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Battleship Champions!
Oct. 31, 2014—Recently, students from the Biomechanics and Assistive Technology Lab and the Center for Intelligent Mechatronics took part in an intramural called “Battleship.” This strategy, skill and strength game took it cues from the iconic board game – 3 person teams in the Vanderbilt Recreation Center pool used buckets to attempt to sink one another for...
Prof. Zelik & BAT Lab Research Highlighted in Vanderbilt News Article
Oct. 18, 2014—http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/10/new-faculty-zelik/
Accepted for Publication: Soft tissue deformations contribute to the mechanics of walking in obese adults
Oct. 15, 2014—Our research article was recently accepted for publication in the journal of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (MSSE). This work was performed in collaboration with researchers from the University of Michigan (Fu & Kuo in the Department of Mechanical Engineering) and from Colorado State University (Board & Browning in Department of Health &...
Tenure-Track Faculty Opening – Rehabilitation Engineering – Vanderbilt University
Oct. 3, 2014—In anticipation of the new building/facilities the university seeks to continue expanding its expertise in rehabilitation engineering. Faculty position is open to applicants of all ranks — Assistant, Associate and Full Professor. Please see details in attachment: Vanderbilt ME Faculty Search Advertisement
To the BAT cave! Lab move-in underway…
Sep. 23, 2014—BAT lab (aka the BAT cave) renovations are complete! We are now beginning the lab move-in and furniture/equipment setup. Metabolic and EMG measurement systems have arrived. Motion capture system is arriving this week, and force-instrumented treadmill delivery is scheduled for mid-October. Gearing up!!
Vanderbilt students are the happiest students, according to Princeton Review
Aug. 17, 2014—A fitting post to share for the start of the semester… LINK HERE
Presenting research at Dynamic Walking conference in Zurich
Jun. 9, 2014—Karl is presenting this week at the Dynamic Walking Annual Meeting in Zurich, Switzerland. The presentation abstract, entitled “Improved empirical estimates of work production in human walking motivate updated theory of step-to-step transition,” is attached. Zelik DW Abstract v3
Future home of the BAT lab begins construction
May. 8, 2014— Construction of the new Vanderbilt Engineering and Science Building gets underway this month. http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/news/2014/construction-of-new-engineering-and-science-building-at-vanderbilt-set-to-begin-may-2014/
Presented research at Neural Control of Movement conference in Amsterdam
Apr. 29, 2014—Karl recently returned from the Neural Control of Movement conference, where he presented his research “Exploring modular strategies for coordinating muscles during multidirectional human locomotion,” This work was performed in collaboration with colleagues at the Santa Lucia Foundation rehabilitation hospital in Rome, Italy, and the study was published earlier this year in the Journal of...
Biomechanics & Assistive Technology Lab Opening Fall 2014
Apr. 23, 2014—Excited to be joining the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Vanderbilt in August! Lab preparations are underway and I am thrilled to welcome Eric Honert and Matthew Yandell, who will both be starting their doctoral studies here in the fall.