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Eldercare, Telemedicine, and Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Development of Survey Instruments to Guide the Design of Health Status
Monitoring Systems for the Elderly: Content Validity Evaluation
Majd Alwan, Beverely Turner, Steve Kell, Kim J. Penberthy, Wendy Cohn, and Robin Felder. The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: from Theory to Applications - ICTTA’06, April 24 - 28, 2006 in Damascus, Syria.
Psychosocial Impact of Monitoring Technology in Assisted Living: A Pilot Study
Majd Alwan, Jon Leachtenauer, Siddharth Dalal, David Mack, Steve Kell, Beverely Turner, Robin
Felder. The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: from Theory to Applications - ICTTA’06, April 24 - 28, 2006 in Damascus, Syria.
Psychosocial Impact of Passive Health Status Monitoring on Informal
Caregivers and Older Adults Living in Independent Senior Housing
Majd Alwan, Steve Kell, Beverely Turner, Siddharth Dalal, David Mack, and Robin Felder. The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: from Theory to Applications - ICTTA’06, April 24 - 28, 2006 in Damascus, Syria.
A Smart and Passive Floor-Vibration Based Fall Detector for Elderly
Majd Alwan, Prabhu Jude Rajendran, Steve Kell, David Mack, Siddharth Dalal, Matt Wolfe, Robin Felder. The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: from Theory to Applications - ICTTA’06, April 24 - 28, 2006 in Damascus, Syria.
A Passive Floor-Vibration Based Fall Detector
Prabhu Rajendran, Majd Alwan, Steve Kell, David Mack, Siddharth Dalal, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Independence, Aging and Disability, St. Petersburg, FL, February 2-4 2006.
A Passive and Portable System for Monitoring Heart Rate and Detecting Sleep Apnea and Arousals: Preliminary Validation
David Mack, Majd Alwan, Beverely Turner, Paul Suratt, Robin Felder.
Proceedings of the Transdisciplinary Conference on Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2), 2 - 4 April 2006, Arlington, VA.
Impact of Passive In-Home Health Status Monitoring Technology in Home Health: Outcome Pilot
Majd Alwan, David Mack, Siddharth Dalal, Steve Kell, Beverely Turner, Robin Felder. Proceedings of the Transdisciplinary Conference on Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2), 2 - 4 April 2006, Arlington, VA.
Impact of Monitoring Technology in Assisted Living: Outcome Pilot
Majd Alwan, Siddharth Dalal, David Mack, Steve Kell, Beverely Turner, Jon Leachtenauer, Robin Felder.
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. Jan 2006
Validation of Rule-Based Inference of Selected Independent ADLs
Majd Alwan, Jon Leachtenauer, Siddharth Dalal, Steve Kell, Beverely Turner, David Mack, Robin Felder.
Journal of Telemedicine and E-Health. Oct. 2005.
Stability Margin Monitoring in Steering-Controlled Intelligent Walkers for the Elderly
Majd Alwan, Prabhu Jude Rajendran, Alexandre Ledoux, Cunjun Huang, Glenn Wasson, Pradip Sheth.
AAAI Fall 2005 Symposium (EMBC). Nov. 2005.
Shared Navigational Control and User Intent Detection in an Intelligent Walker
Cunjun Huang, Glenn Wasson, Majd Alwan, Pradip Sheth, Alexandre Ledoux
AAAI Fall 2005 Symposium (EMBC). Sep. 2005.
A Rule-Based Approach to the Analysis of Elders’ Activity Data:
Detection of Health and Possible Emergency Conditions
Siddharth Dalal, Majd Alwan, Reza Seifrafi, Steve Kell, Donald Brown
AAAI Fall 2005 Symposium (EMBC). Sep. 2005.
Characterization of Infrared Range-Finder PBS-03JN for 2-D Mapping
Majd Alwan, Matthew B Wagner, Glann Wasson, Pradip Sheth.
Proceedings of 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '05), Barcelona, Spain Apr. 18-22, 2005.
Passive Derivation of Basic Walker-Assisted Gait Characteristics from Measured Forces and Moments
Majd Alwan, Glenn Wasson, Pradip Sheth, Alexandre Ledoux, Cunjun Huang. IEEE Transactions on Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBC). Sep. 2004.
A Physics-Based Model for Predicting User Intent
in Shared-Control Pedestrian Mobility Aids
Glenn Wasson, Pradip Sheth, Cunjun Huang, Alexandre Ledoux, Majd Alwan.
