Machining and Prototyping Research Core (MAPRO)

Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle): Stergiou, Nick Project Summary In Phase 2, the Machining and Prototyping (MAPRO) Research Core was established to provide access to state- of-the-art manufacturing equipment and highly skilled personnel for the design, fabrication, and maintenance of cutting-edge research devices to support human movement-related research, being a distinctive and defining activity for our MOVCENTR. In Phase 3, we plan to optimize our successful research core by improving efficiency and project management and to establish a more collaborative, multidisciplinary environment to address intricate issues related to human movement variability in cutting-edge facilities. This will be accomplished with the following specific aims: 1) Maintain state-of-the-art resources for the design and fabrication of custom research devices and instrumentation and provide technical support for the interdisciplinary studies conducted by academic and industrial researchers. 2) Serve as a conventional and advanced training and mentoring center for all MOVCENTR investigators, including undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows, in the development of cutting-edge manufacturing equipment, techniques and software that can be used to create new and innovative research devices and clinically translatable products. 3) Provide expertise in the development of new and innovative devices to treat and prevent movement related disorders and set-up strong collaborations with researchers of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), the state of Nebraska, the Great Plains IDEA-CTR network, and beyond. Our vision is to offer our MAPRO’s services to bring to life novel and impactful ideas from researchers and physicians throughout the medical and health fields. OMB No. 0925-0001/0002 (Rev. 03/2020 Approved Through 02/28/2023) Page 1 Continuation Format Page