Dr. Mo Rastgaar is a professor at Purdue University's Polytechnic Institute. He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2008. He was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Dr. Rastgaar received the 2014 NSF CAREER award.
Dr. Rastgaar is the founding director of the Human-Interactive Robotics Lab (HIRoLab). HIRoLab research focuses on human-centered robots, including developing lower-extremity assistive and rehabilitation devices to enhance agility and mobility. The HIRoLab's research goal is to deepen understanding of the dynamics of agile gait, especially during different maneuvers, through experiments with human subjects and modeling.
Dr. Rastgaar's research interests include assistive and rehabilitation robots, systems design, cyber-physical systems, dynamics, and controls.
