Huang Wins Prize for EMG/Lower-Limb Research

Helen He Huang, PhD, has won the 2008 Delsys Prize for her
research into the myoelectric control of artificial limbs and for
her research proposal, “Toward Neural Control of Artificial Legs: A
New Strategy to Identify Locomotion Modes Using EMG
[electromyography].” Huang is an assistant professor at the
University of Rhode Island (URI), Kingston. The Delsys Prize was
established by Carlo J. De Luca, CEO of Delsys, Boston,
Massachusetts, to promote innovation in the field of
electromyography. Huang won a Delsys Myomonitor IV 16-channel EMG
system with EMGworks® Signal Acquisition and Analysis
Software, valued at $19,900, to aid in her research. Huang’s entry
was chosen from a field of 51 entries from around the world. She
told the Warwick Beacon newspaper, “The prize comes at
just the right time. I just joined URI and needed an EMG system. It
is such an honor to have won. The device gives me the ability to
continue work on my research and will benefit my lab and my
graduate students.”