Ann M Simon
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, USA
Biography
Ann Simon is the Biomedical Engineering Manager in the Center for Bionic Medicine at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, IL and a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University. She received the BS degree in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, in 2003. She received the MS degree in Mechanical Engineering and PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Her research is focused on overcoming clinical challenges associated with the application of advanced pattern recognition myoelectric control systems for both upper- and lower-limb amputees.
Abstract
Abstract : Towards clinically viable control of a powered knee-ankle prostheses