Michael Robert Tucker

Michael was born in Saranac Lake, New York on February 9th, 1987. He graduated summa cum laude for his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam New York in the spring of 2008. He continued his education at Clarkson, earning the Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering at the end of 2009. For his Master’s research, Michael developed a novel method for regenerating or passively dissipating excess power in a prototype powered transfemoral prosthetic.

Following his time at Clarkson University, Michael worked as a Systems Engineer with the defense company Raytheon on the AN/TPY-2 Missile Defense Radar program. His principle duties included regression and integration testing of the tactical radar software and radar performance assessment when run using simulated target objects and trajectories.

From June 2011 to October 2016, Michael joined the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab (RELab) in pursuit of his Doctoral degree. His research focused on the design, control and characterization of mechatronic knee brace that can be used to measure knee joint impedance during the gait cycle. He worked in conjunction with other researchers within the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) in robotics.