NEWS
New Pre-Print on Mechanical Energetics of Perturbed Walking!
New pre-print on mechanical energetics of walking with treadmill perturbations! We used mechanical energetics to quantify the demand of treadmill belt speed perturbations during walking. We found the perturbed ankle and contralateral knee best reflected overall leg-level demand. Work by…
Sparsh Kudrimoti Wins PURA Award!
Congratulations to 2nd-year undergraduate student Sparsh Kudrimoti for winning a PURA to fund his research in spring 2022! He will be mentored by PoWeR Lab PhD student Pawel Golyski.
Courtney Smith Wins Petit Undergraduate Research Scholarship!
Congratulations to Courtney Smith, PoWeR and EPIC Lab undergraduate researcher, on receiving Georgia Tech’s Petit Undergraduate Research Scholarship! Courtney will continue working with her mentor, Jenny Leestma, while she leads a project using wearable sensors and machine learning. We’re thrilled…
Owen Beck Wins McCamish Program Training Fellowship!
Congratulations to Dr. Owen Beck who has won a two-year endowed fellowship to study the balance issues of individuals with Parkinson’s Disease through the McCamish Innovation Program (https://parkinsons.gatech.edu). His project aims to link rigidity to balance ability and in turn demonstrate…
Accepted Paper: Onset timing of treadmill belt perturbations influences stability during walking
Congratulations to PoWeR Lab PhD student Pawel Golyski, GT ENGAGES alumna Esmeralda Vazquez, and PoWeR and EPIC lab PhD student Jenny Leestma for their paper entitled, “Onset timing of treadmill belt perturbations influences stability during walking” which was accepted in…
Exoskeletons in the New York Times
Greg Sawicki was featured in a recent New York Times article discussing the future of exoskeletons and their potential role among different populations. Check it out here.
PoWeR Lab at vASB 2021!
The PoWeR Lab had a strong showing at vASB 2021 with posters from Dr. Owen Beck and Lindsey Trejo, and talks from Ph.D. students Pawel Golyski, Jenny Leestma, and PoWeR lab alumna Dr. Emily McCain! Check out the Conferences tab…
Jonathan Gosyne Selected as 2021 Georgia Tech Institute Leadership Fellow!
Jonathan R. Gosyne has been named an Institute Leadership Fellow for the 2021-2022 Academic Year by the Office of Leadership Education and Development and the Georgia Tech Division of Student Life. For the upcoming year, he will be working primarily…
Courtney Smith Accepted into SURE REU for Summer 2021
Congratulations to Courtney Smith for being accepted into the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Sciences program at Georgia Tech. She will be mentored by PoWeR and EPIC lab PhD student Jenny Leestma.
Qingyi Lou Awarded PURA for Summer 2021!
Congratulations to Qingyi Lou for winning a President’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) to fund her research over this summer. She will be mentored by PoWeR Lab PhD student Jonathan Gosyne as she develops an exoskeleton to assist in locomotion through…