NEWS

Kinsey Rocks the Month of October! Huge shoutout to our very own Kinsey Herrin! Georgia Tech featured her incredible work in multiple stories published this month! These pieces highlight all of the amazing work she does advancing wearable robotics and…

PoWeR Lab Launches on LinkedIn & Receives Grant for Aging Research We are excited to announce two big milestones for the PoWeR Lab! First, the lab is now on LinkedIn! Follow us to stay up-to-date on our latest research, publications,…

PoWeR and EPIC Lab Rocked ASB 2025! EPIC and PoWeR Lab joined forces once again and made a strong showing at ASB 2025 in Pittsburgh!We were thrilled to share our latest research and connect with the biomechanics community. To see…

Big News: Kristen is Heading to Michigan! We’re beyond excited to share that our very own Dr. Kristen Jakubowski is off to the University of Michigan to start a new adventure as an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology…

New Paper in the Journal of Biomechanics! Congratulations to Lab Alumni Dr. Pawel Golyski for the recent publication in the Journal of Biomechanics: “Effects of an elastic hip exoskeleton on stability quantified by mechanical energetics and whole-body angular momentum during…

Greg Quoted by NIH! Big news from the lab—Greg was featured in the June 2025 NIH News in Health cover story all about medical robots. He shared his thoughts on wearable exoskeletons and how they can support mobility as we…

EPIC PoWeR Lab Retreat The EPIC and PoWeR Labs teamed up for our annual lab retreat and it was a blast! This year’s theme was balance, and we were thrilled to have Dr. Lena Ting from Emory as our guest…

Opening Our Doors for ICRA: A Record-Breaking Week This week, we had the incredible opportunity to host multiple lab tours over several days for attendees of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), held right here in Atlanta! While…

Big Win for Arshad: Master’s Degree Secured! Massive congratulations to Arshad Mandani for successfully defending his Masters thesis “ExerExo: Exploring the Effects of Assistive and Resistive Ankle Exoskeleton Torque on Walking Mechanics and Energetics” and earning his M.S. in Mechanical…

Empowering Women in STEM: Autumn Receives WoW Fellowship Autumn Routt has been named a recipient of the 2025 Women of Woodruff (WoW) Fellowship! This competitive award recognizes outstanding graduate students in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering for…