Proceedings of 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems
September 28 - October 2, 2004, Sendai, Japan
In-Home Monitoring System and Objective ADL Assessment: Validation Study.
Majd Alwan, Steve Kell, Siddharth Dalal, Beverely Turner, David Mack and Robin Felder
International Conference on Independence, Aging and Disability, 2003.
User Intent in a Shared Control Framework for Pedestrian Mobility Aids
Glenn Wasson, Pradip Sheth, Majd Alwan, Kevin Granata, Alexandre Ledoux, Cunjun Huang.
Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems, Las Vegas, October 2003.
Health Status Monitoring Through Analysis of Behavioral Patterns
Tracy Barger, Donald Brown, Majd Alwan. To Appear in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI), Proceedings of the 8th congress of the Italian
Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA) on Ambient Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, Pisa, Italy, September 2003.
Non-Invasive Analysis of Physiological Signals (NAPS): A Vibration Sensor that Passively Detects Heart and Respiration Rates as Part of a Sensor Suite for Medical Monitoring
David Mack, Steve Kell, Majd Alwan, Beverely Turner, Robin Felder. 2003 Summer Bioengineering Conference.
Derivation Of Basic Human Gait Characteristics From Floor Vibrations
Majd Alwan, Siddharth Dalal, Steve Kell, Robin Felder. 2003 Summer Bioengineering Conference.
ROP: A Resource Oriented Protocol for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks
Yong Ma, Siddharth Dalal, Majd Alwan, James Aylor. 2003 Virginia Tech Symposium on Wireless Communication.
Effective Shared Control in Cooperative Mobility Aids
G Wasson, J Gunderson, S Graves and Robin Felder. 2001. FLAIRS ’01: 509-513
An Assistive Robotic Agent for Pedestrian Mobility
G Wasson, J Gunderson, S Graves and Robin Felder 2001.
International Conference on Autonomous Agents. In press.
Applying Technology to Aging Populations: An Overview of Projected Needs and Emerging Solutions
Robin Felder, Steve Kell, David Mack, Sarah Wood, Majd Alwan, Beverely Turner and Amit Naidu. Third Annual Symposium on Aging, Keynote Address, Knoxville, TN, September 2002.
Medical automation—a technologically enhanced work environment to reduce the burden of care on nursing staff and a solution to the health care cost crisis
Robin Felder. Nursing Outlook. May 2003. Volume 51, Issue 3.
Automated storage and retrieval at 80°C: Managing and documenting specimen security, integrity, and accessibility
Robin Felder. American Laboratory 35:1, p22-25, 2003.
Robotics In The Classroom. A teaching tool for K-12 Educators
Sarah Wood. Submitted for Publication at the: First North American IOSTE Symposium "Growing Up with Science and Technology in the 21st Century", June 2003 in Williamsburg Virginia.
Preanalytical Automation in the Clinical Laboratory, in Clinical Diagnostic Technology
JC Boyd, Robin Felder. AACC Press, 2003 (in press).
Clinical evaluation of an automated pre-analytical robotic workstation at two locations
JW Holman, Theodore Mifflin, LM Demers, Robin Felder. Clin Chem 48:3, p540-548 2002.
Automation and Robotics in Genomics Laboratories. In: Genomic Technologies: Present and Future, (Galas DJ, McCormack SJ, Eds).
Theodore Mifflin, G Kramer, S Hamilton, Robin Felder. Horizon Scientific Press, UK 2002, pp 313-343.
Automation der Praanalytik Begegnung zweier
Welten.
G Hoffmann, K Weber-Matthiesen, Robin Felder. LaborManagement Aktuell 6/02, 8-13, 2002.
A Biological Repository for Human Genetic Material: Overview and Software Implementation
Graves, Mifflin, Gunderson, Geddy, Kell, Felder JALA 5:6 (2001) pp. 106-108.
Modular Robotic Workcell for Coagulation Analysis
Graves, Holman, Felder. Clinical Chemistry 46:5 (2000) pp. 772-777.
Use of a robotic arm for specimen handling in a remote, unmanned clinical chemistry laboratory.
Boyd JC, Felder RA, Margrey KS, Martineem 33(9):z A.
A standard clinical instrument interface for robotic applications.
, Savory J. Clin Ch1560-1561, 1987.Margrey KS, Martinez A, Vaughan DP, Felder RA. Clin Chem 36(9):1572-1575, September 1990.
