NickFey

Nick Fey
Associate ProfessorJ. Hugh Betty Liedtke Centennial Fellowship in Engineering, Walker Scholar

Research Areas
Research Interests

Neuromuscular biomechanics; Rehabilitation robotics; Prosthetics and orthotics; Biomechanical and biomedicine engineering; Robotics and intelligent mechanical systems

About

Nick Fey is appointed within the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and is a core faculty member of Texas Robotics. He graduated from the The University of Texas at Austin with bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in Mechanical Engineering. He pursued postdoctoral research in the Center for Bionic Medicine at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. As the Director of the Systems for Augmenting Human Mechanics Laboratory, his research focuses on the intersection between rehabilitation robotics and neuromuscular biomechanical engineering and applies these technical domains to inform the design, control and assessment of prosthetic and orthotic technologies. Typically, this research focuses on diverse and transient forms of human ambulation and the extent to which next-generation lower-limb assistive technologies and medical interventions enhance human ability. Support for his lab’s research has been provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, the NIH, and the NSF’s National Robotics Initiative.

Fey and the students he advises have received prestigious awards from the American Society of Biomechanics, the International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics and the International Symposium on Medical Robotics, among others. As he transitioned to his in-rank position, he was a finalist for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI) and received the Mary E. Switzer Research Fellowship from the U.S. Dept of Education, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). He is affiliated with the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dell Medical School, Center for Additive Manufacturing and Design Innovation and Cellular to Clinically-Applied Rehabilitation Research and Engineering (CARE) Initiative.

Within his research community, he is an Associate Editor for the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), the IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), and the IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR). He helped found the UT Southwestern Adaptive Sports Coalition to improve the access, awareness and performance of individuals with physical disabilities during sports and regularly participates in outreach at student groups, high schools and other community events.

Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006

Select Awards & Honors

  • Mary E. Switzer Research Fellowship – U.S. Dept of Education, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research

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