James J. Abbas
Associate Professor, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
480-965-9521 Office
480-727-8396 Lab
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Jimmy Abbas, PhD, explores bioengineering technology to improve life for people with certain disabilities, along with Co-director Ranu Jung. Motivated by the intellectual challenge, Abbas uses engineering technology to develop systems that improve on the interface with the central nervous system. His interests include rehabilitation engineering, functional neuromuscular stimulation systems, neurophysiological function in spinal cord injury, neural network control system design, deep-brain stimulation in Parkinson�s disease, biomedical applications of engineering control systems, and neurophysiological systems modeling and simulation.

In addition, Abbas is director of clinical rehabilitation engineering at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix and vice president and co-founder of customKYnetics.

With a body of published work that includes peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and conference papers, Abbas frequently is invited to give seminars and other oral presentations. He is a recipient of many honors and has been a reviewer for various funding agencies, journals and conferences. Currently, he serves as treasurer of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society.

Abbas received his BS in bioelectrical engineering from Brown University and his MS and PhD in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.