Clinical laboratory robotics in the 1990s
Felder RA. Chemometrics; Intelligent Laboratory Systems: Lab Info Man 17:111-118, 1992.
Robotic automation of cyclosporin analysis in whole blood.
Holman JW, Felder RA. Clin Chem 38(8 Pt 1):1440-1443, August 1992.
Robotic chromatography: development and evaluation of automated instrumentation for assay of glycohemoglobin.
Herold CD, Andree K, Herold D, Felder RA. Clin Chem 39(1):143-147, January 1993.
Development of a robotic near patient testing laboratory.
Felder RA, Savory J, Margrey KS, Holman JW, Boyd JC. Arch Pathol Lab Med 119(10):948-951, October 1995.
Robotics and automated workstations for rapid response testing.
Felder RA. Am J Clin Pathol 104 (4 Suppl 1):S26-S32, October 1995.
Clinical trials of a novel centrifugation technique: axial separation.
Estey CA, Felder RA. Clin Chem 42(3):402-409, March 1996.
Robotics and the changing face of the clinical laboratory.
Boyd JC, Felder RA, Savory J. Clin Chem 42(12):1901-1910, December 1996.
Transporting with mobile robots
Felder RA.. LAN 1(4):6-12, October 1996
Clinical Evaluation of serial blood processing at point of care.
Estey CA, Felder RA. Clin Chem 43(2):360-362, February 1997.
How to automate your clinical laboratory.
Felder RA. J Lab Med 21(4):238-241, 1997 (In German).
Modular laboratory robotics and automation
Felder RA. . JIFCC 9(2):56, 58-60, 1997
Modular stepwise automation and the future of diagnostic testing.
Felder RA, Kost GJ. (Part 1) MLO 30(4):22-24, 26-27, April 1998.
Modular stepwise automation and the future of diagnostic testing.
Kost GJ, Felder RA. (Part 2) MLO 30(6):46, 48, 56, June 1998.
Robotic automation of coagulation analysis.
Graves S, Holman B, Rossetti M, Estey C, Felder RA. Clinica Chemica Acta 278(2):269-279, December 1998.
Development of simple devices for control of temperature above and below ambient on simple pipetting stations.
Mifflin TE, Felder RA. JALA 3(2):38-42, May 1998.
Modular workcells: Modern methods for laboratory automation.
Felder RA. Clin Chem Acta 278(2):257-267, December 1998.
Immunoassay automation.
Felder RA. J Clin Lig Assay 22(1):13-24, Spring 1999.
Reading the future: The increased relevance of laboratory medicine in the next century.
Felder RA, Graves S, Mifflin T. MLO 31(7):20-1, 24-6, July 1999.
Small robots for medium-sized hospitals.
Felder RA. Biochimica Clinica 23(5):317-319, 1999.
Getting specimens from here to there.
Felder RA. CAP Today, p34-35, September 1999.
A new automation tool for medicinal and combinatorial chemists.
Felder R. JALA 4(6):46-47, December 1999.
Simulation of robotic courier deliveries in hospital distribution services.
Rosetti MD, Kumar A, Felder RA. Health Care Man Science 3(3):201-213, June 2000.
Robotic automation performs a nested RT-PCR analysis for HCV without introducing sample contamination.
Mifflin TE, Estey CA, Felder RA. Clin Chem Acta 290(2):199-211, January 2000.
Modular robotic workcell for coagulation analysis.
Graves S, Holman B, Felder RA. Clin Chem 46(5):772-777, May 2000.
Medical mobile robotics: An industry update.
Landers L, Timoney CF, Felder RA. JALA 5(3):26-29, July 2000.
Searching for gene-environment interactions in cancer.
Gregersen PK, Felder RA. JALA 5(5):37-39, November 2000.
Software implementation of biological repository for human genetic material.
Graves BS, Mifflin TE, Gunderson J, Geddy S, Kell S, Felder RA. JALA 5(6):106-108, December 2000.
Effective shared control in cooperative mobility aids.
Wasson G, Gunderson J, Graves S, Felder RA. FLAIRS, AAAI p509-513, 2000.
An assistive robotic agent for pedestrian mobility.
Wasson G, Gunderson J, Graves S, Felder RA. Agents 2001:169-173, May/June 2001.
Pioneers in industrial automation solutions.
