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March 2005 : 1 4 11 18 25
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| Friday, March 4, 2005 (1 4 11 18 25)
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 Event Title: Biomechanics Laboratory Seminar Series
Where: Biomechanics Research Laboratory @ UIC
Friday, March 4, 2005
Time: 3:00 PM CST
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Biomechanics Seminar Series
Topic: Concepts and Modeling of a Skyhook Suspension System for a Truck Driver Seat
Speaker: Bertrand Valero
Location: Biomechanics Research Lab 1032 ERF- 842 West Taylor St.
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Abstract:
Seat design in heavy vehicles has received little attention on the past. As stated in In-Gindy (1992), there is a contradiction between the handling and the driver comfort : good vehicle handling requires a large roll stiffness at the front axle of the truck, which causes large vertical accelerations in the driver's seat. Therefore a secondary mechanism is needed to control the seat displacement.
Yet, using a suspension with a constant stiffness and damping does not give a good frequency response for all frequencies. A skyhook suspension induces a variable damping improving the response at all frequencies.
In our case, a skyhook suspension is implemented through a piston in a cylinder and a valve connecting both sides of the piston. A control algorithm has been developed to rule the pressure in the cylinder. A first multibody model of the suspension is being developed
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| Friday, March 11, 2005 (1 4 11 18 25)
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Event Title: Biomechanics Laboratory Seminar Series
Where: Biomechanics Research Laboratory @ UIC
Friday, March 11, 2005
Time: 3:00 PM CST
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Biomechanics Seminar Series
Topic: Sensory Glove Interface as assistive technology for microsurgery and investigation of the 'Quiet Hand Technique'
Speaker: Jude Renil Martin
Location: Biomechanics Research Lab 1032 ERF- 842 West Taylor St.
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Abstract:
Traditional microsurgical technique is in a transitional stage that is leading
us to the next evolution - that of computer-assisted surgery. Computer
assisted surgery will survive but only as a part of the typical surgeon's
practice. They will be the more common procedures of the future and the
enabling technology allowing surgeons to accomplish work they have
never been able to do before. Through digitization and enhanced dexterity
surgeons would be able to give better care to patients through the use of
modern hi-fi gadgets, which are the core of fundamental changes that are
occurring now in medicine and surgery. With the use of computers and sensors
the surgeon can overcome physical limitations, hand tremors are minimized and
all movements become much more exact.
Can the use of such assistive technologies along with finer refinements in
surgical techniques improve the overall effectiveness of surgical practices?
In a joint collaboration between The Biomechanics Research Laboratory and
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush Presbyterian Hospital research is being
conducted on the procedural effectiveness of a finer refined surgical
technique called the `Quiet Hand Technique'(R.L Fergusson et al, 2004) along
with the assistive sensory glove interface. My work is primarily dedicated
to the design, analysis and development of the Computer assistive sensory
glove interface and the utilization of the interface to study the technique.
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| Friday, March 18, 2005 (1 4 11 18 25)
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Event Title: Biomechanics Laboratory Seminar Series
Where: Biomechanics Research Laboratory @ UIC
Friday, March 18, 2005
Time: 3:00 PM CST
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Biomechanics Seminar Series
Topic: The cervical spine and the problem of whiplash
Speaker: Rachele Alleha
Location: Biomechanics Research Lab 1032 ERF- 842 West Taylor St.
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| Friday, March 25, 2005 (1 4 11 18 25)
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