Category Archives: Research

Publication in Human Movement

Drs. Joseph Mahoney, Praveen Veerabhadrappa and Nathan Greenauaer have had their paper, “Pokémon Go Did Not Increase Step Count or Distance Travelled Among College Students“, accepted for publication in Human Movement. The paper is co-authored by undergraduate students in Science at Penn State Berks.

 

HMRC Members present at ASB/ISB Conference

Drs. Joe Mahoney, Matthew Rhudy and Allison Singles presented their work, “Footstrike Pattern Recognition Using Machine Learning on Tibial Accelerometry” at the annual ASB/ISB conference in Calgary.

2nd-Annual ASB East Coast Conference

Penn State Berks hosted our second regional American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) conference on April 12-13, 2019. Over 50 undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty presented posters and podium sessions at this year’s two-day conference. Over 90 attendees came for workshops on Visual 3D and Virtual Reality on the first day and presentations on the second. The conference featured Dr. Jonathan Dingwell as the keynote speaker where he presented on avoiding accidental bias in research studies.

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Publication in Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology (3)

Drs. Joseph Mahoney and Matthew Rhudy have had their paper, “Methodology and Validation for Identifying Gait Type Using Machine Learning on IMU Data“, accepted for publication in the Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology.

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Publication in Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology (2)

Drs. Joseph Mahoney and Matthew Rhudy have had their paper, “Design and Validation of a Simple Automated Optical Step Counting Method for Treadmill Walking”, accepted for publication in the Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. The paper is co-authored with student Zackery Scalyer.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03091902.2018.1546343

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Publication in Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology

Drs. Matthew Rhudy and Joseph Mahoney have had their paper, “A Comprehensive Comparison of Simple Step Counting Techniques using Wrist- and Ankle-Mounted Accelerometer and Gyroscope Signals”, published in the Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03091902.2018.1470692

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HMRC Researchers Awarded CyberScience Seed Grant

The Institute for CyberScience has awarded Drs. Catherine Mello, Matthew Rhudy, and Nathan Greenauer a Seed Grant to explore a “life-tracking” based approach to investigating situated behaviors and lifestyle factors that are predictive of college students’ well-being.