“Wearable Robotics for Gait Training” NSF Career/NIH
Babak Hejrati – Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering-Dynamics and Controls, UMaine
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Babak Hejrati, director of the Biorobotics and Biomechanics Laboratory in the University of Maine Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received a more than $432,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a novel wearable robotic system and intelligent methods that, for the first time, will enable home-based and independent walking training for older adults. Hejrati is also a recipient of a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will enable his team to further expand their translational research in the areas of robotics, gait training and clinical gerontology.