Timoney C, DiLorenzo ME, Felder RA. JALA 6(1):49-51, March 2001.
Technological advancements in liquid handling robotics.
DiLorenzo ME, Timoney CF, Felder RA. JALA 6(2):36-40, May 2001.
The life sciences revolution: Creating the tools for a new world; an in-depth look at IBM life sciences solutions.
Timoney CF, Estey CA, DiLorenzo ME, Felder RA. JALA 6(3):34-37, July 2001.
Conquering the diversity of the human proteome: GeneProt.
Felder RA. JALA 6(4):62-64, September 2001.
A large-scale robotic storage and retrieval system (Biorepository) capable of fully automated operation.
Mifflin TE, Graves SB, Felder RA. Am Genom Proteom Tech 1(3):27-31, November 2001.
Optimizing reaction conditions of the NanoOrange protein quantitation method for use with microplate-based automation.
Silberblatt S, Felder RA, Mifflin TE. JALA 6(6):83-88, December 2001.
Evaluation of an automated preanalytical robotic workstation at two academic health centers.
Holman JW, Mifflin TE, Demers LM, Felder RA. Clin Chem 48(3):540-548, March 2002.
A review of cell culture automation.
Kempner ME, Felder RA. JALA 7(2):56-62, April/May 2002.
Developments in microplate automation.
Kempner ME, Timoney CF, Felder RA. JALA 7(2):67-72, April/May 2002.
Breaking new ground among the giants.
Felder RA, Kempner ME, Timoney CF. JALA 7(3):44-49, June/July 2002.
Automated storage and retrieval at -C: Managing and documenting specimen security, integrity, and accessibility.
Felder RA. Am Lab 35(1):22-25, January 2003.
Medical automation: A technologically enhanced work environment to reduce the burden of care on nursing staff and a solution to the health care cost crisis.
Felder RA. Nurs Outlook 51(3):S5-S10, May-June 2003.
Review Articles
Symposium Explores New Approaches to Clinical Laboratory Automation.
Felder, RA. Clin Chem News 20(4):11, 13, April 1994.
Book Chapters
"Measurement of Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin" in Manual of Procedures for Seminar on the Clinical Pathology of Reproduction.
Boyd JC, Savory MG, Felder RA, Bray R, Burns K, Bruns DE. Sunderman FW (Ed), Institute for Clinical Science, Philadelphia PA (p151-160) 1984.
"Robotics in Clinical Laboratory Medicine" in Automation and New Technology in the Clinical Laboratory.
Felder RA, Boyd JC, Savory J, Margrey KS, Vaughan DP, Martinez A. Okuda K (Ed), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (p87-92) 1990.
"Robots in Laboratory Medicine" in Advances in Laboratory Automation Robotics.
Felder RA, Margrey K, Vaughan D, Roberts J, Boyd J, Savory J. Strimaitis J (Ed), Zymark Inc., Hopkinton MA, (p381-393) 1990.
"Critical Care Testing Using Unmanned Robotic Facilities" in Automation and New Technology in the Clinical Laboratory.
Boyd JC, Felder RA, Savory J, Margrey KS, Martinez A, Vaughan, D. Okuda K (Ed), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (p93-96) 1990.
"The Potential Applications of an Androgenic Receptor Assay for Anabolic Steroid Screening in Drugs in Competitive Athletics.
Felder RA, Hamilton M, Geary W. Shipe JR, Savory J (Ed), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford UK (p39-45) 1991.
"Robotic Automation of HPLC Laboratories" in HPLC in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Vol 47.
Felder RA. Fong GW, Lam SK (Eds), Marcel Dekker Inc., New York (Ch 9:185-210) 1991.
"Overview and Challenges" in Handbook of Clinical Laboratory Automation and Robotics.
Felder RA. Kost GJ (Ed), Wiley and Sons Publishers, New York, NY, Part I (Ch 1:3-29) 1996.
"Automation of Preanalytical Processing and Mobile Robotics" in Handbook of Clinical Laboratory Automation and Robotics.
Felder RA. Kost GJ (Ed), Wiley and Sons Publishers, New York NY (Ch 12:252-282) 1996.
"Robotic Automation of Near-Patient Testing" in Handbook of Clinical Laboratory Automation and Robotics.
Felder RA. Kost GJ (Ed), Wiley and Sons Publishers, New York, NY (Ch 24:596-619) 1996.
