Research

"Relative influence of sensory cues in a multi-modal virtual environment", by Claudia Hendrix Pi-Ming Cheng William Durfee. Presentation made at the 1999 ASME Haptics forum. (PowerPoint, 4 Mb)

FES overview talk, 2001 (old) (PowerPoint, 6 Mb)

Haptic Knobs for Automobiles, CTS Research Symposium, St. Paul, May, 2004. (PowerPoint, 5.2 Mb)

"Reanimating Paralyzed Limbs with Neuromuscular Stimulation", Keynote address, 2005 CLAWAR conference, London (PowerPoint, 30 Mb)

"Telerehabilitation", Dept of Physical Therapy Seminar, Univ of Vermont, Feb 2006 (PowerPoint, 30 Mb)

"A Rehabilitation Sampler", Dept of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Vanderbilt, April 2006 (PowerPoint, 26 Mb)

"Practical Applications of Muscle Mechanics", UMN Muscle course presentation, March 2007 (PDF, 3 Mb)

"Rehabilitation Engineering Design Case Studies, UIUC, September 2007 (PDF, 4.3 Mb)

"Practical Applications of Muscle Mechanics", Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota, October 2007 (PDF, 1.6 Mb)

"Advanced Rehabilitation Technologies", Medical Devices Center, University of Minnesota, September 2009 (PDF, 4.6 Mb)

Research movies

FES gait with Controlled-Brake-Orthosis (mpg, 8 Mb)

Haptic knob (avi, 10 Mb)

Motion capture output (avi, 8 Mb)

Product Development

"NPD Overview", Overview of new product development for UMN graduate new products course, www.npdbd.umn.edu (PDF, 0.5 Mb)

Education

"Can Design Be Taught?", Harvard University presentation, April 2002 (PDF, 4.6 Mb)

Overview of NPDBD program for the Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering Education, Jan. 17-18, 2003, San Francisco (PowerPoint file, 7 Mb)

Design Education, SEESP workshop, August 2, 2001 (PowerPoint file, 17 Mb)

New Product Design and Business Development Program, July 2000 (PowerPoint file, 4 Mb)

"Engineering Education and the Real World", Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity speech, October 2001 (HTML format)

Other

"Real Engineering", Dept of MechE graduation speech, May 2000 (HTML format)

“It Aint Over Yet”, Dept of MechE graduation speech, May 2005 (HTML format)