NEWS

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…

Kinsey Promoted to Principal Research Scientist! We’re excited to share some fantastic news— our very own Kinsey Herrin has been promoted to Principal Research Scientist! This is a huge career milestone and represents the highest rank for research scientists at…

Celebrating National Biomechanics Day and National Robotics Day with Lab Tours and Demos For National Biomechanics Day and National Robotics Day, our lab opened its doors for tours and demos! It was awesome to have people from the community come…

Autumn Showcases Innovative Balance Research at Woodruff Fellowship Event Autumn was selected to present her research at the prestigious Woodruff Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship Showcase! She shared her work on “Impacts of Added Mass on Standing Balance Control: Implications for Stability…