"The Distributed Laboratory: Point-of-Care Services with Core Laboratory Management" in Point of Care Testing.
Felder RA. Hicks J, Price C (Eds), Clinical Chemistry Press, Washington DC (Ch 5:99-118) 1999.
"Automation and Robotics in Genomics Laboratories" in Genomic Technologies: Present and Future.
Mifflin TE, Kramer G, Hamilton S, Felder RA. Galas DJ, McCormack SJ, (Eds), Caister Academic Press, UK (Ch 10:313-343) 2002.
"Pre-Analytical Automation in the Clinical Laboratory" in Clinical Diagnostic Technology: The Total Testing Process, Vol 1.
Boyd JC, Felder RA. Ward-Cook K, Lehmann C, Schoeff L, Williams RH (Eds), AACC Press, Washington DC (Ch 7:107-129) 2003.
Edited Books
Life Science Automation: Fundamentals and Applications
Mingjun Zhang, Bradley Nelson and Robin A. Felder (Eds.). Artech House Publishers, available in 2007.
Systems Engineering Approach to Medical Automation
Robin A. Felder, Majd Alwan and Mingjun Zhang (Eds.). Artech House Publishers, available in 2008.
Eldercare Technologies (tentative title)
Majd Alwan, Robin Felder (Eds). Artech House Publishers, available in 2008.
Invited Articles
"Advances in clinical chemistry over the past 25 years."
Savory J, Bertholf RL, Boyd JC, Bruns DE, Felder RA, Lovell MA, Shipe JR, Wills MR, Czaban JD, Coffey KF, O'Connell KM. Anal Chim Acta 180:99-135, 1986.
"Lab researches robotics potential."
Felder RA. Clin Chem News 12:28-30, 1986.
"Robots in the clinical laboratory."
Felder RA, Boyd JC, Savory J. Med Lab Practice 2:18-19, 1987.
"Robotics are coming to the critical care laboratory."
Felder RA, Boyd JC, Savory J. Canad Clin Lab 7:14, 1988.
"Robots the mechanical medical technologist."
Felder RA, Boyd JC, Margrey KS, Martinez A, Vaughan DP, Savory J. Clin Chem Endocrinol Metab 7:7-21, 1988.
"Robotics in the clinical laboratory."
Felder RA, Boyd JC, Savory J, Margrey KS, Martinez A, Vaughan D. Clin Lab Med 8(4):699-711, December 1988.
"Robotics in the medical laboratory."
Felder RA, Boyd JC, Margrey K, Holman W, Savory J. Clin Chem 36(9):1534-1543, September 1990.
"Clinical laboratory robots - their impact on laboratory management."
Felder RA, Boyd JC, Savory J. Clin Lab Manage Rev 4(6):449-454, November/December 1990.
"Clinical laboratory robotics in the 1990s."
Felder RA, Holman W, Boyd JC, Savory J, Margrey K. Adv Lab Autom - Robotics 7:787-801, 1991.
"Robots in health care."
Felder RA, Boyd JC, Margery KS, Holman W, Roberts J, Savory J. Anal Chem 63(14):741A-747A, July 1991.
"Laboratory systems integration: robotics and automation."
Felder RA. Ann Biol Clin ( Paris) 49(5):298-300, 1991.
"Recent advances in clinical laboratory robotics."
Felder RA. Scientific Bavaria '92, 4th International Symposium: Progress in Laboratory Diagnostics, Schloss Elmau, Germany, Jp;ze; W. L;pse S (Eds), Urban & Vogel, Muncher, p109-133, October 1992.
"Radioligand Binding Assays."
Felder R, Turner R. Packard Instrument Company, Matrix Application Note, p1-5, July 1992.
"Development and evaluation of a robotics-based system for glycoslyated hemoglobin analysis."
Herold CD, Holman JW, Andree K, Felder RA, Herold DA. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems: Lab Inform Man 21:189-197, 1993.
"Robotic technology presents challenges and opportunities to laboratories."
Felder RA. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems: Lab Inform Man 26(2):67-68, November 1994.
"ICAR '94: Robot technology applied to the laboratory."
Felder RA. Monitor/Laboratory Information Management 26:56-59, 1994.
"Front-End Systems: The Next Automation Wave."
Felder RA, Person NB. Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory 4(7):16-17, 20, 22-23, 26, July/August 1995.
"Automation of the Polymerase Chain Reaction."
