National Biomechanics Day 2018

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Invitation

We are pleased to invite you and your students to attend National Biomechanics Day at Penn State Berks on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Last year’s inaugural event was a great success and we are excited to offer a bigger and better version this year! This event is being hosted by the Human Movement Research Center at Penn State Berks.

This event is designed for high school students interested in science and engineering and, particularly, their applications to human movement. The event consists of workshops conducted by Penn State Berks faculty, staff, and undergraduate research students. Workshops will include interactive laboratory activities, school and career information and time for questions. Workshops will also be given by clinicians from local Hospitals. The workshop locations include our Motion Capture Lab, new Water Channel and Fluids Lab, Virtual Reality Lab, Cadaver Lab, and 3D Printer workspace.

If you came last year, we will have many of the same or similar activities that we previously offered. We will also have new stations to accommodate the larger crowd that we are expecting. Please be aware that your group will not visit every station at the event. We cannot accommodate special requests for stations. Last year’s big hit was the cadaver lab so we will try our best to get every group a chance to see it. We are targeting the program to students in their Junior year, but students at all levels are welcome to attend.

The event can accommodate up to 20 students from each school. If you have more than 20 students who would like to attend, please let us know before registering and we will see if we can accommodate them. You must supply at minimum two chaperones for your students and at least one chaperone per twelve students. Chaperones can be a teacher, guidance counselor, or parent. The program will run from 9:30 am ‑ 2:00 pm.

There is no cost for attending the event. Students and chaperones should bring a bagged lunch with them and we will supply some snacks and drinks to the students. Additionally, the Cybercafé will be open to purchase sandwiches and other lunch items. Be aware that the line for the café may be long so it is advised for students to bring their lunch. If you bring a cooler, we can store it until lunchtime.

Please contact Joe Mahoney at jmm694@psu.edu with questions about the event and how to register your school to attend. Please submit only once for each school and choose one contact person to be your liaison. Also note, there is no way to modify your information after submission, so please ensure that it is correct before submitting.

Closer to the event, I will be sending each contact person the schedule for each school and more details about the day. We will also be putting more information on the event website at https://sites.psu.edu/hmrc/nbd2018.

We are also hosting a regional conference for the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) on Saturday, April 21, 2018. We are offering free registration to high school students and faculty that attend National Biomechanics Day. More information about the conference can be found at http://sites.psu.edu/asb2018/.

Please feel free forward this information to your colleagues that may be interested.

We hope that you will be able to join us this year!

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Event Schedule

9:30 – 10:00 Opening Address (Perkins Auditorium)
10:00 – 10:10 Transfer
10:10 – 10:30 Session 1
10:30 – 10:40 Transfer
10:40 – 11:00 Session 2
11:00 – 11:10 Transfer
11:10 – 11:30 Session 3
11:30 – 11:40 Transfer
11:40 – 12:00 Session 4
12:00 – 12:40 Lunch (Gaige) and Transfer
12:40 – 1:00 Session 5
1:00 – 1:10 Transfer
1:10 – 1:30 Session 6
1:30 – 1:40 Transfer
1:40 – 2:00 Session 7

Groups

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
Fleetwood 8 Muhlenberg  A 15 Muhlenberg  B 15 Reading HS 23 LV Academy 20 Antietam 23 Wilson 12 Daniel Boone 9
Tulpehocken 6  Gov. Mifflin 4 Emmaus 5
14 15 15 23 20 23 16 14

Assignments

Group Session 1
10:10-10:30		 Session 2
10:40-11:00		 Session 3
11:10-11:30		 Session 4
11:40-12:00		 Session 5
12:40-1:00		 Session 6
1:10-1:30		 Session 7
1:40-2:00
Group 1 D1 E F1 G H I A
Group 2 F1 D2 B E F2 G H
Group 3 H I A B C2 E F2
Group 4 A B C1 D1 D2 F2 G
Group 5 G H I A B C2 E
Group 6 B C1 D1 I A H D2
Group 7 E F1 G H I D2 B
Group 8 C1 D1 E F1 G B I

Stations

Code Activity Location Leader
A Occupational Therapy: Skills for the Job of Living Luerssen 117 David Kresse
B Musculoskeletal Biomechanics — Cadaver Lab Luerssen 203 Ben Infantolino
C1

C2

 Strapped:  Using Wearable Sensors to Measure Human Motion Luerssen 19 (1-4)

Luerssen 23 (5-7)

 Matt Rhudy
D1 Go Print Yourself!  Biomedical Applications of 3D Scanning and Printing Gaige 106 Marietta Scanlon
D2 Throwing Activity Perkins Lawn Dan Agnese (Tower)
E The Marvels of Fluid Flow Gaige 112 Azar Panah
F1 Fun with Ex-Phys Gaige 229 Praveen V
F2 The Biomechanics of Jumping Beaver Dance Studio Allison Singles
G Balance Testing Gaige 114 Allison Maurer (PSHSJ)
H Spine Biomechanics Gaige 122 Karen Keenan (Tower)
I 3D motion analysis for biomechanics and CGI Beaver Kinesiology Lab Allison Singles

Location and Directions

Campus Map

Official American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) site

http://nationalbiomechanicsday.asbweb.org/

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