Jon S
- Research Program Mentor
PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate
Expertise
Mechanical engineering, dynamics, physics, biomechanics, assistive devices, device design, machine learning, deep learning, movement disorders, promoting healthy movement
Project ideas
Simulate motion
Create musculoskeletal model and use it in a physics based platform to simulate a motion you care about. You might think about simulating your favorite sport to see if you can learn about the forces involved, or perhaps you've always wondered how cats seem to land on their feet.
Create a machine learning model
Use statistics and machine learning to build a model that can estimate predict, or compute something you are interested in. It could be a model that detects your favorite animal in a picture or one that identifies when someone is dancing in your favorite style. Identify something that you want to build and this would be a great way to practice coding and using statistical methods.
Biomechanics in the wild
Find something in your community that causes people trouble. It could be a set of stairs that is steeper than usual, a sidewalk that is inclined, or a door that is too heavy. Do an analysis of what you find to quantify and recommend different parameters that would be more favorable.