Extravehicular Activity Research at MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory

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Advisory Board Workshops: 2005 | 2004

The Bio-Suit research is currently funded by the NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts (NIAC). Our Phase I and Phase II submissions to NIAC are shown below.

Phase II Bi-Monthly Reports to date

2005	October	2005 Annual Meeting Presentation (3MB)
	August	Phase II Final Report (1.3MB)
	July	Dominant Factors in Space Suit Energetics Simulating a Space Suit using a Lower Body Exoskeleton
	May	Design and Construction of a Mechanical Counterpressure Elastic Binding Prototype Testing Elastic Bindings MCP Prototype
	March	Bio-Suit Patterning: Testing the Lines of Non-Extension Bio-Suit Material Requirements
	January	Technique for Measuring the Human Body Skin Strain During Locomotion Human Body Skin Strain during Locomotion: Preliminary Results
2004	November	Multi-Channel Lower Leg Prototype Open Cell Foam Prototype
	October	2004 Annual Meeting Presentation (3MB)
	September	New Edema Assessment Technique Construction and Validation of a Low-Pressure Leg Chamber
	May	Traverse Planning for Planetary EVA Human Body Shape Changes: Laser Scanning Results
	March	Modeling and Testing of the One-Channel Hybrid MCP Preliminary Considerations of the Lines of Non-Extension
	January	Understanding and Modeling the Body: Laser Scanning and Analysis Augmenting the Body & Countermeasures
2003	November	Understanding the Body Evaluating Material Technologies Mechanical Counterpressure (MCP) Modeling Mechanical Counterpressure (MCP) Exposure

NIAC Phase 1 Final Report (2.5MB)