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Felicia Davenport wins Herbert P. Haley Fellowship!
Congratulations to PoWeR Lab PhD student Felicia Davenport for winning the Herbert P. Haley Fellowship award for 2022/2023! This is a merit award provided to only the most highly qualified graduate students at Georgia Tech based on their academic and…
Pawel Golyski wins ASB Pre-Doctoral Achievement Award!
Congratulations to Pawel Golyski, PhD student in the PoWeR Lab, for winning the ASB Pre-Doctoral Achievement Award. This award is given to one student each year by the American Society of Biomechanics to highlight their achievements as a promising scientist…
PoWeR Lab National Biomechanics Day Event Showcased by Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
The National Biomechanics Day event organized by Jennifer Leestma, Max Shepherd, and Jonathan Gosyne in April 2022 has been showcased by Georgia Tech’s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering! See the article here.
National Biomechanics Day @ PoWeR Lab
Organized by PoWeR Lab PhD students Jonathan Gosyne, Jenny Leestma, and assistant professor at Northeastern University Dr. Max Shepherd, today was National Biomechanics Day at PoWeR and EPIC lab! 37 students from Midtown High School attended a day full of…
Jennifer Leestma Presents at Motek Research User Meeting!
Congratulations to Jenny Leestma, PhD student in EPIC and PoWeR Labs, for giving a great presentation showcasing our use of the CAREN system to push the boundaries of stability research! She presented our projects investigating stability during platform translations and…
PoWeR Lab @ Atlanta Science Festival 2022!
Congratulations to Jonathan Gosyne for organizing a great Atlanta Science Festival Event this year! Jonathan got to show off the loadsol system he was awarded from the 2021 National Biomechanics Day competition, in addition to ultrasound, the CAREN system, and…
PoWeR Lab PhD Student Jonathan Gosyne is a GT 3MT Finalist!
Congratulations to Jonathan Gosyne for being selected as a finalist for the Georgia Tech 3 Minute Thesis competition! Jonathan will present his graduate research in a 3 minute talk entitled, “Going Off Road – Moving in Sand, Snow, and Mud”…
Running birds reveal secrets for legged robot design – New article by Drs. Jonas Rubenson and Greg Sawicki
Jonas Rubenson from Penn State and PoWeR Lab PI Greg Sawicki have just published a Focus article in Science Robotics with their take on the potential of using lower limb designs inspired by birds in robotics. They describe the potential…
PoWeR Lab to co-host the Atlanta Science Festival 2022!
The PoWeR Lab will be partnering with SCIENCE ATL and numerous other labs, research groups and local companies to co-host the Atlanta Science Festival 2022 on March 19th! The event will be open to all ages and will include live…
PoWeR Lab set to host National Biomechanics Day event on March 30!
Shout out to PoWeR Lab PhD students Jenny Leestma and Jonathan Gosyne as well as Postdoc alumnus Max Shepherd for coordinating a National Biomechanics Day event at PoWeR lab complete with activities, demos, and career information panels! The event will…