Do you wish to E-mail us? amri@unm.edu
The Artificial Muscle Research Institute is involved in
the following active research areas:
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| Heart-Assist Devices Equipped with Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) Artificial Muscles | Mohsen Shahinpoor , Dan Burkoff (MD), Stuart Pett (MD), Amid Keshavarzi (MD) |
| Smart/Intelligent Materials Classifications | Mohsen Shahinpoor, Sorin G. Popa |
| Materials Intelligence Research | Mohsen Shahinpoor, Sorin G. Popa |
| Biomimetic Noiseless Swimming Robots equipped With IPMC Artificial Muscle Fin Actuators | Mohsen Shahinpoor, Kwang J. Kim, German Chamorro |
| Biomimetic Noiseless Flying Robots | Mohsen Shahinpoor |
| Electromagnetic Interaction With IPMC Artificial Muscles As Biomimetic Sensors and Actuators | Mohsen Shahinpoor, V.J. Varadan |
| Ultrasonic Interaction with IPMC Artificial Muscles As Biomimetic Sensors, Actuators and Smart Skin | Mohsen Shahinpoor, Ron Lumia and Hy Tran |
| Electrically Activated PAN Muscles | Brett Schreyer and Mohsen Shahinpoor |
| IPMC Artificial Muscles as Sensors for Medical and Industrial Applications | Mohsen Shahinpoor |
| IPMC Sensors for Spine Biomechatronics Applications | Lisa Faye, Mohsen Shahinpoor, Jeff Lantz, and Amid Keshavarzi |
| Application of SMA Actuators to Orthopaedic Surgical Applications | Mohsen Shahinpoor, Moheb Moneim and Keikhosrow Firoozbakhsh, Guoping Wang |
| Applications of SMA Actuators to Spine Biomechanics | Ed Benzel, Mohsen Shahinpoor, Lisa Faye and Amid Keshavarzi, Guoping Wang |
| Force Characterization and Optimization of IPMC Artificial Muscles | Mohsen Shahinpoor, Kwang J. Kim and Tariq Rashid |
| Virtual Reality and Human-Computer Interfacing Using IPMC Artificial Muscles As Biomimetic Sensors and Actuators | Mohsen Shahinpoor, Arlan Andrews |
| Noiseless, SMA Actuator-Driven Prosthesis, Orthoses, And Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) Devices For Paraplegics, Quadriplegics, Elderly and Disabled People | Guoping Wang, Mohsen Shahinpoor |
| Shape-Memory-Alloy (SMA) - Based Artificial Muscles and Biomimetic Devices | Guoping Wang, Mohsen Shahinpoor |
| Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) Artificial Muscles for Space Applications | Mohsen Shahinpoor |
| Materials & Geometry Synergy to Evolve Intelligence | Mohsen Shahinpoor, Sorin G. Popa |
| Space Dust Wiper Muscle for NASA/JPL Space Missions | Mohsen Shahinpoor |
| Intelligent and Adaptive Control of Artificial Muscle Dynamics | Ron Lumia, Mohsen Shahinpoor, Greg Starr |
| Artificial Sarcomere Research | Mohsen Shahinpoor |
| Cervical Spine Biomechanics | Nevan Baldwin (MD), Mohsen Shahinpoor (Ph.D.) and Michael Schneier (Ph.D.) |
| Ptosis (eyelid drooping dysfunction) | Mohsen Shahinpoor , Don Burke, Dan Perez |
| Footdrop muscular dystrophy | Mohsen Shahinpoor , Don Burke and Dan Perez |
Artificial Muscles Research Institute
School of Engineering
School of Medicine
The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel:(505)277-3966 Fax:(505)277-1571
Do you wish to E-mail us? amri@unm.edu