Elliott J Rouse is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Robotics and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He directs the Neurobionics Lab, who studies the dynamics of how and why people use wearable robotic systems. His group uses this understanding to develop novel hardware designs, including the Open-Source Leg. Dr. Rouse is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and the Henry Russel Award. He is on the Editorial Boards for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and Wearable Technologies and is a member of the IEEE EMBS Technical Committee on BioRobotics. He received the BS degree in mechanical engineering from the Ohio State University and the PhD degree in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University. Subsequently, he joined MIT as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the MIT Media Lab. Prior to joining U-M, Dr. Rouse was a principal investigator at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab / Northwestern University, and worked in professional Le Mans autoracing. In 2019 – 2020, he was visiting faculty at (Google) X where he co-founded their exoskeleton development team. In 2024, he was on sabbatical at the Boston Dynamics AI Institute.