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Student Honors: 1 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship + 2 Honorable Mentions!
Mar. 29, 2016—Congratulations to PhD students in the BAT lab who received honors from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF) Program. Erik Lamers (1st year PhD student in the BAT lab) was 1 of 7 current doctoral students in the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering to receive this competitive NSF fellowship in 2016, which is...
Congrats to Matt Yandell, whose research on barefoot gait was published in Nature Scientific Reports
Mar. 18, 2016—Matt’s research study entitled “Preferred barefoot step frequency is influenced by factors beyond minimizing metabolic rate” has been published in Nature Scientific Reports. This is Matt’s first first-author publication. Karl Zelik was a co-author and the PI for this study, which was carried out in the BAT lab at Vanderbilt. ...
Join us April 7, 2016 for a lab open house with interactive demos to celebrate National Biomechanics Day
Mar. 13, 2016—National Biomechanics Day is a nation-wide event aimed at demonstrating biomechanics to high school students, teachers and the general public. Vanderbilt University is excited to participate. We will be hosting a class of high school students in the morning. This will be followed by an afternoon open house, which is open to all members of...
Prof. Zelik to deliver seminar at Harvard on March 14
Mar. 9, 2016—Prof. Zelik will be presenting a lecture at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University next week (on Monday March 14). The seminar will cover historical and contemporary challenges to understanding the biomechanics of human locomotion, how biomechanical insights have motivated advances in the design of lower-limb prostheses, and recent advances in how we physically integrate/couple technology...
Conference Abstracts & Presentations page added to BAT lab website
Mar. 8, 2016—Want to keep abreast of the latest and greatest discoveries in the BAT lab?! Conference abstracts and presentations provide a window into our ongoing research and development projects, and a history of our previous work. Conference materials can now be accessed on the BAT lab website by going directly to https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/zelik/conference-abstracts-and-presentations/ or by clicking on the...
Prof. Zelik receives NIH Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Engineering Career Development Award
Feb. 5, 2016—Prof. Zelik was one of 3 individuals selected from a nationwide pool of applicants to receive this NIH K12 Career Development Award in 2016 (http://irek12.org/scholars). The purpose of the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Engineering program is to provide clinical mentorship to engineering/quantitative researchers, to increase the translational impact of their work. Clinical mentorship is provided by a group of senior...
BAT Lab Research Featured in Vanderbilt Engineering Solutions Publication
Oct. 30, 2015—Our research is featured in the 2015 Engineering Solutions publication, as part of the vibrant Rehabilitation Engineering neighborhood here at Vanderbilt.
Undergraduate Summer Research Project: Developing Lost-Cost Prostheses for a Disabled Dog
Aug. 25, 2015—As part of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Summer Research Program, Eric Diaz and rest of the Biomechanics & Assistive Technology lab undertook a new project to develop low-cost prostheses for a dog with disabled forelimbs. The progress and results are detailed in the video summary below. More details, pictures, videos and a step-by-step...
Research Presented at the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting
Aug. 11, 2015—Prof. Zelik, Matt Yandell, Eric Honert & Erik Lamers attended the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Prof. Zelik presented an overview of ankle and foot function during human walking, emphasizing how our biomechanical understanding of the biological ankle and foot directly influences how we design and control prosthetic feet. Zelik ASB...
BAT lab members present research at Dynamic Walking Annual Meeting
Jul. 24, 2015—Eric Honert, Matt Yandell & Karl Zelik presented research findings this week at the Dynamic Walking Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Presentation abstracts & posters are attached. Eric: [abstract] [poster] Matt: [abstract] [poster] Karl: [abstract]