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CREATE Holiday Potluck & White Elephant Gift Exchange: A New Annual Tradition!
Dec. 19, 2017—Members of the Center for Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology –including students, postdocs, professional staff and faculty — enjoyed a delicious potluck lunch. And the white elephant gift exchange did not disappoint! Definitely an event that we’ll look forward to again each year! Enjoy the holiday season!!
Lab Lunch Outing to Bella Napoli!
Nov. 10, 2017—Taking a break from weekly lab meeting to enjoy some good Italian food and great company!
3 New Prosthetics Grants – Zelik & Goldfarb Labs Gear Up for Increased Collaboration
Sep. 28, 2017—Three newly-funded Vanderbilt research projects center around the goal of improving mobility and long-term health for lower-limb prosthetic users. The projects cover both powered and passive prosthetic limbs, and combine technology development with biomechanics and motion analysis assessments. The individual projects are aimed at: (i) reducing falls amongst above-knee prosthetic users by building human-like reflexes into robotic knees,...
Vanderbilt Ranked 10th Most Innovative University in the World by Reuters; Zelik & Goldfarb Research Highlighted as Examples of Innovation
Sep. 27, 2017—http://www.reuters.com/innovative-universities-2017/profile?uid=10
Faculty & Postdoc Positions Available
Sep. 22, 2017—Tenured/Tenure-Track Mechanical Engineering Faculty Position at Vanderbilt University: Medical & Rehabilitation Robotics https://apply.interfolio.com/44973 Post-Doc Position Has Been Filled Post-Doc Position at Vanderbilt University: Biomechanics of Wearable Assistive Devices https://gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/postdoctoral/opportunity-detail.php?id=271 The Zelik Lab for Biomechanics & Assistive Technology at Vanderbilt University is currently accepting applications for a post-doctoral researcher. The post-doc will contribute to multidisciplinary research projects at...
Smart clothing research featured in USA Today, Men’s Health, Smithsonian, and by host of other international media
Aug. 7, 2017—We developed, and are now continuing to refine and test, a new smart clothing device that can reduce low back stress during lifting and leaning tasks, in an effort to reduce back pain and injury risks. The media has affectionately dubbed our device “smart underwear,” since the key feature that distinguishes our approach from other...
Congrats to Erik Lamers, and team, on Young Investigator Award at ISB conference in Australia
Aug. 1, 2017—Prof. Zelik and 4 graduate students attended the International Society of Biomechanics conference in Brisbane, Australia last week. Each lab member did an outstanding job engaging in the meeting and representing Vanderbilt through their oral presentations and posters. Of particular note, congratulations to Erik Lamers who won the David Winter Young Investigator Award for Best...
Awarded NSF grant to study ankle-knee coupling dynamics, lower-limb prosthetics
Jul. 16, 2017—The objectives of this funded research are (a) to characterize the effect of gastrocnemius-like ankle-knee coupling dynamics on human walking, then (b) to test the hypothesis that restoring this coupling for individuals with transtibial (below knee) amputation will improve their gait symmetry and economy while also reducing unhealthy joint loading. This 3-year project will be carried...
New study on muscle-tendon dynamics published in PLoS ONE
Jul. 3, 2017—Excited to report that our publication entitled “It’s positive to be negative: Achilles tendon work loops during human locomotion” was recently published in PLoS ONE. This research, carried out in collaboration with Prof. Jason Franz from NC State and UNC, explores methodological challenges associated with non-invasive estimates of Achilles tendon dynamics. The findings were both exciting...
Vanderbilt recognized for outstanding National Biomechanics Day outreach event!
Jun. 21, 2017—Vanderbilt was the recipient of an award intended “to recognize schools and labs who utilized engaging, useful, and both cost and time efficient lab demonstrations” for National Biomechanics Day (NBD). Thanks to all the Vanderbilt students and faculty who participated to make it such a fun day. Special thanks to Emily Matijevich who wrote up a...