Elena Gutierrez-Farewik is a professor of biomechanics at Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and director of the Promobilia MoveAbility Lab.[1] She leads the research group at KTH MoveAbility.[2] She is president of the Swedish Society of Biomechanics and is on the board of the Swedish National Committee for Mechanics.[3]
Elena Gutierrez-Farewik | |
|---|---|
| Title | Professor |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biomechanics |
| Institutions | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| Main interests | Motion analysis, Musculoskeletal modelling, Gait Analysis, Neuromuscular Control |
| Education | BSc, Cornell Universitiy,1995; MSc, University of Michigan,1997; PhD, Karolinska Institutet, 2003. |
| Website | https://www.kth.se/profile/lanie |
Biography
editGutierrez-Farewick was born in Pennsylvania, USA. She received her BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell Universitiy in 1995, her MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1997, and her PhD in Orthopedics from Karolinska Institutet in 2003.[1]
Research Career
editGutierrez-Farewick's research interests are movement simulation, strategies, consequences, and assistance in children and adults with motion disorders.[1] She attained the title of Docent in Human Movement Mechanics at KTH in 2007 and was granted tenure at KTH Mechanics in 2010. She leads the Promobilia MoveAbility Lab at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Her group specializes in quantifying movement strategies governed by the nervous system, exploring the causal relationship between load-bearing and the adaptive capacity of the neuromusculoskeletal system, and developing adaptive assistive devices. Their work is enriched by a multidisciplinary approach that integrates experimental and computational methods [4].
Awards
edit- IVA's 100 List 2024: Innovation Through Interdisciplinary, 2024 [5]
- TEDxKTH 2024: Delivered a talk on "The Future of Mobility Through Biomechanics, Innovation, and AI", 2024 [6]
- Best Paper Award: "Multiple Exoskeletons, Multiple Objectives: Simulating Optimal Assistance of Active, Quasi-Passive, and Passive Assistive Devices", ESMAC, 2024
- Best Conference Paper Finalist: "Estimation of Ankle Dynamic Joint Torque by a Neuromusculoskeletal Solver-Informed Neural Network Model", IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2021
- ‘Young Star’: Recognized in KTH’s Research Assessment, 2012
- Göran Gustafsson Award: For young researchers, 2007
References
edit- ^ a b c Elena, Gutierrez Farewik. "Professor of Biomechanics at KTH Engineering Mechanics".
- ^ "Human Movement Biomechanics". KTH. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Welcome to the Swedish Society of Biomechanics - Swedish Society of Biomechanics". Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Promobilia MoveAbility Lab". KTH. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "IVAs 100-lista 2024: Aktivt och individanpassat exoskelett – en bärbar robotik som kan förändra livet för personer med nedsatt motorisk funktion". www.iva.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ TEDx Talks (2024-09-30). The Future of Mobility Through Biomechanics, Innovation, and AI | Elena Gutierrez-Farewik | TEDxKTH. Retrieved 2024-12-10 – via YouTube.