Human Neuromechanics Lab
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Research in the Human Neuromechanics Laboratory focuses on how the human nervous and musculoskeletal systems interact to produce coordinated locomotion.

Specific projects include:

Pneumatically powered lower limb exoskeletons

Computer simulations of neuromechanical systems

Rehabilitation strategies for improving walking ability after neurological injury

High-Density EEG for mobile human brain imaging

 

CURRENT FUNDING:

Intelligent Prosthetic Knee-Ankle-Foot System with Coordinated Joint Action
Principal Investigator: Art Kuo (D. Ferris, Co-I, 17% effort) 
Agency: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (W81XW-08-DRMRP-ATTDA)
Period: 09/21/09 – 09/20/14
Amount: $8,712,373 Total Costs (UM portion $3,463,351 Total Costs; Ferris subcontract $799,383 Total Costs)

High-Density Electroencephalography System
Principal Investigator: Daniel Ferris (0% effort)
Agency: Army Research Laboratory (W911NF-09-1-0139)
Period: 04/15/09 – 04/14/10
Amount: $179,000 Total Costs

Mobile Brain Imaging: Monitoring the Brain Dynamics of Motivated Action
Principal Investigator: Scott Makeig (D. Ferris, Co-I, 10% effort)
Agency: Office of Naval Research (N000140811215)
Period: 11/1/08 – 10/31/12
Amount: $3,402,119 Total Costs (Ferris subcontract $261,169 Total Costs)

Robotic Orthoses for Gait Rehabilitation
Principal Investigator: Daniel Ferris (21% effort)
Agency: NIH (R21 NS062119)
Period: 02/01/08 – 01/31/10
Amount: $351,688 Total Costs

The University of Michigan Medical Rehabilitation Research Training Program
Principal Investigator: Denise Tate (Daniel Ferris, Mentor, 0% effort)
Agency: National Institutes of Health (T32 HD007422)
Period: 05/01/06 – 04/30/11
Amount: $1,535,015 Total Costs (Ferris subcontract is support of one postdoctoral fellow)