommodative therapy (OBVAT) in remediating convergence insufficiency (CI) in children with CI acquired as a result of a concussion.
Conference Paper
A Visual Inventory Management System for Makerspaces
International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, September 2024
Biomedical Engineering Technology Education in Makerspaces
International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, September 2024
International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, September 2024
Biomedical Engineering Technology Education in Makerspaces
International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, September 2024
Journal Article
Iring-Sanchez, Stephanie, & Dungan, Michaela, & Jones, Andrew, & Malakhov, Mitchell, & Mohan, Stuti, & Yaramothu, Chang (2024). OculoMotor & Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) Normative, Repeatability, and Reliability Data. Brain Sciences, 14(7),
Fine, Sebastian, & Gup, Yi, & Talasan, Henry, & LeStrange, Steven, & Yaramothu, Chang, & Alvarez, Tara L. (2023). Quantification of Oculomotor Responses and Accommodation through Instrumentation and Analysis Toolboxes. Journal of Visualized Experiments(193), e64808.
Dungan, Michaela, & Scheiman, Mitchelle, & Yaramothu, Chang (2023). Vision Quality of Life with Time Survey: Normative Data and Repeatability. Clinical Optometry, 15, 205-212.
Sangoi, A, & Scheiman, M, & Yaramothu, Chang, & Santos, E M, & Gohel, S, & Alvarez, Tara L. (2021). Convergence Insufficiency Neuro-Mechanism Adult Population Study: Phoria Adaptation Results.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 62(10), 19.
Alvarez, Tara L., & Yaramothu, Chang, & Scheiman, M, & Goodman, A, & Cotter, S A, & Huang, K, & Chen, A M, & Grady, M, & Mozel, A E, & Podolak, O E, & Koutures, C G, & Master, C L (2021). Disparity vergence differences between typically occurring and concussion-related convergence insufficiency pediatric patients.. Vision research, 185, 58-67.
Fine, Sebastian, & Gup, Yi, & Talasan, Henry, & LeStrange, Steven, & Yaramothu, Chang, & Alvarez, Tara L. (2023). Quantification of Oculomotor Responses and Accommodation through Instrumentation and Analysis Toolboxes. Journal of Visualized Experiments(193), e64808.
Dungan, Michaela, & Scheiman, Mitchelle, & Yaramothu, Chang (2023). Vision Quality of Life with Time Survey: Normative Data and Repeatability. Clinical Optometry, 15, 205-212.
Sangoi, A, & Scheiman, M, & Yaramothu, Chang, & Santos, E M, & Gohel, S, & Alvarez, Tara L. (2021). Convergence Insufficiency Neuro-Mechanism Adult Population Study: Phoria Adaptation Results.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 62(10), 19.
Alvarez, Tara L., & Yaramothu, Chang, & Scheiman, M, & Goodman, A, & Cotter, S A, & Huang, K, & Chen, A M, & Grady, M, & Mozel, A E, & Podolak, O E, & Koutures, C G, & Master, C L (2021). Disparity vergence differences between typically occurring and concussion-related convergence insufficiency pediatric patients.. Vision research, 185, 58-67.
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Conference Abstract
OculoMotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) Protocol Adult Concussion Data
Proceedings of the Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), Hoboken, NJ, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Quantification of Cortical Activation During Vestibular Tasks: A Pilot fNIRS Study
Proceedings of the Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), Hoboken, NJ, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
"It's all in your head": Abnormal Visual Processing During Magnetoencephalography is Associated with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in US Veterans.
Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day,
You, Me, and Debris
43rd annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2017
Proceedings of the Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), Hoboken, NJ, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Quantification of Cortical Activation During Vestibular Tasks: A Pilot fNIRS Study
Proceedings of the Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), Hoboken, NJ, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
"It's all in your head": Abnormal Visual Processing During Magnetoencephalography is Associated with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in US Veterans.
Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day,
You, Me, and Debris
43rd annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2017
Conference Proceeding
OculoMotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (MoVES) Protocol Adult Concussion Data
17th Annual Conference on Brain Injury, March 2024
Abstract# 1: Individualizing HD-tDCS With fMRI and E-Field Modeling: Pilot Data from the NAVIGATE-TBI Study
Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 2019
Clinical and Functional Imaging Changes Induced from Vision Therapy in Patients with Convergence Insufficiency
2019
Proceedings# 37: Virtual eye rotation vision exercises (VERVE): A virtual reality vision therapy platform with eye tracking
Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 2019
Short-term modification of vergence ramp eye movements in the convergent direction
2014
17th Annual Conference on Brain Injury, March 2024
Abstract# 1: Individualizing HD-tDCS With fMRI and E-Field Modeling: Pilot Data from the NAVIGATE-TBI Study
Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 2019
Clinical and Functional Imaging Changes Induced from Vision Therapy in Patients with Convergence Insufficiency
2019
Proceedings# 37: Virtual eye rotation vision exercises (VERVE): A virtual reality vision therapy platform with eye tracking
Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 2019
Short-term modification of vergence ramp eye movements in the convergent direction
2014