Human Dynamics and Controls Lab

Biography

1206 West Green Street
MC-244
154 Mechanical Engineering Building
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois 61081 USA
Phone: 217-333-3415
Fax: 217-244-6345
Email: ethw@illinois.edu

Professor:

• Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering (MechSE)
• Prof. Hsiao-Wecksler’s departmental (MechSE) faculty webpage
• Curriculum Vitae

Affiliate:

• Department of Bioengineering
• Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
• Beckman Institute
• Center on Health, Aging and Disability
• Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power
• Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Director:

Human Dynamics and Controls Laboratory
(Recent research projects in the HDCL)

Education:

• Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Boston University
  • Integrative Rehabilitation Engineering Program, 2002
• Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – BERKELEY
  • Mechanical Engineering, 2000
• M.S., ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  • Mechanical Engineering, 1994
• B.S., CORNELL UNIVERSITY
  • Mechanical Engineering, 1987

Courses:

• Statics (TAM 210/211): Spring 2018
• Mechanical Design II (ME 371): Spring 2015
• LEGO Robotics Mentoring (ENG 298): Fall 2012/2013/2014/2015/2016
• Dynamics of Mechanical Systems (ME 340): Spring 2009/2011
• Mechanical Design I (ME 370): Fall 2002/2014, Spring 2003/2006/2007/2008/2012/2013/2014
• Whole-body Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (ME 481): Fall 2010/2011/2012/2013/2015
• Modeling of Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (ME 498): Developed course for senior/graduate elective. Fall 2003/2004/2005/2006/2007/2008
• Human and Robotic Locomotor Issues (ME 598): Coordinator of interdisciplinary graduate seminar for members of eight research groups. AY03-04, AY04-05, AY05-06, AY06-07

Guides for writing in biomedical journals:

From Obstetrics & Gynecology,

• “Guide to Writing for O&G” Although this document is specific for the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, it has a good general overview of how to write for a scholarly biomedical journal
• “Guidelines on preparing art/figures for submission to O&G” Although this document is specific for the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, it has good pointers on how to make your artwork professional looking

From the American Physiological Society,

• This is a good example of how to report your results in an appropriate statistical format. “Guidelines for reporting statistics in journals by the American Physiological Society” by Douglas Curran-Everett and Dale J. Benos, Physiological Genomics 18:249-251 (2004).
• This should be freely available. If you have difficulties see “Instructions for Preparing Your Manuscript/Results” at the Journal of Neurophysiology website for a link.