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Category: Biomedical

Exoskeletons as Personal Protective Equipment

December 1, 2020 smanisco ASTM, Biomedical, Faculty, Peterson

More than ever before, healthcare and manufacturing workers are putting in long work shifts causing fatigue, and physical and mental strain. Technology exists in the

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Microscope Grant Expands Research in Engineering

October 23, 2020 smanisco Biomedical, Faculty, innovation, Peterson, Research

A microscope that has the capability of capturing multiple two-dimensional images at different depths and allows users to convert images into three-dimensional high-resolution images might

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‘Iron Man’ inspires alumni favorite at Senior Design Day

December 14, 2017 jzelazny Biomedical, mechanical, Research, Senior Design, Students

The SHELL team, from left, Ferbert, Rivera, Meyer, Chwistek and Adejinle In a surprise upset at the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s fall Senior

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NIU dean to lead ASTM committee on exoskeletons and exosuits

October 27, 2017 nsec Biomedical, Faculty, Research

The MAX, manufactured by suitX, is one example of acommercially-available exosuit. NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology Dean Donald Peterson, Ph.D., will chair a

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Students develop low-cost robotic hand to change the lives of amputees

June 28, 2017 nsec Biomedical, Electrical, Research, Students

A robotic hand developed by a team of Northern Illinois University engineering students has the potential to change the lives of amputees – at about

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Student groups team up for event on technology in health care

March 3, 2017 nsec Biomedical, Students

On Thursday, March 2, the Biomedical Engineering Success Team (B.E.S.T.) hosted Scott Johnsen, a 2014 alumnus of the NIU School of Nursing, for a special

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