Dinner will be provided!

About Dr. Pual Pridham:

Dr. Paul Pridham is a Lecturer and Research Area Specialist Senior in the Center for Ergonomics and Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. Paul completed a Ph.D. from Columbia University, focused on rehabilitation robotics and how design impacts the performance of these systems. Paul went on to do postdocs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying human exoskeleton fluency; and at Northern Arizona University, studying ankle exoskeletons with applications to clinical populations. Paul's work explores the impact of design on the performance of wearable systems, particularly exoskeletons. This talk will examine how wearable systems can be used to better understand ourselves, and in return how that understanding can allow us to better design wearable systems. Paul will also discuss future directions to take this work and encourage students to explore these topics.