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National Biomechanics Day draws nearly 400 visitors!
Apr. 12, 2019—National Biomechanics Day, our biggest outreach event of the year got even larger this year, drawing nearly 400 visitors to CREATE over 3 days, including about 250 middle and high school students. Read more here: National Biomechanics Day draws 370+ visitors to assistive tech labs We also participated in the ISBS Twitter competition, and...
Congrats to Matt for his publication on design of a new low-profile ankle exoskeleton
Apr. 7, 2019—https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8667351?arnumber=8667351&source=authoralert Other authors were Josh Tacca (an undergraduate at Vanderbilt, who is now a PhD student at the University of Colorado) and Karl Zelik. This paper also received some nice media write-ups such as: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/vanderbilt-ankle-exoskeleton/ Or for Karl’s Twitter summary: The latest chapter in our quest to create assistive #exoskeletons #exosuits #mechanizedclothing that can integrate...
Congrats to Dr. Eric Honert who successfully defended his PhD dissertation!
Mar. 6, 2019—Eric showcased his rigorous work and keen expertise related to ankle and foot biomechanics. It has been a pleasure and privilege to have him in lab, and to learn with him and from him. He has completed and published an impressive body of work, reflecting his important contributions to this scientific field. Congrats Dr. Honert!! Next month...
Awarded NIH R01 to carry out research combining biomechanics, machine learning, exoskeletons & smart clothing
Feb. 27, 2019—This collaborative research brings together expertise in biomechanics (Zelik), wearable robotics (Goldfarb) and machine learning (Volgyesi). The objective of this research is to address core scientific challenges related to sensing, actuation and control of cyber-physically assistive clothing (CPAC), for the purpose of reducing societal incidence of low back pain, by preventing lumbar (spine) overloading and overuse...
Shane & Erik Receive Best Presentation Awards at Mid-South Biomechanics Conference
Feb. 23, 2019—Congrats to Shane King & Erik Lamers who were each recognized for their excellent presentation at the Mid-South Biomechanics Conference, along with 4 other student presenters. King, S. T., Eveld, M. E., Martinez, A., Zelik, K. E. and Goldfarb, M. Development of a novel gait perturbation system for the study...
Congrats to Eric on his new publication on foot/shoe and soft tissue work during human walking
Feb. 12, 2019—Foot and shoe responsible for majority of soft tissue work in early stance of walking Soft tissues in the body perform mechanical work through wobbling and deforming. We estimated the percentage due to foot/shoe deformation in early stance of walking. . Foot/shoe contributed ∼60–70% of the soft tissue work during level and uphill walking. Foot/shoe...
Congrats to Emily on her new publication on running biomechanics, injury prevention & wearable tech
Feb. 1, 2019—This study was carried out by Emily Matijevich (PhD student in Mechanical Engineering) in collaboration with Dr. Leon Scott (Dept. of Orthopaedics), and Lauren Branscombe and Prof. Karl Zelik (Mechanical Engineering). Links 1-4 below progress from least to most technical, and Link 5 allows you to download free software and explore the data yourself should you...
CREATE holiday potluck followed by some team-building & applied biomechanics “research”
Dec. 10, 2018—Prof. Goldfarb hosted the annual CREATE holiday potluck. Lots of fun and laughter! And then the Zelik Lab capped off 2018 with a group outing to apply our biomechanics research… to axe throwing! A fun team-building competition held at BATL (Backyard Axe Throwing League): Needless to say, class was still in session and the professor took...
Feature story and video on one of our student-athlete extraordinaires Sara Tsai
Oct. 25, 2018—Sara Tsai: Runner and engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IffC5ZAGbI
New study published on effects of toe joint stiffness and shape on walking
Oct. 4, 2018—Congrats Eric!! Enjoyable collaboration with Dr. Bastas from Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
New publication on ankle and foot biomechanics
Sep. 1, 2018—https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021929018302902#f0010
New study published on the use of wearable sensors to monitor lower-limb prosthesis users
Aug. 24, 2018—https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096663621830599X#fig0005
Prof. Zelik Receives Nashville Emerging Leader Award
Aug. 3, 2018—The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and YP Nashville present the Nashville Emerging Leader Awards (NELAs) each year to recognize Nashville’s young professionals for significant accomplishments in their chosen career fields, as well as their commitment and contribution to the community. This year Prof. Zelik was the award winner in the category of Architecture, Engineering...