HERO students Zehaan, Reyansh, and Parshva won 2025 Sue Bogner Best Student Paper Award (3rd Place) from HFES!
(Oct. 2025)
HERO lab undergraduate student Zehaan won a Travel Award from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society!
(Sep. 2025)
A HERO lab graduate student Jihyun won FGS Scholarship!
(Sep. 2025)
HERO lab undergraduate student Daniel won 2025 Min Byung Kee Award (one of the highest special award) from Calgary Korean Scholarship Foundation!
(Sep. 2025)
Dr. Junho Park received a Creative sentencing research grant: Enhance Safe Work Practices for Hoisting, Rigging, and Lifting Operations.
Team: Drs.Thomas O’Neill (PI), Lianne M. Lefsrud (co-PI), Junho Park (co-PI), Estacio Pereira (co-PI), Samantha Jones (co-PI), Matthew M. J. McLarnon (co-PI).
Funding amount: $1.24M
(May 2025)
Dr. Junho Park’s team received a VPR Catalyst Grant: Catalytic Research for an Adaptive Pediatric Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AP-AFO): Laying the Groundwork for AI-Powered Continuous Fit.
Team: (PI) Keekyoung Kim, (Co-Applicant): Junho Park; Kartikeya Murari, Koren Roach.
Funding amount: $15,000 (RMS25-129470863)
(Apr. 2025)
Three students in HERO lab (Zehaan, Reyansh, and Parshave) won the 2025 Ingenious+ Regional Award from Foundation Rideau Hall Foundation!
Funding amount: $1,000
(Apr. 2025)
Dr. Junho Park’s team received a Schulich Momentum Fund for research on LivingGuard: An AI-Driven Smart Home for Proactive Detection and Intervention in Cognitive Decline.
Team: Drs. Sara Saeedi (ESE), Sayah Bayat (GEO), Linda Duffett-Leger (Nursing)
Funding amount: $15,000
(Apr. 2025)
Dr. Junho Park’s team received a transdisciplinary connector grant with the AI-powered All-Hazard Response Center (AAHRC) research title.
Team: (UofC) Drs. Junho Park, Jeff Caird, Changwon Son; (NAIT) John Sutherland; (SAIT) Jimmy Joy; (Calgary EMS Dept.) Ian Blanchard, Ryan Lee, Marc Boutet; (Calgary Fire Dept.) Christopher Webber; (Calgary Police Dept.) Joel Suss
Funding amount: $10,000
(Mar. 2025)
HERO lab student Zaid and his team won 1st place in Biohack 2025 by developing a data-driven web app that accurately assesses the user’s predisposed risk to certain medical conditions using patient data. The ML models were trained on five datasets: cancer, diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, and stroke.
Funding amount: $400
(Mar. 2025)
Two students in HERO lab (Reyansh and Zehaan) secured 1st place with Hey Doc in Hack the Bias competition! They addressed bias issues in healthcare decisions with a novel modeling approach.
Funding amount: $1,500
(Mar. 2025)
HERO lab undergraduate student Divakar won 2025 Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) award!
Funding amount: $7,500
(Mar. 2025)
HERO lab undergraduate student Ali won 2025 Summer Undergraduate Studentship from w21c!
Funding amount: $7,500
(Mar. 2025)
