<div dir="ltr">Do you want to develop wearable robots for preventing musculoskeletal injuries in occupational settings, e.g., factory workers performing manual tasks? Do you want to understand how skeletal muscles change their biological structure in response to mechanical stimuli and how rehabilitation robots (e.g., exoskeletons, robotic dynamometers) can steer such structural changes over time? <br><br>The Neuro-Mechanical Modeling and Engineering Lab (Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente) is seeking for two outstanding postdoctoral fellows to work on two large-scale European projects respectively:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><ul style="margin:1em 1em 1em 2em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(37,44,47)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside">H2020 ERC project INTERACT:<span> </span><a href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/803035" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(35,121,181);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/803035</a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside">H2020 RIA project SOPHIA:<span> </span><a href="https://project-sophia.eu/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(35,121,181);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://project-sophia.eu</a></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(37,44,47);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(37,44,47)">Please, apply via the links below:</b><ul style="margin:1em 1em 1em 2em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(37,44,47)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Postdoc opening 1 (INTERACT project): Modeling skeletal muscle adaptation for the control of rehabilitation robots across large temporal scales: Apply here:<span> </span><a href="https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/careers/!/128/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(35,121,181);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/careers/!/128/</a><span> </span>by September 13, 2021.<span> </span></b></li></ul><div><font color="#252c2f" face="Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"><span><b><br></b></span></font></div><ul style="margin:1em 1em 1em 2em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(37,44,47)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Postdoc opening 2 (SOPHIA project): Computational models of musculoskeletal injury prediction and control of bio-protective exosuits: Apply here:<span> </span><a href="https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/careers/!/127/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(35,121,181);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/careers/!/127/</a><span> </span>by August 31, 2021.<span> </span></b></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(37,44,47);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We offer high-reaching positions with a generous allowance as well as extraordinary research facilities and working environment. Your work will be facilitated by in-house expertise and mentorship. You will collaborate with top-scientists on aspects including exoskeleton control, skeletal muscle modelling, statistical modelling, giving large opportunity of growth and to perform impactful research! <br><br>The INTERACT Project aims to develop predictive models of the neuromuscular system to establish new closed-loop control methods for robotics-based neuro-rehabilitation. With a focus on spinal cord electrical stimulation and robotic exoskeleton, we will demonstrate how motor dysfunction is repaired by inducing optimal changes in neuromuscular targets.<br><ul style="margin:1em 1em 1em 2em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(37,44,47)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside">Project Page:<span> </span><a href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/803035" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(35,121,181);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/803035</a></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(37,44,47);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The SOPHIA Project seeks to realize adaptable and safe human-robot collaborative environments. Through well-tested sensing methods, modeling, and control algorithms, SOPHIA will see humans and robots working together in factory production settings. In this way, SOPHIA will remove the separation between man and machine to improve factory output. SOPHIA consortium encompasses a large international consortium of academic and industrial partners.<br><ul style="margin:1em 1em 1em 2em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(37,44,47)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside">Project Page:<span> </span><a href="https://project-sophia.eu/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(35,121,181);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://project-sophia.eu</a></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(37,44,47);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Neuro-Mechanical Modelling & Engineering Lab. We interface robotic technologies with the neuromuscular system to improve movement. We apply modelling and signal processing, in a translational way, to develop novel real-time bio-inspired assistive technologies. Our goal is to establish a roadmap for discovering fundamental principles of movement at the interface between humans and wearable robots ultimately for improving human health. Check out our pages:<br><ul style="margin:1em 1em 1em 2em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(37,44,47)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside">Lab:<span> </span><a href="https://bit.ly/NMLab" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(35,121,181);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/NMLab</a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside">YouTube:<span> </span><a href="https://bit.ly/NMLTube" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(35,121,181);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/NMLTube</a></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(37,44,47);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The University of Twente. We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which leads change, innovation and progress in society. We have a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out groundbreaking research (<a href="https://www.utwente.nl/en/">https://www.utwente.nl/en/</a>).<br><div><span style="color:rgb(37,44,47);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(235,244,249)"><br></span></div><div>---<br>Massimo Sartori, Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor<br>Director, Neuromechanical Modeling & Engineering Lab<br> <br>University of Twente<br>TechMed Centre<br>Department of Biomechanical Engineering<br>7500 AE, The Netherlands<br><br>Personal Website: <a href="https://people.utwente.nl/m.sartori" target="_blank">https://people.utwente.nl/m.sartori</a><br>Lab Website: <a href="https://bit.ly/NMLab" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/NMLab</a><br>Lab YouTube Channel: <a href="https://bit.ly/NMLTube" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/NMLTube</a><span style="color:rgb(37,44,47);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(235,244,249)"><br></span></div></div>
</div></div>