Embry-Riddle is currently working on this as well: https://daytonabeach.erau.edu/about/labs/suborbital-operations-science/index.html
Not directly working on space suites but a simulation to test ergonomic and usability factors is run by the Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Applied Aviation Sciences Department, as the previous commentator suggested: https://daytonabeach.erau.edu/about/labs/suborbital-operations-science/index.html
As it says on their website, potential research topics are e.g. astronaut spatial and temporal perception, mission control operations and communications, pressure suit ergonomics, safety processes and procedures, and suborbital flight energy management.
Dava Newman (MIT) is working on space suits as well (http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/dnewman/bio.html) with interesting experiments on : http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/dnewman/bio.html
A project documentation of a space suit project by the PTC Creativity Lab – probably a student project – can be found here: http://www.ptc.com/File%20Library/Community/Academic%20Program/PTC_Creativity_Lab_Spacesuit_Project_Explore_Guide.pdf
8 years ago Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) of the Texas A&M University System startet in a collaborative project about space suits, but I do not know if they still do: http://orbitaloutfitters.com/orbital-outfitters-selected-for-nasa-space-suit-work/
If you are not eager to work or study in one of the universities or research centres, but more interested in designing and developing concepts for space suites you could also have a look at experimental setups and simulations as well as smart textiles.
Dear Azam,
For your additional consideration, I wanted to mention that colleagues at NASA Johnson Space Center, including Sudhakar Rajulu, have collaborated with various universities in the past and incorporate a human factors approach. I have seen Sudhakar's presentations at international conferences in recent years. A couple of their space suit-related publications are shown in citations below.
Aitchison, Lindsay T. "A comparison of methods for assessing space suit joint ranges of motion." In 42nd International Conference on Environmental Systems. AIAA, vol. 3534. 2012.
Benson, Elizabeth, and Sudhakar Rajulu. "Complexity of sizing for space suit applications." In Digital Human Modeling, HCII 2009, LNCS 5620, V.G. Duffy (Ed.), pp. 599-607. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Best regards,
Vincent
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