Turner R, Felder RA, Kealy M. Am Biotech Lab 13(12):50-51, November 1995.
"Laboratory Automation: Strategies and Possibilities."
Felder RA. Clin Lab News (Part I) 22(3):10-11, March 1996.
"Cost-Justifying Laboratory Automation."
Felder RA. Clin Lab News (Part II) 22(4):10-11, 17, April 1996.
"Maybe "Star Wars" Wasn't So Far Off."
Felder RA. Advance 5(8):121, August 1996.
"Laboratory Robotics and Automation Conference '96: Clinical laboratory applications."
Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 15(10):20, November/December 1996.
"ICAR '96 Conference Highlights."
Felder RA. LAN 1(2):11-16, March 1996.
"Laboratory Automation: Real Cost Justification Data."
Felder RA. AdvAdmin Lab 5(7):22-23, 26, 30-31, July 1996.
"ICAR '96 Conference Highlights - Part 3."
Grandsard P, Felder R. LAN 1(4):14-18, October 1996.
"Lab Automation, Artificial Intelligence Highlights of."
Felder RA. Adv Admin Lab 5(11):19, November 1996.
"Laboratory Robotics and Automation Conference '96: Analytical, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Applications."
Grandsard P, Felder R. Am Lab 15(10):22, 24, December 1996.
"Total, Modular Lab Automation Helps Reach Efficiency Targets."
Felder RA. Adv Med Lab Prof 8(15):6-7, July 1996.
"Studies show plastic specimen tubes viable, safe option."
Estey CA, Jagger J, Felder RA. Advance (Cover story), 9(5):5-7, March 1997.
"Automation: innovative and inevitable. A commentary."
Felder RA. Clin Lab Man Rev 11(6):365-367, November/December 1997.
"Summary of LabAutomation’97, clinical presentations."
Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 16(7):18, 1997.
"High-throughput screening and other applications of laboratory automation from LabAutomation ‘97."
Felder RA. Am Lab 29(21):26, 28, 30, October 1997.
"As we see it. Prudent use of technology."
Lamb DA, Felder R, McClellan D. Clin Lab Mgmt Rev 11(3):192-195, May/June 1997.
"Lab Automation '97 conference highlights."
Felder RA. LAN 2(2):15-25, May 1997.
"Automating your existing clinical instruments."
Holman W, Turner R, Felder RA. LAN 2(3):24-29, July 1997.
"TLA has arrived!"
Felder, RA. LAN 2(3):30-31, July 1997.
"LabAutomation '98: New developments in high-throughput screening and combinatorial chemistry."
Felder RA, Godolphin W, Estey C, Hoffmann G. Am Lab 30(13):19-20, June 1998.
"LabAutomation '98: new developments in clinical laboratory automation (Part 1)."
Felder RA, Godolphin W, Estey C, Hoffman G. Am Clin Lab 17(6):10, July 1998.
"LabAutomation '98 (Part 2): new developments in European clinical laboratory automation and total laboratory automation."
Felder RA, Godolphin W, Estey C, Hoffman G. Am Clin Lab 17(7):7-9, August 1998.
"LabAutomation '98 (Part 3): new hardware and software developments in clinical laboratory automation."
Felder RA, Godolphin W, Estey C, Hoffman G. Am Clin Lab 17(8):8-9, September 1998.
"Renal dopamine receptors in health and hypertension."
Jose PA, Eisner GM, Felder RA. Pharmacol Ther 80(2):149-182, November 1998.
"Review of the LabAutomation’98 conference and exhibition."
Godolphin W, Estey C, Hoffmann G, Felder R. JALA 3(3):18-21, 23, 26-32, 34, July 1998.
"Eurolabautomation '98 at Oxford University."
Timoney CF, Beugelsdijk TJ, Felder RA. JALA 3(6):85-89, December 1998.
"Zymark: A pioneering company in laboratory automation."
Timoney CF, Felder RA. JALA 3(1):12-16, March 1998.
"Automation: Survival Tools for the Hospital Laboratory in Proceedings of the Second International Bayer Diagnostics Laboratory Symposium."
Felder RA. Balzac F (Ed), New York NY, p23-25, July 1998.
"Cepheid: Expanding the boundaries for practical applications of microinstrumentation and microfluidics."
Timoney CF, Felder RA. JALA 3(6):22-26, December 1998.
"The wonders of laboratory automation."
Felder RA. Adv Lab 7(11):38-40, 42-43, November 1998.
