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Adaptive Prosthetic Ankle for Amputees
Bouvé/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd is developing a Variable-Stiffness Ankle (VSA) prosthetic to address the limitations of current fixed-stiffness prosthetics by dynamically adapting to users’ movements for enhanced comfort and mobility.
Fall 2024 Spark Fund Awardees
BioE Assistant Professor Sara Rouhanifard, Bouve/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd, and MIE Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lipton are recipients of the Fall 2024 Spark Fund Awards from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation.
Using Exoskeletons To Increase Mobility
Bouvé/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd is leading a team of graduate students, including Fatima Tourk, PhD’27, mechanical engineering, to create a battery-powered exoskeleton that is intended to assist people with mobility issues and enable complex movements without causing discomfort. He co-authored research published in Nature on a new lower-limb exoskeleton.
Designing Exoskeletons to be More Versatile and Accessible
Bouve/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd, in collaboration with Aaron Young from Georgia Tech, was awarded a $800,000 NSF grant for “Towards Task-Agnostic and Device-Agnostic Ankle Exoskeleton Control for Mobility Enhancement.”
Shepherd’s Research Featured on Cover of Science Robotics
Bouve/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd’s research on “Exoskeletons Need To React Faster than Physiological Responses To Improve Standing Balance” was featured on the cover of Science Robotics.
New Faculty Spotlight: Max Shepherd
Max Shepherd joins the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department in January 2022 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences.