The National Science Foundation awarded Mississippi State University a $539,000 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to acquire a biomechanical movement baselining technology suite. The suite includes a gait real-time analysis interactive lab system and surface electromyography sensors to support human performance assessment research. This instrumentation will allow MSU researchers to validate wearable technologies, including a soft robotic sensor-based foot and ankle wearable, and generate large datasets for deep learning approaches. Secondary research areas include gait-based disabilities, chronic ankle instability, fall prevention, fatigue identification, and autonomous vehicle safety. The technology suite and associated research activities are intended to advance transformative engineering research in human factors and validate new types of wearable technology solutions.
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