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Prof. Dr. Kenneth James Hunt

Profile

Prof. Dr. Kenneth James Hunt Leiter Institut IRPT

Contact

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    School of Engineering and Computer Science
    FB Maschinentechnik
    Pestalozzistrasse 20
    3400 Burgdorf

Activities

  • Professor for Rehabilitation Engineering, Mechatronics and Control Engineering

  • Head, Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology

Teaching

  • BSc Mechanical Engineering (BSc Mech)

  • MSc Biomedical Engineering (M-BME)

  • MSc Engineering (MSE)

  • Control Engineering (BSc Mech)

  • Mechatronics (BSc Mech)

  • Rehabilitation Technology (M-BME)

  • Rehabilitation Robotics (MSE)

Research

  • Rehabilitation Engineering

CV

  • Professor for Rehabilitation Engineering and Head of the Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology at
    Bern University of Applied Sciences in Burgdorf, Switzerland (since 2009); and Research Associate at clinic Reha Rheinfelden.
    Previously: Wylie Chair and Full Professorship of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering, University of Glasgow (1998-2009); and Director of Research and co-founder of the Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury at the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Glasgow.

Projects

  • Heart Rate Variability, Dynamics and Control During Exercise (Swiss National Science Foundation)

Memberships

  • FRSE - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

  • FIET - Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology

  • MIEEE - Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • English - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German - Full professional proficiency
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom