NeuMove Opportunities for Northeastern Students

If you are an undergraduate or master’s student at Northeastern University, you can engage with our lab in two ways: 1) by participating in study groups, or 2) by volunteering as a research intern and collaborating with NeuMovers.

After reviewing the following information, if you are interested, send your resume and a brief statement of interest to Dr. Song at s.song[at]northeastern.edu with the subject line “NeuMove Application”.

 

NeuMove Study Groups

 

We are providing two study groups for students interested in learning more about our research:

  • Reflex Group: Reimplement our reflex-based neuromechanical simulations in Matlab/Simulink or Python/MyoSuite. You will be trained to simulate steady human gait under various conditions (e.g., wearing exoskeletons, musculoskeletal diseases).
  • DRL Group: Study the basics of deep reinforcement learning (DRL) and its application in MyoSuite. You will be trained to apply DRL to produce diverse human movements in Python/MyoSuite.

We provide comprehensive study materials and hold weekly office hours, which you are expected to attend regularly to boost your learning and connect with NeuMovers. These self-paced groups aim for you to master the materials within one semester.

If you have more than one semester remaining until graduation after mastering the materials, you will be invited to become a NeuMover! You will have the opportunity to collaborate on existing projects or develop your own innovative ideas.

Commitment:

  • Study phase: 4 hours/week or more
  • Research phase: 10 hours/week or more

 

Research Internships

 

MyoAssist Project: Implement assistive devices in MyoSuite

  • Qualifications:
    • (required) SolidWorks
    • (a plus) Experience with MuJoCo simulator
    • Minimum of 5 hours/week of commitment
  • Expected skills gained from internship
    • Building and running models in physics-based simulators
    • Developing exoskeleton controllers

 

Exoskeleton Assistant: Help conduct ankle exoskeleton experiments

  • Commitment:
    • Minimum of 4 hours/week
  • Expected skills gained from internship
    • Designing and conducting human subject experiments
    • Operating ankle exoskeletons
    • Hands-on experience with gait lab systems (motion capture and metabolic measurement systems)