Dr. Navit Roth

Dr. Navit Roth

Dr. Navit Roth

Department: Mechanical Engineering
Role: Senior lecturer

Education:
2022 Ph.D., Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
2003 M.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1994 B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa,
Israel

Research Interests
  • 1. Tremor and other movement disorders
  • 2. Biomechanics
  • 3. Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation Biomechanics
  • 4. Fall prevention and Obstacle Negotiation
Courses
  • 1. Introduction to programming and algorithmics
  • 2. Introduction to biomechanics
  • 3. Engineering analysis of physiological systems
  • 4. Creative introduction to mechanical engineering
  • 5. Practical Technology

Published Papers
Roth, N. & Rosenblum, S. (2021). Does Cup-Grip Type Affect Tremor among People with Essential Tremor? Sensors,21(23), 7797. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21237797

  • Roth, N., Braun-Benyamin, O., & Rosenblum, S. (2021). Drawing Direction Effect on a Task's Performance Characteristics among People with Essential Tremor. Sensors21(17), 5814.
  • Roth, N., Wiener, A., & Mizrahi, J. (2014). Methods for Dynamic Characterization of the Major Muscles Activating the Lower Limb Joints in Cycling Motion. European journal of translational myology24(3), 3317.
  • Roth, N., Seliktar, R., & Mizrahi, J. (2011)- Mechanical impedance control in the human arm while manually transporting an open-top fluid filled dish. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 8(3), 429-440.

roceedings
Mizrahi, J.; Roth, N. and Seliktar, R. (2017). Modulation of Impedance and Muscle Activation of the Upper Limb Joints while Simultaneously Controlling Manual-grasping and Walking. In Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – BIODEVICES. DOI: 10.5220/0006239101940199


Referred Papers
Salih, A., Roth, N., Buganim, O., & Pelosi, A. D. (2024). A Low-Cost Open-Source Uniaxial Tensile System for Soft Tissue Testing. Hardware2(4), 292-305. https://doi.org/10.3390/hardware2040015

  1. Pelosi, A.D., Roth, N., Yehoshua, T., Itah, D. Braun-Benyamin, O. and Dahan, A. (2024). Personalized Rehabilitation Approach for Reaching Movement using Reinforcement Learning. Scientific Reports 14, 17675.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64514-6

  1. Roth, N., Salih, A. & Rosenblum, S. (2024). Subjective and Objective Day-to-Day Performance Measures of People with Essential Tremor. Sensors 2024, 24, 4854. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24154854
  2. Roth, N., & Rosenblum, S. (2021). Does Cup-Grip Type Affect Tremor among People with Essential Tremor? Sensors,21(23), 7797. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21237797
  3. Roth, N., Braun-Benyamin, O., & Rosenblum, S. (2021). Drawing Direction Effect on a Task's Performance Characteristics among People with Essential Tremor. Sensors21(17), 5814. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21175814
  4. Roth, N., Wiener, A., & Mizrahi, J. (2014). Methods for Dynamic Characterization of the Major Muscles Activating the Lower Limb Joints in Cycling Motion. European journal of translational myology24(3), 3317.
  5. Roth, N., Seliktar, R., & Mizrahi, J. (2011)- Mechanical impedance control in the human arm while manually transporting an open-top fluid-filled dish. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 8(3), 429-440.

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
Mizrahi, J., Roth, N. & Seliktar, R. (2017). Modulation of Impedance and Muscle Activation of the Upper Limb Joints while Simultaneously Controlling Manual-grasping and Walking. In Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-216-5; ISSN 2184-4305, pages 194-199. DOI: 10.5220/0006239101940199.

Other Publications
Book chapters

  1. Dahan, A., Roth, N., Pelosi, A.D., Reiner, M. (2025). A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Personalized Adaptive E-Learning. In: Vendrell Vidal, E., Cukierman, U.R., Auer, M.E. (eds) Advanced Technologies and the University of the Future. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1140. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71530-3_10

Academic Degrees

2022  Ph.D., Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

2003  M.Sc., Biomedical  Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

1994  B.Sc., Mechanical  Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Academic Appointments

2022-present          Braude Academic College of Engineering, Karmiel,  Israel – Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department

2018 – 2022         ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering, Karmiel, Israel – Teacher, Mechanical Engineering Department

2014 – 2018         ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering, Karmiel, Israel – Adjunct Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department

Reserarch Interests

  • Tremor and other movement disorders
  • Biomechanics
  • Assistive Technology
  • Rehabilitation biomechanics
  • Fall prevention in the elderly and in Parkinson disease

Teaching Experience 

Braude College of Engineering – undergraduate
Introduction to programming (in the biotechnology and mechanical engineering departments)
Introduction to biomechanics

  • Engineering analysis of physiological systems
  • Creative introduction to mechanical engineering
  • Applied Technology

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