Manelle Merad
Position: Visiting PhD student
Email: merad@isir.upmc.fr
Hometown: Paris, France
Education background: Engineering Degree (French Engineering School Télécom Physique Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, France), 2014; M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 2014
Research focus:
Research interests: Upper limb prosthetics, inter-joint coordinations, control
Introduction: I am pursuing a PhD degree in Robotics at the Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics (Sorbonnes Universités – UPMC). My work is focused on the control of upper limb prosthetics, and more especially on an intuitive control strategy of the elbow joint. I am investigating the outcomes of an automatic control mode whereby the prosthetic elbow motion is estimated based on a model of natural shoulder/elbow coordinations and IMU-based shoulder measurements.
