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PoWeR ENGAGES student Zachary White earns Valedictorian of his class and has been offered a spot in the incoming class at Georgia Tech!
Congratulations to Zach who has been mentored by PoWeR Lab PhD student Jordyn Schroeder over the last 2 years. He has been named Valedictorian of his class at the BEST Academy and has been offered a spot in the incoming…
Luis Rosa Awarded a RISE Fellowship!
Congratulations to PhD student Luis Rosa for earning a Retaining Inspirational Students in Technology and Engineering (RISE) Scholarship. This award is given to students who display persistence within their engineering program, leadership, and service. Through the scholarship program, Luis will…
Plantarflexor mechanics of falling in holes features in New Scientist
The article recently published by Taylor Dick, Christofer Clemente, Laksh Punith and Greg Sawicki has been featured on New Scientist! You can read that article here, and the original journal article here!
Neuromechanics and energetics of walking with an ankle exoskeleton using neuromuscular-model based control: a parameter study
Congratulations to PoWeR and EPIC Lab PhD student Ben Shafer lead author of “Neuromechanics and energetics of walking with an ankle exoskeleton using neuromuscular-model based control: a parameter study” for his paper published in the Bionics and Biomimetics section of…
Jenny Leestma, Jonthan Gosyne, and Max Shepherd Awarded Black Biomechanists Outreach Grant
Congratulations to PoWeR Lab PhD students Jenny Leestma and Jonathan Gosyne with PoWeR Lab Postdoc Max Shepherd for being awarded the Black Biomechanists Outreach Grant for National Biomechanics Day. This funding will enable Jenny, Jonathan, and Max to put on…
Series elasticity facilitates safe soleus muscle-tendon shock absorption during perturbed human hopping
In our everyday lives, we negotiate complex and unpredictable environments. Yet much of our knowledge regarding locomotion has come from studies conducted under steady-state conditions. We have previously shown that humans rely on the ankle joint to absorb energy and…
Closing the loop between wearable technology and human biology
PoWeR Lab collaborator Dr. Massimo Sartori and PI Dr. Greg Sawicki are the authors of a new article currently in press entitled, “Closing the loop between wearable technology and human biology: A new paradigm for steering neuromuscular form and function.”…
Unilaterally Restricting the Ankle Joint Increases Metabolic Cost of Walking More that Restricting the Knee
Congratulations to Emily McCain lead author of, “Isolating the energetic and mechanical consequences of imposed reductions in ankle and knee flexion during gait” for her paper published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. Her work focused on isolating energetic…
Preprint on real-time fascicle tracking from ultrasound
Luis Rosa, PhD student in the PoWeR Lab and Inan Research Lab, is first author on a preprint titled, “Machine learning to extract muscle fascicle length changes from dynamic ultrasound images in real-time.” This new method opens the door to…
Jordyn Schroeder Featured in Georgia Tech Woodruff School Interview!
4th year PhD student Jordyn Schroeder was interviewed by the Georgia Tech George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering as a recipient of an NIH R01 Research Supplement! In the interview, she describes her research, goals for the future, and…