Dr Naser Taleshi recently completed his PhD, in which he used the University of Exeter’s VSimulators facility at Exeter Science Park to explore the balance and control methods used by people standing or walking on moving surfaces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naser\u2019s PhD project investigated the mechanisms of balance and stability for different types of floor motion (roll, pitch, heave, and sway) at different levels and frequencies, representing real situations in transport and on structures. His aim was to identify challenging environments and enable them to be better designed for people with balance problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naser made full use of the facility\u2019s AMTI multi-access force plates supplied by Summit Medical & Scientific, the automated motion capture systems and the virtual reality supplied by experience designers Holovis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Human and structure movement and force data was collected using the force plates and motion capture to enable further understanding of the potential mechanisms responsible for human response to vibration and underlying motor control process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naser said: \u201cIt was excellent to be able to make use of the state-of-the-art VSimulator\u2019s facility\u2019s full capabilities for this research. We carried out a pilot balance control test there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs well as the human motor output, the virtual reality was used to help us better understand the neural systems and processes that underlie the human sensory system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis will ultimately provide a more comprehensive view of the dynamics of human structure interaction.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naser conducted the EPSRC-funded PhD study Dynamics of human-structure interaction under the supervision of Prof James Brownjohn in the Vibration Engineering Section and Dr Genevieve Williams in Sport & Health Sciences. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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