[Staff] FW: RE: Faculty candidate seminar: A Novel Approach to Robotic Walking Therapy, March 5, Monday 11am

[Arlene Gibson]

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From: Kee S. Moon [mailto:kmoon at mail.sdsu.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:46 AM
To: 'faculty at engineering.sdsu.edu'; 'staff at engineering.sdsu.edu'
Cc: 'David Hayhurst'; 'Stephen Welter'; 'Nicole Crawford'; 'Diane David';
'Arlene Gibson'
Subject: RE: Faculty candidate seminar: A Novel Approach to Robotic Walking
Therapy, March 5, Monday 11am

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder of a faculty candidate seminar which will be held on
March 5, 2012, Monday, 11:00 A.M.
at E-203E by Dr. Jooeun Ahn.

His talk is entitled:

" A Novel Approach to Robotic Walking Therapy"

Abstract:

Rehabilitation of human motor function is an issue of the utmost
significance, and the demand for the effective rehabilitation service is
even growing with the graying of the population. While robotic technology
has provided promising ways to assist recovery of the motor function of
upper extremities, current robotic therapy for lower extremities has shown
inferior efficacy. In this presentation, the source of the limited efficacy
of current robotic walking therapy is addressed. Design criteria of robotic
walking therapy are suggested based on the essential components of stable
walking, and a novel strategy is proposed based on the criteria: dynamically
entraining human gait with periodic torque from a robot. Experiments with
normal subjects and patients support the feasibility of the proposed
rehabilitation strategy; entrainment and phase locking to the periodic
torque have been rigorously observed. A highly simplified walking model
without supra-spinal control reproduces these observations, suggesting that
the proposed entrainment therapy may be effective for a wide range of
neurological impairments including spinal cord injury as well as stroke.

Short Bio:
Dr. Jooeun Ahn graduated from Seoul National University in Korea with summa
cum laude honor in 2001. He participated in development of an AEGIS
destroyer for Republic of Korea Navy from 2001 to 2004. He received M.S and
Ph.D. from MIT in 2006 and 2011 respectively, and he is currently a
post-doctoral associate at MIT. His research interest includes dynamics of
bipedal walking, human locomotor control and interactive robotics.

Thank you,

Kee

Kee S. Moon, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA  92182-1323
619-594-8660
619-594-3599 (fax)
kmoon at mail.sdsu.edu



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