NEWS

Bringing Biomechanics to Life at the Atlanta Science Festival! The EPIC and PoWeR Labs teamed up for an exciting day at the  Atlanta Science Festival! We had an amazing time connecting with kids and families, exploring the science behind muscle…

Stand Up for Science! Stand Up for Science! A few PoWeR labbies got active and joined our colleagues and went to the Stand up for Science Protest at the Georgia State Capital. We commend them on standing up for research,…

Autumn Passes Quals! Autumn passed her qualifying exam in Bioengineering! We are all so proud of the hard work she put in!

New Paper Alert! We are excited to announce a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Biomechanics: “Electromyography-Informed Estimates of Joint Contact Forces Within the Lower Back and Knee Joints During a Diverse Set of Industry-Relevant Manual Lifting Tasks”.…

Congratulations to Dr. Greg Sawicki on being selected to serve as Interim Director for the Institute of  Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). This is a huge honor and we are all so proud  of him! Read more about this position HERE.

New paper from Kinsey! Kinsey successfully published her paper : “Robotic Ankle Exoskeleton and Limb Angle Biofeedback for Assisting Stroke Gait: A Feasibility Study” in IEEE! This was one of the lab’s first studies analyzing biofeedback in combination with exoskeleton…

Manuscript Accepted! We are pleased to announce that Kristen’s manuscript “Center of mass states render multijoint torques throughout standing balance recovery” was accepted in the Journal of Neurophysiology

Introducing Candidate Amro! Congratulations to Amro for passing his proposal and officially becoming a Ph.D. Candidate! We are so proud of all the hard work he has put in and are looking forward to what he does next!

Kristen Selected for Rising Stars Program! Kristen was selected for the CMU Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop. It will take place at Carnage Melon University on October 3-4, 2024. Congratulations Kristen!!

Jennifer Leestma has successfully defended her dissertation on robotics exoskeletons in human balance augmentation. Advised by Dr. Aaron Young and Dr. Greg Sawicki, Jenny as been a pillar of the Georgia Tech community and been a mentor to so many.…