Research Interests

Optimal control based musculoskeletal simulation techniques for studying assisted human locomotion and neural adaptation. I’m currently investigating the mechanisms behind metabolic cost reductions for simulated multi-joint exoskeletons.

Journal Publications

Bianco NA, Patten C, Fregly BJ. Can Measured Synergy Excitations Accurately Construct Unmeasured Muscle Excitations?. ASME. J Biomech Eng. 2017;140(1):011011-011011-10. doi:10.1115/1.4038199. Download PDF File

Conference Publications

Bianco NA, Jackson RW, Dembia CL, Delp SL. 2018. Optimization of a simulated ankle-hip exosuit reveals benefit of flexible torque assistance strategies for reducing the metabolic cost of walking. Proceedings of the 8th World Congress of Biomechanics. Dublin, Ireland.
(Runner Up – ASME-BED PhD Level Student Paper Competition)

Bianco NA, Patten C, Fregly BJ. 2015. Can measured muscle synergies reconstruct unmeasured muscle excitations? SB3C 2015. Snowbird, Utah.
(Winner – Undergraduate Level Paper Competition)

Degrees

M.A. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2018
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 2015

Honors and Awards

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015
Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2015