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.
Penn State Berks and the HMRC were selected to co-host our third annual regional American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) conference on April 24-25, 2020. We will be hosting with Alvernia University at their new Recreation, Wellness and Health Sciences Complex. More information is available on the event website at https://sites.psu.edu/asb2020
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.
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.
Penn State Berks and the Human Movement Research Center hosted our 3rd-annual National Biomechanics Day on April 10, 2019. This year, over 220 students from 13 Berks and Lehigh Valley High Schools joined us for 13 different workshops.
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.
Penn State Berks and the HMRC were selected to host our second annual regional American Society of Biomechanics conference on April 12-13, 2019. More information is available on the event website at https://sites.psu.edu/asb2019/
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.
The Penn State Berks Mechanical Engineering and Kinesiology programs have collaborated to form a Recommended Academic Plan for ME students at Berks to minor in Kinesiology with a focus in Biomechanics. ME students should talk to their academic advisor about pursuing the program.
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.
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