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Philippe Malcolm, Ph.D.

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Professor Philippe Malcolm

  • Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

email:
pmalcolm@unomaha.edu
office:
BRB  240
office phone:
5678.402.5544182
personal website:
https://scholar.google.be/citations?user=Q1XcsrUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

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Biography

Dr. Malcolm worked on exoskeletons for walking, running footwear, and sports biomechanics at different interdisciplinary labs at Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, and Ghent University. The team of Dr. Malcolm focuses on using biomechanics to optimize wearable robots as well as using these wearable robots to better understand walking biomechanics. Our long-term goals are to gain new insights by leveraging the capability of wearable robots to act on specific phases and to develop more clinically feasible optimization methods. Ongoing projects include hip exoskeleton and waist tether optimization, modular footwear design, and metabolic cost estimation.

Teaching Interests

Biomechanics, Biomechatronics, MATLAB, Lab methods

Research Interests

Wearable devices for assisting and retraining walking and running. Metabolic cost measurement and simulation of walking.

Service Summary

Dr. Malcolm serves as a member of the adult IRB of UNMC.

Awards and Honors

Young investigator Award, Scholarship/Research - 2007

CTR Superstar finalist, Scholarship/Research - 2018

Study of the week, Scholarship/Research - 2013

Study of the week, Scholarship/Research - 2013

Education

Ph D, Ghent University, Ghent, Physical Education, Biomechanics, 2010

Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Selected Publications

Antonellis, Prokopios, Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi, Arash, Myers, Sara, Iraklis, Pipinos, Malcolm, Philippe. 2022. Metabolically efficient walking assistance using optimized timed forces at the waist FREE VERSION ON: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abh1925, Science Robotics (IF 24), 7, 24.

Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi, A, Antonellis, Prokopios, Malcolm, Philippe. 2020. Differences between joint-space and musculoskeletal estimations of metabolic rate time profiles., PLoS computational biology (IF 4.428), 16, 10, e1008280.

Jinsoo, Kim, Lee, Giuk, Heimgartner, Roman, Arumukhom Revi, Dheepak, Karavas, Nikos, Ryan, Danielle, Galiana, Ignacio, Eckert-Erdheim, Asa, Murphy, Patrick, Perry, David, Malcolm, Philippe, Walsh, Conor, Malcolm, Philippe. 2019. Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable soft exosuit, Science (IF 47).

Galle, Samuel, Malcolm, Philippe, Collins, Steven, De Clercq, Dirk. 2017. Reducing the metabolic cost of walking with an ankle exoskeleton: interaction between actuation timing and power, Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation (IF 4.5), 14, 1, 35.

Malcolm, Philippe, Galle, Samuel, De Clercq, Dirk. 2017. Fast exoskeleton optimization, Science (IF 47), 356, 6344, 1230–1231.

Externally Funded Research

Collaborative Research: Detecting Gait Phases with Raised Metabolic Cost using Robotic Perturbations and System Identification for Enabling Targeted Rehabilitation Therapy, National Science Foundation, Federal, 06/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

Detection of gait phases with raised oxygen cost that require targeted assistance, NU Collaboration initiative - present

Dynamic Indirect Calorimetry, Nebraska EPSCoR, State Agencies, 04/01/2018 - 03/31/2019

Harnessing Movement Variability to Treat and Prevent Motor Related Disorder, National Institutes of Health, Federal, 09/01/2019 - 07/31/2020

Exoskeleton footwear to improve walking performance and subject-reported preference., Omaha Veterans Administration Medical Center, Federal, 04/01/2020 - 03/31/2021

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