Gerwin Smit

Gerwin
Dr.ir. Gerwin Smit
Assistant Professor
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (3mE)
BioMechanical Engineering (BME)
Bio-Inspired Technology Group (BITE)
Phone: (+31)-15-2781688
Room: 34E-3-230
e-mail can be found here: e-mail G.Smit

My name is Gerwin Smit, and I’m a Assistant Professor at the BioMechanical Engineering (BME) department. I performed my PhD-research on the development of a new ultralight prosthetic hand, actuated by hydraulics.

My research focuses on how we can design innovative prosthetic devices using the newest technologies. These devices should be comfortable to be worn, and they should be intuitively controllable by the prosthesis user, with little effort.

Beside my research on prosthetic hands, I also work on the development of a new prosthetic knee, and on other medical and rehabilitation assisting devices.

If you want to know more about Project Inspiration, in which we develop an emergency mechanical ventilator, have a look at this page: https://www.bitegroup.nl/research-projects/project-inspiration

Publications

Press

Journal Articles

Most recent articles can be found here: https://scholar.google.nl/

Conference Proceedings

  • Smit G, LeBlanc MA, Plettenburg DH. Hydraulic transmission applied to body powered upper limb prostheses, as an alternative to the Bowden cable. ISPO World Conference 2015; 22-25 June; Lyon, France 2015.
  • Smit G, Tosunoğlu S. Objective Outcome Measuring, Design of a Portable Low-Budget Data Aquistition System. Myoelectric Controls Symposium 2014; 18-22 August; Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 2014.
  • Smit G, Plettenburg DH. A Hydrauliccally Actuated Prosthetic Hand. 4rd Dutch Conference on Bio-Medical Engineering; 24-25 January; Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands 2013.
  • Smit G, Plettenburg DH. Design of a Hydraulic Hand Prosthesis, with Articulating Fingers. Myoelectric Controls Symposium 2011; 14-19 August; Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 2011.
  • Plettenburg DH, Hichert M, Smit G. Feedback in voluntary closing arm prostheses. MEC 2011; Fredericton, Canada. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick; 2011.
  • Plettenburg DH, Nieuwendijk J, Smit G. A New Voluntary Closing Hook Prosthesis. Myoeletric Controls Symposium 2011; 14-19 August; Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 2011.
  • Plettenburg DH, Smit G. Voluntary Closing Prostheses, An answer to user needs. Myoeletric Controls Symposium 2011; 14-19 August; Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 2011.
  • Smit G, Plettenburg DH. Hydraulic Actuation for an Energy Efficient Hand Prosthesis. 3rd Dutch Conference on Bio-Medical Engineering; 20-21 January; Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands 2011.
  • Tolou N, Smit G, Nikooyan AA, Plettenburg DH, Herder JL. Stiffness Compensation in Hand Prostheses with Cosmetic Coverings Using Statically Balanced Mechanisms. In proceeding of ASME 2010 Design of Medical Devices (DMD) Conference; Apr 13-15; Minneapolis, MN 2010.
  • Smit G, Plettenburg DH. Mechanical Performance of Voluntary Closing Hand and Hook Prostheses. 13th ISPO World Congress; Leipzig 2010.
  • Smit G, Plettenburg DH. A voluntary closing adaptive hand prosthesis. 2009 GMSI Summer Camp; Jul 29 – Aug 1, 2009; Yuzawa Town, Niigata, Japan 2009.

Solving medical problems through nature’s ingenuity