Faculty Mentor: Erika Pliner
Title: Assistant Professor
College: Engineering
School / Department: Mechanical Engineering
Project description
Team members of the Neuroergonomics & Occupational Biomechanics Laboratory (NOBL) aim to improve safety and reduce accidents for individuals at increased injury risk. Our current projects are investigating ladder falls, perception of falling hazards, and rehabilitative step training. We are looking for new team members to assist with our human participant data collections. These data collections commonly comprise 3D motion capture from cameras and force sensors and physiological recording from heart rate and electroencephalogram (EEG). More detail about our lab can be found at our lab page: https://nobl.mech.utah.edu/
Student Role: Potential Student Roles:
- Assisting with data collection
- Data processing
- Experimental apparatus design
- Recruiting participants Specific Tasks:
- Safety & Human Data Collection Training
- Weekly Lab Meetings
- Individual Meetings After a semester trial period, motivated students may be assigned to an individual research project. This will facilitate a more comprehensive research experience.
- Assisting with data collection
- Data processing
- Experimental apparatus design
- Recruiting participants Specific Tasks:
- Safety & Human Data Collection Training
- Weekly Lab Meetings
- Individual Meetings After a semester trial period, motivated students may be assigned to an individual research project. This will facilitate a more comprehensive research experience.
Student Benefits: Experience in a multidisciplinary laboratory; Research mentoring; Human motion capture training; Authorship and presentation of research.
Project Duration: Semester trial period. An opportunity to continue in the lab will be given based on performance. Expected to work a minimum of 10 hours a week.
Opportunity Type: Research Assistant
Opportunity Location Type: In Person
Is this a paid opportunity: ToBeDetermined
Paid Description:
Volunteer.
Minimum Requirements: Ability to work with others and demonstrate growth in the position.
How To Apply: Contact Erika Pliner, erika.pliner@utah.edu