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Eric Beaudette is a Ph.D. Human Factors & Ergonomics student with a bachelor’s and master’s in Fiber Science from Cornell University. He has around 12 years of experience working as a researcher and designer, including co funding Cornell Wearable Tech. Eric research concentrates on further on-body strain sensor characterization through the lens of fit and sizing for lower limb medical wearable applications. He develops strategies for wearable device developers to have best-guess approaches and assessments for sizing inclusion and solutions holistically compliant with patients.

Keywords: VR/AR wearables, medical and protective wearable product development, smart clothing, anthropometry, 3D body scanning, 3D apparel visualization, fit, wearability

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Emily Seifert is a Ph.D.Human Factors & Ergonomics student with a bachelor in science and Masters in Apparel Design from the UMN. She has around eight years of experience working as a researcher in various industries, and currently working in Human Dimension lab at UMN. Emily's research supports workspace, wearable product, and medical product design innovation through mixed methods research approaches to provide safer, more equitable environments and products.

Keywords: 3Dscanner, Hand, Feet, Anthropometric survey Landmark

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Human Factors & Ergonomics

(M.S., Ph.D.)

The Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) graduate program at the University of Minnesota offers interdisciplinary coursework that addresses human performance and how it can be enhanced through the design of products, tools, systems, interfaces, working environments, processes, and organizations.

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Sensing layer and b) the combined sensing and hybrid SMA-pneumatic actuating garment.

Technical sketches for the a) front and back view of the soft exoskeleton system, b) adjustable arm bands with snapping distal SMA endpoint connections, and c) pneumatic bladder and housing unit.

Design of a Hybrid SMA-Pneumatic based Wearable Upper Limb Exoskeleton

This was a collaborative research led by Professor Dr. Lucy Dunne in the Wearable Technology lab aimed at developing wearable technologies to measure and assist upper-limb movements in children with mobility impairments. Erics mainly worked on Biomechanics Testing and Soft Systems Prototyping. He Designed and fabricated complex soft prototypes incorporating sensing with hybrid actuating components.