NEWS
Explaining why springy ankle exoskeletons might make walking easier
Previous PoWeR Lab PhD student and current postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard, Richard Nuckols, is first author of a preprint that dives into the mechanism by which elastic ankle exoskeletons may reduce the metabolic cost of walking. This work describes…
We also cook a mean chili!
The PoWeR Lab and friends had a strong showing at this year’s Chomp and Stomp Chili Festival! Team PoWeR Chomp cooked 7.5 gallons of pork chili (Pork PoWeR-Up) and 12 gallons of mushroom chili (PoWeR Shroom). Jordyn’s mushroom chili was…
Falling in Holes According to the PoWeR Lab
Congratulations to former PoWeR Lab Postdoc Taylor Dick and current PhD student Laksh Punith for their new paper on how limb mechanics help us deal with unexpected perturbations. Check out the paper here.
PoWeR and EPIC labs featured in Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering News
The PoWeR and EPIC labs have been featured in an article from the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. The article highlights the different approaches of both labs as well as the wearable robots we develop and use.…
September 2019 Publication Update
Three papers have been recently published by our lab. Postdoc Emily Abbott, Postdoc Owen Beck, and former Postdoc and now Lecturer at University of Queensland Taylor Dick are first authors of the following articles currently In Press: Dick TJM, Punith…
PhD Student Jordyn Schroeder Awarded a Sloan Fellowship!
Congratulations to 3rd-year PoWeR Lab PhD student Jordyn Schroeder for winning a fellowship through the Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program (MPHD)! This award will fund her travel and professional development throughout her PhD program.
Dr. Owen Beck Awarded an NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship!
Congratulations to Dr. Owen Beck, a post-doctoral fellow in the PoWeR Lab, for being awarded an F32 (postdoctoral fellowship) from the National Institutes of Health! This award will fund Owen for 2 years while he performs his funded research project:…
Dr. Greg Sawicki Featured on Closer Look with Rose Scott
Dr. Sawicki spoke with Rose Scott from Atlanta Public Radio about the PoWeR Lab’s research, the joint PoWeR and EPIC lab space, and the future of wearable robotics. Check it out here!
Petit Institute Seed Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Greg Sawicki and Dr. Tim Cope for being awarded one of three 2019 Petit Institute Seed Grants! Their proposal, entitled “Modifying musculotendon neuromechanics to improve proprioception in aging,” aims to understand how changes with age in muscle…
Georgia Tech Robotics Summer Scholars
Last week we had high school students from all over Atlanta participate in the first annual Georgia Tech Robotics Summer Scholars program. EPIC, PoWeR, and DART lab undergraduate and graduate students all served as instructors and helped the scholars design,…