Human Health Research

With synchronous video from a pair of smartphones, engineers at Stanford have created an open-source motion-capture app that democratizes the science of human movement.

By helping researchers choose among thousands of available computational models of mechanical stress on the brain, AI is yielding powerful new insight on traumatic brain injury.

After years of careful development, engineers have created a boot-like exoskeleton that increases walking speed and reduces effort outside of the lab.

A professor of mechanical engineering explains how computational models of Alzheimer’s spread in the brain are providing new information about the disease.

A mechanical engineer creates multifunctional wireless robots to maximize health outcomes and minimize invasiveness of procedures.

By isolating basophils, the rarest white blood cells, scientists aim to design a safer, more accurate allergy test.

“Minimizing energy expenditure has evolutionary advantages,” said one of the researchers. “It allows us to move farther on fewer calories.”

A mechanical engineer develops technologies to propel tiny robots into new terrain inside the human body.

Caitlyn Seim considered herself a technologist from a young age.

The technology, still in its very early stages, doesn’t mimic social touch precisely, but creates instead a “a haptic illusion.”

New research shows that the benefits people could reap from exoskeletons rely heavily on having time to train with the device.

A system made with two inexpensive sensors proves to be more accurate than smartwatches for measuring calories burned during activity.

An experimental system that provides external support for ankles might someday help make it easier for older adults to walk.

In a new study, a team of engineers find that cancer cells exhibit a unique mode of migration on squishy materials, which are similar to biological tissues.

A class of students at Stanford School of Engineering created computer models that probe the toughest questions about returning to campus amid a pandemic.

Researchers have discovered the surprising propulsion system that enables these regenerative cells to migrate through surrounding tissue to repair damage.

Using “lab on a chip” technology, Stanford engineers have created a microlab half the size of a credit card that can detect COVID-19 in just half an hour.

Karachiwalla participated virtually in Stanford’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program.

An AI-based robotics system can predict and prevent falls in high-risk populations.

Engineers are developing a portable field testing device that health care workers could use to quickly test for active infections of COVID-19 and other diseases.