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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

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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/

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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...

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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.

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