Current Master's student William Auray is conducting this study to quantify manual arm strength at extended reach distances. This work will be building off of the ‘Arm Force Field Method’ created by Dr. La Delfa which predicts strength.

Immersive virtual reality can be used to conduct ergonomics assessments for work that does not yet exist. Novel VR approaches use body tracking to create digital human model simulations with real motion data for calculating ergonomic parameters. Current Master's student Ryuta Dharmaputra is conducting this study comparing methods of body tracking for digital human models.

Little is currently known about the physiological properties of muscles after they experience fatigue, causing difficulties when predicting strength during intermittent work. Incoming Master's student Gillian Slade is working with PhD. Candidate Ryan Foley to identify individual motor unit firing based on when they are recruited during a voluntary fatiguing contraction.