On April 20 and 21, Penn State Berks hosted a regional meeting for the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB). Over 100 undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and industry representatives attended with 51 poster and podium presentations. Attendees participated in hands-on workshops, parallel sessions, and lunchtime breakouts. Dr. Jill Higginson of the University of Delaware delivered the keynote address.
A write-up is found in the June 2018 ASB newsletter
Congratulations to Arthur Ciccone (PI: Allison Altman-Singles) and Michael Bianco (PI: Joe Mahoney) for winning the Qualisys Best Undergraduate Podium awards at the East Coast ASB Meeting on April 21.
On April 11, Penn State Berks hosted over 130 high school students from ten schools from Berks and Lehigh counties at our second-annual National Biomechanics Day. Students rotated through sessions that demonstrated biomechanics principals and showed them our laboratories including the cadaver lab, water channel, motion capture lab and EKG treadmill. This year had over 50% more student than last year and added an extra hour of activity. Presenters included faculty and students from Penn State Berks as well as clinicians from Penn State Health St. Joseph and Tower Health.
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.
Congratulations to HMRC students for winning awards from the campus!
We will be hosting our second annual National Biomechanics Day on April 11, 2018. 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. The workshop locations include our Motion Capture Lab, new Water Channel and Fluids Lab, Virtual Reality Lab, Cadaver Lab, and 3D Printer workspace. More information can be found on the event page https://sites.psu.edu/hmrc/nbd2018/
Schreyer Honors Scholar Michael Bianco and advisor Joe Mahoney were featured in the Penn State Newswire for Michael’s thesis project.
http://news.psu.edu/story/495536/2017/11/28/academics/scholar-professor-looking-black-box-human-body
Penn State Berks and the HMRC were selected to host a regional American Society of Biomechanics conference on April 20-21 2018. More information will be available on the event website at https://sites.psu.edu/asb2018/
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