Marjorie Skubic Professor
- Marjorie Skubic
- Professor
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- 573-882-7766
- SkubicM@missouri.edu
- Office
- 329 Engineering Building West
- Columbia, MO 65211
Website
Marjorie Skubic is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Missouri, with a joint appointment in the Computer Science Department. She serves as the director of MU’s Center for Eldercare and Rehabilitation Technology, an interdisciplinary group focused on investigating sensing, pattern recognition and IT methods to help seniors stay functionally active and independent. Skubic’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Naval Research Lab, and the U.S. Administration on Aging.
Focus
- Eldercare technology
- Human-robot interaction
- Spatial reasoning interfaces
Education
- PhD from Texas A&M University
- MS from Texas A&I University
- BS from South Dakota State University
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News & Magazine
- Skubic named honorary nursing alumna, distinguished former student
- Teaching tool ‘instrumental’ in revamped introduction course
- Graduate students work on fall detection system
- White House initiative expands research into eldertech research
- Fall monitoring systems add to seniors’ independence
- TigerPlace: where care and aging with dignity go hand-in-hand with technology
- Fostering everyday engineering education
- CoE partners with campus colleagues to improve environment for women faculty members