We are proud to announce that Brandon Nguyen was selected as the 2019 Graduate School Medal winner! Brandon was recognized for his efforts to combine academic scholarship with social awareness and concern, as well as his contribution to redefining the value of a doctoral degree. Congratulations Brandon!
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Julia Costacurta Presents at Research Symposium at JHU
Julia Costacurta, previous REU student in our lab, presented her research at an undergraduate symposium at Johns Hopkins University and won second place for best poster. Julia’s work explored the impacts of Ankle-Foot Orthoses on transient gait, a period of walking where little is currently known about device dynamics. Congratulations Julia!
Congratulations – Megan Auger selected to receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Fellowship!
We are proud to announce that Megan Auger has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship. This is a very competitive fellowship, and it will fund Megan’s PhD for the next three years. We look forward to seeing her upcoming work and growth as a researcher. Congratulations, Megan!
Congratulations – Alyssa Spomer selected to receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Fellowship!
We are proud to announce that Alyssa Spomer has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship. This is a very competitive fellowship, and it will fund Alyssa’s PhD for the next three years. We look forward to seeing her upcoming work and growth as a researcher. Congratulations, Alyssa!
Congratulations – Makoto Eyre is awarded a UWIN WRF Innovation Undergraduate Fellowship in Neuroengineering
Makoto Eyre has been selected as a WRF Innovation Undergraduate Fellow in Neuroengineering for the UW Institute for Neuroengineering. The UWIN fellowship provides funding and is a highly prestigious and selective competition. Congratulations, Makoto!
Makoto’s research seeks to use muscle synergies, a clinically-useful, low-dimensional representation of motor coordination, to quantify and compare the effects of AFOs on motor control strategies employed during SS and nSS gait. Ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) are a common intervention for cerebral palsy and stroke survivors, with most research on the impacts of AFOs on impaired locomotion and motor control focuses on steady state (SS) gait despite a large portion of locomotion being non-steady state (nSS). As nSS locomotion may rely on different neuromuscular control strategies, AFOs optimized for SS may be suboptimal to nSS locomotion.