Welcome to the BHP Lab!
Expedition 39 flight engineer Steve Swanson exercises on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) in the Tranquility Node 3. Image Credit: NASA.
The Bioastronautics and Human Performance (BHP) Laboratory focuses on investigating human performance in extreme environments and developing technologies and countermeasures to improve human health and performance.
Our multidisciplinary approach integrates aerospace engineering, biomedical sciences, and human factors to advance our understanding of human physiological responses and human-system performance in partial gravity. Specifically, we employ human-in-the-loop experiments, computational models/simulations, and virtual/augmented reality to characterize and improve the many aspects of human performance.
Our areas of interest include: human performance in altered-gravity environments, exercise physiology, extravehicular activity, biomechanics, computational models of physiological systems, and the use of virtual/augmented reality to improve behavior and performance.
We are always looking for talented and collaborative undergraduate students, graduate students, visiting research scholars, and postdoctoral fellows! If you are interested in joining us, you can find additional information in Opportunities.
NASA astronaut Drew Feustel is pictured tethered to the International Space Station just outside of the Quest airlock during a spacewalk he conducted with fellow NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (out of frame) on June 14, 2018. Image Credit: NASA.
John Young on the First Apollo 16 Spacewalk. Image Credit: NASA.