University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Health Care Engineering Systems Center

Harshal Mahajan, Ph.D.

Harshal Mahajan, Ph.D.
Harshal Mahajan, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Research, Living in Interactive Future Environments Home Research Center, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Bio: Harshal Mahajan, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor in the department of Health & Kinesiology at the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also serves as the Assistant Director of Research of the McKechnie Family LIFE (Living in Interactive Future Environments) Home Research Center and manages research and development of smart technologies designed to enhance the quality of life of individuals on age and disability spectrums. 

His educational background is in biomedical and rehabilitation engineering. Dr. Mahajan's research interests span understanding barriers and facilitators that influence health and function in individuals with disabilities and developing smart rehabilitation intervention strategies involving exercise, assistive technologies, and robots to encourage functional mobility. In his role with the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-term Disabilities (TechSAge), Dr. Mahajan supports information dissemination with Industry partners. He also mentors students from the Master of Science in Health Technology program and organizes student design competitions.