Dr. Christian A. Cousin joined the department of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama as a faculty member in July 2019 after graduating with his doctorate from the University of Florida. He was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in the spring of 2016 and holds patents with General Electric and Eaton Corporation.
Cousin is the author/co-author of 25 peer-refereed technical publications, including six journal papers, and has given live research demonstrations at the 2018 Cyber-Physical & Human Systems Conference in Miami, Florida. His research interests include nonlinear and adaptive control, switched and hybrid systems, cyber-physical systems, hybrid exoskeletons, functional electrical stimulation, human-robot interaction, rehabilitation, and machine learning.