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Education 📖

• Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering @ University of Utah, 2028 (expected)
• M.S. in Biomedical Engineering @ University of Utah, 2027 (expected)
• B.S. in in Biomedical Engineering @ University of Utah, 2021

Experience 🥼

• Graduate Research Assistant @ NERVES Lab
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Supervisor: Ashley Dalrymple
• Research Assistant @ NeuroRobotics Lab
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Supervisor: Jacob George
• Research Analyst/Assistant @ TORCH
  • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Supervisor: Mary Jo Pugh
• Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Center for Neural Interfaces
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Mentor: Gregory Clark

Certification 📃

• Graduate Certificate in Deep Learning (University of Utah)
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• Reinforcement Learning Specialization (University of Alberta & Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute)
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• Data Science Professional (DataCamp)
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• Machine Learning Scientist (DataCamp)
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Programming Skills 💻

• Proficient : Python, MATLAB
• Familiar : C/C++, LabView, Java, SQL, R

Tools and Software ⚙️

• Visual Studio Code
• Jupyter
• QtCreator
• PyCharm
• Git
• Anaconda
• LaTeX

Publications 📃

Personalized Gait Rehabilitation with Spinal Cord Stimulation and Machine Learning: Recent Advances and Promising Applications

K. North, S. T. Jones, G. M. Simpson, and A. N. Dalrymple, “Personalized gait rehabilitation with spinal cord stimulation and machine learning: Recent advances and promising applications,” Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 34, p. 100579, Jun. 2025.

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Framework for Adaptive Walking Control Using General Value Functions of Lower-Limb Sensor Signals

S. T. Jones, G. M. Simpson, P. M. Pilarski, and A. N. Dalrymple, “Hierarchical reinforcement learning framework for adaptive walking control using general value functions of lower-limb sensor signals,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.16983, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16983

A Novel Template-Matching Method for Extracting Gait Cycles from Underfoot Pressure Data

G. M. Simpson, K. North, S. T. Jones and A. N. Dalrymple, "A Novel Template-Matching Method for Extracting Gait Cycles from Underfoot Pressure Data," 2025 International Conference On Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Chicago, IL, USA, 2025, pp. 1787-1792, doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063134.

Comparative Analysis of Temporal-Difference Learning Methods to Learn General Value Functions of Lower-Limb Signals

S. T. Jones, G. M. Simpson, W. M. J. Young, K. North, P. M. Pilarski and A. N. Dalrymple, "Comparative Analysis of Temporal Difference Learning Methods to Learn General Value Functions of Lower-Limb Signals," 2025 International Conference On Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Chicago, IL, USA, 2025, pp. 1209-1214, doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063114.

Overcoming Failure: Improving Acceptance and Success of Implanted Neural Interfaces

A. N. Dalrymple, S. T. Jones, J. B. Fallon, R. K. Shepherd, and D. J. Weber, “Overcoming failure: improving acceptance and success of implanted neural interfaces,” Bioelectron Med, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 6, Mar. 2025.

Improving Upper-limb Prosthesis Usability: Cognitive Workload Measures Quantify Task Difficulty

M. D. Paskett et al., “Improving Upper-limb Prosthesis Usability: Cognitive Workload Measures Quantify Task Difficulty,” Aug. 03, 2022.

Talks 🔈

Comparative Analysis of Temporal-Difference Learning Methods to Learn General Value Functions of Lower-Limb Signals

May 15, 2025

Talk at IEEE International Consortium on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Chicago, IL, USA

Service and Volunteerism 🫙

• Chair, Curriculum Committee, 2025 - Present
  • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Advisory Committee (GSAC), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• Judge Advisor Assistant, 2025
  • Utah Regional First Robotics Competition, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• Software Mentor, 2023-2024
  • First Robotics Competition, Red Rock Robotics, West High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA