Dr.-Ing. Marko Ackermann (2003 - 2007)

	Email	marko_ackermann@hotmail.com

Field of Research

Dynamics and energetics of walking with prostheses (Supported by CNPq)

Publications

• Ackermann, M.; Schiehlen, W.: Design of prosthetic devices by means of musculoskeletal models. In: Abstracts of the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics (in CD), Munich, Germany, 29 July - 4 August, 2006.
• Schiehlen, W.; Ackermann, M.: Prosthesis Design by Robotic Approaches, Part 1: Metabolical Cost. In: Proceeedings of ROMANSY 2006 (Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control), pp. 321-328, T. Zielinska and C. Zielinski (eds.), Springer, Vienna, 2006.
• Ackermann, M.; Schiehlen, W.: Prosthesis Design by Robotic Approaches, Part 2: Optimization Approach. In: Proceeedings of ROMANSY 2006 (Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control), pp. 329-336, T. Zielinska and C. Zielinski (eds.), Springer, Vienna, 2006.
• Ackermann, M.; Schiehlen, W.: Dynamic Analysis of Human Gait Disorder and Metabolical Cost Estimation. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 2006. (DOI: 10.1007/s00419-006-0027-7)
• Ackermann, M.; Schiehlen, W.: A Method to Estimate Energy Expenditure for Measured Human Motions. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference: Biomechanics of the Lower Limb in Health, Disease and Rehabilitation, 5-7th September, 2005, Salford, Great Britain, pp.128-129.
• Schiehlen, W.; Ackermann, M.: Estimation of Metabolical Costs for Human Locomotion. In: Proceedings of ASME IDETC/CIE 2005, Long Beach, California, USA.
• Ackermann, M.; Schiehlen, W.: Sensitivity Analysis of Human Leg Metabolical Costs. PAMM Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 193-194, 2005.
• Ackermann, M.; Lakrad, F.; Guse, N.: Improving Efficiency of Controlled Rheonomic Systems by Curve Fitting. Internal Report ZB-136, Institute B of Mechanics - University of Stuttgart, 2003.
• Ackermann, M.; Cozman, F. G.: Mecanized Knee Flexion in Lower Limb Orthosis: A Prototype and Tests. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, 2003, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Ramos, T. F.; Ackermann, M.; Saheki, A. H.; Satori, R. S.; Cozman, F. G.; Moscato, L. A.: RoboPET: A Semi-Autonomous Robot for Hazardous Inspections. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Mechanical Enginering, 2003, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Ackermann, M.; Cozman, F. G.: Um Sistema de Travamento para a Articulação do Joelho de Órteses de Membros Inferiores. Anais do II Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica, 2002, João Pessoa, Brasil. (in Portuguese)
• Ackermann, M.: Sistema de Acionamento e Travamento para Flexão Mecanizada de Joelho em Órteses de Membros Inferiores. Master's Thesis, 2002, University of São Paulo, Brasil. (ABCM Award for the best Master's Thesis of Brazil in Mechanical Engineering in 2003.)
• Ackermann, M.; Cozman, F. G.; Dias, A. S.: Sistema para Flexão de Joelho Mecanizada em Órteses de Membros Inferiores. Anais do XVI Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Mecânica, 2001, Vol.1, pp. 254-263, Uberlândia, Brasil. (in Portuguese)

Talks

• August 1, 2006: 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, "Design of Prosthetic Devices by Means of Musculoskeletal Models".
• June 23, 2006: 16th Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators (ROMANSY 16), Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, "Prosthesis Design by Robotic Approaches, Part 2: Optimization Approach".
• June 16, 2006: Magnus Jahrestreffen, Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, University of Stuttgat, Stuttgart, "Stoffwechselenergie des Gehens und Prothesenkonstruktion".
• April 14, 2006: Seminar, Institut Polytechnique Prive de Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco, "Measurement and Simulation of Human Pathological Walking".
• September 23, 2005: Summer School, Computational Mechanics - Modellierung, Simulation, Experiment, Sarntal, Italy, "Measurement and Simulation of Human Walking".
• September 6, 2005: 3rd International Conference: Biomechanics of the Lower Limb in Health, Desease and Rehabilitation 2005, University of Salford, Salford, Great Britain, "A Method to Estimate Energy Expenditure for Measured Human Motions".
• June 8, 2005: Statusseminar 2005, Institut B für Mechanik, Rossberg, "Development of Energy-Saving Lower Limb Prostheses".
• March 31, 2005: GAMM 2005, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, "Sensitivity Analysis of Human Leg Metabolical Costs" .
• April 27, 2003: Seminar über Fragen der Mechanik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, "A System for Mechanized Knee Flexion in Lower Limb Orthosis" .

Supervised Student- and Diplomathesis

• Ho Hoang, Khai-Long: Anwendung der inversen Dynamik an Versuchsdaten aus einem Gehversuchslabor, Studienarbeit STUD-220. Stuttgart: Universität, Institut B für Mechanik, 2005.
• Megerle, Benjamin: Berechnung des Energieverbrauchs beim Gehen mit verschiedenen Behinderungen, Studienarbeit STUD-234. Stuttgart: Universität, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2006.
• Kern, Simon: Dynamisches Verhalten und Optimierung von Oberschenkelprothesen, Studienarbeit STUD-236. Stuttgart: Universität, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2006.

Teaching

• Teaching assistent for the lecture Vehicle Dynamics (WS 2003/2004, WS 2004/2005, WS 2005/2006)