Title: Lumped Parameter Modeling of Human Gait for Predicting and Evaluating Drop Foot Patient’s Gait

Bio: The University of Michigan Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Chapter is organized to serve the needs of the human factors profession at the University of Michigan. Its purpose is to promote and advance the understanding of human factors involved in the design, manufacture, and use of machines, systems, environments, and devices of all kinds through the interchange of knowledge and methodology in the behavioral, biological, and physical sciences and in industrial and operations engineering, design science, computer science, information, psychology, and other relevant disciplines.

Abstract: There will be two parts of this talk. The first part, will be about the University of Michigan HFES Student Chapter, including goals, events, and membership benefits. The second part, will cover Albert's own research. The research focuses on human gait modeling which is motivated by the demands of a decision support system in orthotic clinics. This system aims at using AFO designs and patient's individual parameters as inputs, to predict and evaluate the gait pattern, and then to guide the AFO designs. The current gait model utilizes pendulum and inverted pendulum movements to approach the human gait.

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