NEWS
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…
PoWeR Lab PhD Student Jenny Leestma Wins NSF GRFP!
Huge congratulations to Jenny Leestma, a second year PhD student in EPIC and PoWeR Labs, for winning an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! This award will support 3 years of Jenny’s graduate research.
Dynamic Walking 2021 abstracts due 4/20!
Dynamic Walking 2021 is scheduled for 5/20, 6/11, and 7/15 as three half-day virtual episodes. The website for this conference is: https://www.dynamicwalking2021.org/
Congratulations to Jonathan Gosyne for his podium presentation at the American Physical Society!
Jonathan Gosyne presented his work entitled “Optimizing Contact Area and Joint Stiffness of a Passive Foot-Ankle Exoskeleton for Locomotion on Deformable Terrain” in the Legged Locomotion session of the American Physical Society March Meeting 2021. He described his simulation studies…
Jonathan Gosyne and Greg Sawicki Win Loadsol National Biomechanics Day 2021 Contest!
Congratulations to Jonathan Gosyne and Greg Sawicki for winning the remote learning and tele-application loadsol contest sponsored by Novel. Their entry focused on development of a foot-ankle exoskeleton for remote characterization and optimization of locomotion in deformable and dissipative terrain.…