A Sample of Past Research Projects
- Human Exoskeleton Research (Stirling, Gupta)
- Spacesuit Glove Fit Research (Stirling, Lombardo)
- EVA Research (Newman)
- Automated Electronic Checklists (Oman, Liu)
- Head-up Displays for Improving Radio Communication in Rail Operations (Oman, Liu)
- Validation of Assessment Tests and Countermeasures for Detecting and Mitigating Changes in Cognitive Function During Robotics Operations (Oman)
- Listen to Caroline Lowenthal on a Museum of Science podcast talking about sleep on the ISS.
- Exercise During Short-Radius Centrifugation (Young)
- Adaptation to Artificial Gravity (Young)
- Helmet Improvement Research (Young)
- See the ABC News interview with Ally Yost on her helmet research.
- Sensorimotor Displays and Controls to Enhance the Safety of Human/Machine Cooperation During Lunar Landing (2009 - 2013)
- Space Teleoperation Training and Spatial Ability (2007- 2011)
- - see the MIT News Office story about this project
- Locomotive In-Cab Alerter Technology (2007-2009)
- Visual Orientation, Navigation, and Spatial Memory Countermeasures (2004-07)
- Visual Orientation and Spatial Memory: Mechanisms and Countermeasures (2001-04)
- VOILA: Visuomotor and Orientation Investigations in Long-Duration Astronauts
- MICRO-G: Microgravity Investigation and Crew Reasction in 0-Gravity
- Dynamics and Control of Astronaut Motion
- STS-90 Neurolab: E136 Role of Visual Cues in Spatial Orientation (1998)
- Visual Orientation in Unfamiliar Gravito-Inertial Environments
- Locomotion Modeling and Orthoses
- Mars Gravity Biosatellite
- EDLS: Enhanced Dynamic Load Sensors (1996-1998)
- Principal-Investigator-in-a-box: Astronaut Science Advisor