Nana Rosa Maria Porter-Honicky

PhD Candidate in the Neurobionics Lab advised by Dr. Elliott Rouse

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taken on the Inspiration Point trail by the lovely Matt Raymond

I am a 4th Year PhD Candidate at the Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor. My research focuses on estimating the impedance of human joints and its implications in clinical populations. I received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley were I spent two years doing instrumentation for a dark matter detector. My PhD here at Michigan will be in Mechanical Engineering but my masters will be in Movement Science through the School of Kinesiology.

I am a Bay Area native and I love all things science fiction. Any book or movie recommendations are very welcome.

news

Apr 16, 2026 Ontology, Science, and Statistics
Apr 15, 2026 My paper was accepted to BioRob 2026. See you in Edmonton!
Mar 30, 2026 My department did a little profile on me. Take a look!
Jun 24, 2025 I presented my poster Forecasting Gait Kinetics and Kinematics for Biological Joint Impedance Estimation Using Machine Learning at the Midwest Machine Learning Symposium where it got a Best Poster Award
May 03, 2025 I presented my late-breaking poster Forecasting Gait Kinetics and Kinematics for Biological Joint Impedance Estimation Using Machine Learning at Rehabweek
May 01, 2025 I have advanced to candidacy! Yay!
Apr 06, 2025 My website is now live! Have a look around 🪐