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Open AccessMosquito proboscis-inspired needle insertion to reduce tissue deformation and organ displacement
This study investigates mosquito proboscis-inspired (MPI) insertion applied to the clinically used biopsy needle to reduce tissue deformation and organ displacement. Advanced medical imagining has enabled earl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Three-Dimensional Printing Multifunctional Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) for Structural Elements
Three-dimensional printing (3DP) has great potential to facilitate fabrication of structures with smart functions. This research aims to develop an effective and efficient method to fabricate multifunctional s...
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The Effects of Passive Ankle-Foot Orthotic Devices’ Stiffness – Application and Limitation of 2D Inverted Pendulum Gait Model
This paper presents a pilot study for the development of a lumped parameter model that can facilitate the interpretation of gait data and design AFOs. A 2-D kinematic link model was constructed first and then...
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Evaluation of Smartwatch Inertia Measurement Unit (IMU) for Studying Human Movements
This study aims to evaluate the temporal and spatial accuracy of the inertia measurement unit (IMU) data from a wearable smartwatch using a controlled movement and comparisons with the optical tracking measur...
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Editorial for the special issue on innovative design and applications (selected papers from ICFDM2016)