"LabAutomation '99 Conference Review."
Felder RA, Abdelmoteleb A. JALA 4(2): 43-50, May 1999.
"Clinical laboratory automation comes of age: case histories abound at the LabAutomation '99 conference."
Felder RA. American Clinical Laboratory, 18(7):6-7, 1999.
"Modular, step-wise approach to automation."
Felder RA, Graves S, Robertson D, Ferkany D. Adv Admin Lab 8(8):72, 74, 76, August 1999.
"Overview of laboratory automation equipment specifications."
Felder RA. CAP Today, September, 1999.
"Biochip Technology of the Future - Today!"
Timoney C, Felder RA. JALA 4(4):86-89, September 1999.
"The automation of laboratory medicine."
Felder RA, Mifflin T, Graves S. Adv Admin Lab 8(12):37-40, 1999.
"Review of LabAutomation 2000: clinical session review Part 1 - molecular diagnostics and large-scale automation."
Felder RA, Timoney C. Am Clin Lab 19(6):16-17, July 2000.
"Review of LabAutomation 2000: clinical session review Part 2: E-commerce mobile cart, connectivity, and integrated futures."
Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 19(7):8-9, August 2000.
"Review of LabAutomation 2000, case histories."
Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 19(8):12-13, 2000.
"LabAutomation2000."
Felder RA. JALA 5(1):32-36, March 2000.
"LabAutomation2000."
Felder RA. JALA 5(2):44-52, May 2000.
"Automation solutions: It's all about time."
Timoney CF, Felder RA. JALA 5(3):32-36, July 2000.
"Research and technology for life."
Timoney CF, DiLorenzo ME, Felder RA. JALA 5(4):52-56, September 2000.
"Review of LabAutomation 2000, miniaturization, high-speed analysis, and POC data management."
Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 19(9):14-15, 2000.
"ALA and LabAutomation 2000."
Felder RA. Am Lab 32(22):44-49, 2000.
"Creating practical solutions."
Timoney CF, Felder RA. JALA 5(6):44-45, December 2000.
"EuroLabAutomation 2000."
Felder RA. JALA 5(6):32-42, December 2000.
"Renal dopamine and sodium homeostasis."
Jose PA, Eisner GM, Felder RA. Curr Hypertens Rep 2(2):174-183, April 2000.
"LabAutomation2001: Where biotech meets automation."
DiLorenzo ME, Felder RA. JALA 6(1):34-42, March 2001.
"Is lab automation right for your lab?"
Felder RA. CAP Today 15(5):42-44, 46, 48, passim, May 2001.
"LabAutomation 2001, Part I: Experiences with total laboratory automation."
DiLorenzo ME, Timoney CF, Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 20(5):41-43, June 2001.
"LabAutomation 2001, Part II: Internet applications for the clinical laboratory."
DiLorenzo ME, Timoney CF, Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 20(6):31-32, July 2001.
"LabAutomation 2001, Part III: New approaches to glucose measurement and point-of-care connectivity and standards."
DiLorenzo ME, Timoney CF, Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 20(7):29-30, August 2001.
"LabAutomation 2001, Mining genomic data, venture capital considerations, micrototal analysis (chip) systems, and categorizing proteins."
DiLorenzo ME, Timoney CF, Felder RA. Am Biotech Lab, p18-20, August 2001.
"LabAutomation 2001, Part IV: Mass spectroscopy as sensitive detector, protein function in disease, and the soul of the robot."
DiLorenzo ME, Timoney CF, Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 20(8):21-23, September 2001.
"EuroLabAutomation 2001, conference and exhibition review."
Felder RA. JALA 7(1):37-51, March 2002.
"LabAutomation2002: Productive technologies for the new millennium."
Kempner ME, Felder RA. JALA 7(2):38-49, April/May 2002.
"Automation der Praanalytik - Begegnung zweier Welten."
Hoffmann G, Weber-Matthiesen K, Felder R. Labor Man Aktuell p8-13, June 2002.
"LabAutomation 2002: Productive technologies for the new millennium - Clinical laboratory automation case studies of successful and profitable installations, Part I."
Kempner M, Felder R. Am Clin Lab 21(3):8-9, April 2002.
"LabAutomation 2002: Productive technologies for the new millennium - Clinical laboratory automation case studies of successful and profitable installations Part 2."
Kempner M, Felder R. Am Clin Lab, 21(3):4, 8, May 2002.
