BE 721 Advanced Neuro-Mechanical Modeling
Approaches for modeling muscle mechanics, skeletal structures, spinal neural networks. Neuromuscular models that include sensory feedback. Simulations of simple models of human eye, eye-head, and elbow systems for a variety of movement tasks. Use of inverse and forward dynamic simulations to investigate human movement strategies. Addressing redundancy in larger-scale elastostatic models of the head and shoulder systems. Use of sensitivity analysis and optimization as tools for understanding goal-directed movement strategies. Includes modeling project. Prerequisites: BE 516; 535 or 621.