Timothy
M. Kowalewski [cv]
Research Areas:
TURP Simulator TURP Sim Team w/ Surgeon General
[Link] The UW Virtual Reality Trans-Urethral Resection of Prostate (TURP) Simulator (HIT Lab) [ACTIVE]
[Link] Trauma Pod: The Operating Room of the Future (BioRobotics Lab) [ACTIVE]
[Link] Quantitative Surgical Skill Evaluation via Hidden Markov Modeling and Vector Quantization (BioRobotics Lab) [PAST]
[Link] Hidden Markov Model Toolkit for Matlab (BioRobotics Lab) [PAST]
Patents and IP:
"Hidden Markov
Model Surgical Skill Evaluation," Blake Hannaford, Jacob Rosen, Timothy
Kowalewski, UWTTR No. 7126D; Pending.
Intellectual Property Assignment, "UW VR TURP Simulator," R. Sweet, P.Oppenheimer, D. Hendrickson, T. Kowalewski, S. Weghorst, UW Urology/ HIT Lab; currently licensed by METI for production and distribution.
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J. Rosen, T. Kowalewski, C. Pugh, B.
Hannaford, M. Sinanan, QUANTITATIVE PROCEDURAL SKILL ANALYSIS VIA VECTOR
QUANTIZATION AND HIDDEN MARKOV MODELING, Studies in Health Technology and
Informatics -- Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, January 2005.
(Presented by Dr. Rosen)
T. Kowalewski, B.
Hannaford, J. Rosen, HIDDEN MARKOV MODELING IN SURGICAL APPLICATIONS, Research
Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, June 2004. [PowerPoint
Presentation ~270MB of video – BIG!]
T. Kowalewski, R. Sweet, S. Weghorst, B.
Hannaford, VIRTUAL REALITY SURGICAL TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
UW Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Symposium, Presentation, May 2003. [PowerPoint
Presentation ~90 MB of video]
F. Nagahisa, T. Kowalewski, J.Q. Le, B. Hannaford, J. Rosen,
Quantitative Evaluation of Surgical Skill via Hidden Markov Modeling, UW Mary
Gates Undergraduate Research Symposium, Poster, May 2003. [PowerPoint
Poster]
Kowalewski,
T. Sweet, R., Oppenheimer, P., Weghorst, S., VALIDATION OF THE UW VIRTUAL REALITY
TURP SIMULATOR. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics -- Medicine Meets
Virtual Reality 11. Newport Beach, CA. Conference Presentation, January
2003. [PowerPoint
Presentation]
R. Sweet, T. Kowalewski, P. Oppenheimer, J.
Berkley, J. Porter, S. Weghorst. "The UW Virtual TURP Simulator."
American Urology Association Conference, video/podium and ACMI product
presentation, Orlando, Florida May 2002.
R. Sweet, T. Kowalewski, P. Oppenheimer, J.
Berkley, J. Porter, R. Satava, S. Weghorst. "Validation of the UW TURP
Simulator as a Training Tool." World Congress of Endourology, video/podium
and poster, Genoa, Italy, September 2002.
T. Kowalewski, B. Hannaford. "Hidden
Markov Models: Introduction and Haptic Applications" UW Haptics Research
Interest Group (H-RIG), HIT Lab, Seattle Washington, January 2002.
Education and Awards
2003-2005 New
Westminster Abbey
Mission, BC
Bachelors in Philosophy (Unfinished)
- Seminary of Christ the King 4.00 Cum. GPA,(4.12
A+, Canadian System)
- K. of C. Scholarship and Serra Club Award for
Excellence
- 1st Place at Annual Oratory/Speech Contest
1999-2003 University Of Washington Seattle, WA
B.S. Electrical Engineering - Analog/DSP specialty with Math Minor
- College of Arts and Sciences Honors program
& Engr. Honors Program
- International Honor Society for Electrical
Engineers (HKN)
- 3.77 Cum. GPA "Cum Laude," Dean's
List Recognition
- Named Mary Gates Scholar
- Awarded Mary Gates Research Endowment
- D.C. Hanley Endowed Scholarship, Kimberly-Clark
Scholarship
- MATLAB tutorial instructor
1995-1999 Bellarmine Preparatory HS Tacoma, WA
High School (Concurrent with Pierce or Tacoma
Comm. College)
- Graduated with Honors, Advanced Placement, and 3.67
Cum. GPA
- 4.00 Cum. GPA in 15 credits of concurrent
science courses at
a
Community College
- Mathematics Award; Placed 2nd and 3rd at
Science Fairs
Links:
UW Electrical Engineering, My Home Department
at UW.
UW BioRobotics Lab, Where I live.
UW Dept of Urology, The People
that funded my work at HITL.
Mimic Technologies, The force-feedback platform
used in the VR TURP Sim.
University of Minnesota AHC,
Current home of the VR TURP Sim validation study.
Contact Information:
Address: Human Interface Technology Lab University of Washington PO Box 352142 Seattle, WA 98195-2142
Email: tmk@hitl.washington.edu
Human Interface
Technology Lab