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BAT Lab Presents Research at Dynamic Walking, and BANCOM Conferences
Jun. 10, 2016—Eric Lamers, Erik Honert, Matt Yandell and Prof. Zelik presented their research earlier this week at the Dynamic Walking conference in Holly, Michigan. Topics included the benefits of prosthetic ankle range of motion for lower-limb amputees, the biomechanical role of the toes in bipedal locomotion, and characterization of the human-exosuit physical interface, to look at...
Prof. Zelik to give seminar at UVA this week, and at Army Research Lab next week
May. 23, 2016—Prof. Zelik will visit and present a research seminar at the University of Virginia on Friday, May 27, followed a visit and seminar at the Army Research Lab in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD on Tuesday, May 31.
Prof. Zelik will give a seminar at Univ. of Texas – Austin this Friday 4/22
Apr. 18, 2016—Prof. Zelik will be visiting the University of Texas – Austin this Friday and delivering a research seminar at 11am in CPE 2.212. https://faculty.engr.utexas.edu/utcare/utcare/event/karl-zelik-phd-vanderbilt-university
Congratulations to Zach Korman who successfully defended his MS thesis!
Apr. 10, 2016—Zach successfully defended his MS thesis entitled “Enhancing Locomotor Performance by Modulating Shoe Cushioning Properties.” The goal of his work was to determine if and how footwear properties could be modified to alter walking biomechanics. Zach developed a test shoe which allowed heel and forefoot midsole cushioning to be quickly and independently varied. He performed...
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...