"LabAutomation 2002: Productive technologies for the new millennium distributed laboratories and point-of-care - Part 2."
Kempner ME, Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 21(4):4-8, May 2002.
"LabAutomation 2002: Productive technologies for the new millennium - Clinical laboratory automation case studies of successful and profitable installations Part 3. Proteomics: Diagnostics and Specimen Biorepositories."
Kempner M, Felder R. Am Genom/Proteom Tech 2(3):6-8 May/June 2002.
"LabAutomation 2002: Internet access to health data: elder-care, home-care, and self-care programs – Part 4."
Kempner ME, Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 21(5):8-12, June 2002.
"LabAutomation 2002: Productive technologies for the new millennium - Scientific research and challenges in the new millennium. Part 5."
Kempner M, Felder RA. Am Clin Lab 34(15):4-6, July 2002.
"Planning Tools for Lab Automation."
Felder RA. Advance, January 2003.
"Push for patient safety is nudge for automation."
Felder RA. CAP Today, 17(5); 33-34, 2003.
"In-Home Health Monitoring: Today and in the Near Future."
Alwan M, Kell SW, Felder RA. CSA J 20:21-22, September 2003.
"Discoveries of Polygenic Testing."
Felder RA, Jose PA. Adv News Admin Lab, February 2004.
"Farewell to Flat Biology."
Felder RA, Gupta UC. BIOforum Europe 5(9):42, 44-45, August 2005.
"Cell Culture, the Achilles Heel of HTS?"
Gupta U, Felder RA. Screening Trends in Drug Discovery 6(3):17-19, September 2005.
"Psychosocial impact of monitoring technology in assisted living: A pilot study."
Alwan M, Leachtenauer J, Dalal S, Mack D, Kell S, Turner B, Felder RA. Assisted Living Consult, Nov/Dec 2006, 21-25.
"The lab automation survey demystified."
Felder RA. CAP Today, 2007, 21(3), pages 22;24;26;28.
IT’s Elder Care Intervention: Passive in-home monitoring systems can reduce the cost of care while improving elders’ quality of life.
Most Wired Magazine. November 2005.
Passive Unobtrusive Gait Monitor
Alwan, Dalal, Kell. CBI Steps to Success (2002)
Objective Remote Assessment of Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
Barger, Alwan, Kell, Turner, Wood, Naidu. CBI Steps to Success (2002)
Non-Invasive Analysis Of Physiological Signals
Mack, Kell, Alwan, Turner, Wolfe, Felder, Skalak. CBI Steps to Success (2002)
Robotics in the Classroom
Wood, Kell. CBI Steps to Success (2002)
MARC-ED: An Electronic Diary for Activity Data Collection in Smart Home Environment
Turner, Cohen, Reynolds, Kell, Alwan. CBI Steps to Success (2002)
Thermal Integrity of Cryogenic Shipping Containers
Turner, Reynolds, Kell, Felder. CBI Steps to Success (2002)
Wireless Sensor Network Model And Protocol: Secure Data Communication Between Fixed And Mobile Sensors
Dalal, Ma, Alwan, Turner, Kell. CBI Steps to Success (2002)
Ethical and Human Subject Protection Challenges in Translational Biomedical Research: From Concept to Clinical Trials
Third International Conference on Ethical Issues in Bioengineering, Jun 4-6, 2005 Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
Privacy and Data Security in In-Home Monitoring: A Technology Perspective
AAHSA Privacy Policy, Apr 2005
Maximizing Laboratory Efficiencies Using Automation
AACC's LabAutomation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 4, 2004
Alliance for Aging Presentation
March 2003 Capital Hill (3.5MB PDF)
More information about Laboratory Automation and Clinical Laboratory Robotics is available by downloading any of these files.
State-of-the-art in Clinical Automation
Haven't been to a MARC lecture or workshop? This set of slides give you MARC's viewpoint on the state-of-the-art, circa mid-1999
Laboratory Automation: State of the Art and Trends
Summary of a presentation made by Robin Felder for a short course at LabAutomation’99, January 1999
The Distributed Laboratory: Point-of-care Services with Core Laboratory Management
A chapter reprinted from Point of Care Testing, edited by Price and Hicks, The American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 1999
Automation: Survival Tools for the Hospital Laboratory
An overview of modular automation, presented to the Second International Bayer Diagnostics Laboratory Testing Symposium, New York City, July 1998