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May 2009
Elizabeth Chumanov was selected as the recipient of the 2009 ACSM BIG-AMTI Student Research Award ,
which is to be presented to her by the Biomechanics Interest Group at the 2009 American College of Sports Medicine Meeting in Seattle, WA.
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April 2009
Amy Lenz received the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Poster Award
at the 2009 UW Department of Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium. Her poster was entitled
'Improving the Understanding and Treatment of Walking Deficits Following Stroke.'
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April 2009
Elizabeth Chumanov successfully defended her PhD Dissertation entitled
'Dynamic Simulation of Musculotendon Mechanics during High Speed Running'.
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December 2008
Martin Schultze successfully defended his Master's Thesis entitled
'Central Pattern Generators as a Biologically Inspired Neural Control Mechanism for Bicycle Pedaling'.
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November 2008
Bryan Heiderscheit was named an Associate Editor of the
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy.
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September 2008
Judy Dewane was awarded the UW Institute on Aging's 2008 Outstanding Young Investigator.
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August 2008
Andrew Sterling successfully defended his Master's Thesis in Mechanical Engineering
entitled 'Cervical Spine Motion and the Biomechanical Influence of Vertebral Fusion'.
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August 2008
Amy Silder, Darryl Thelen, Michael Tuite and Bryan Heiderscheit were awarded the National Collegiate Athletic Association
Best Poster Award for Student-Athlete Wellbeing
for their research entitled 'Long-Term Morphological And Functional Changes Following An Acute Hamstring Strain Injury'.
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August 2008
Antonio Hernandez received the President's Award for best poster
at the North American Congress of Biomechanics Meeting for his research entitled
'Measurement Of Dynamic Muscle Function Via Electrical Stimulation Synchronized To The Gait Cycle.'
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August 2008
Darryl Thelen was elected Program Chair for the 2010 American Society of Biomechanics Meeting.
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July 2008
Amy Silder successfully passed her PhD Preliminary Exam in Biomedical Engineering.
The title of her thesis proposal is "Injury-Related Changes in Musculotendon Morphology and Mechanics".
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July 2008
Anne Schmitz was awarded a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship by the UW Institute on Aging.
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June 2008
Elizabeth Chumanov was awarded a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship by the AAUW Educational Foundation.
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April 2008
Sally Bobula, Judy Dewane and Bryan Heiderscheit were awarded
Best Research Poster at the Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association spring meeting
for their research entitled 'Variability of stride duration increases in older adults under dual-task conditions'..
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December 2007
UW NMBL was awarded a 2 year medical research grant by the National Football League Charities for
their proposal entitled 'Rehabilitation of Acute Hamstring Strain Injuries: Effects of Treatment on Muscle Morphology, Running Mechanics and Reinjury Potential'.
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September 2007
Amy Silder was awarded the UW Institute on Aging's 2007 Outstanding Young Investigator.
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September 2007
UW NMBL was awarded a 4 year grant by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) for
their R01 proposal entitled 'Biocomputation of the Links Between Muscle Morphology, Coordination and Injury'.
This research is being performed in collaboration with the Multiscale Muscle Mechanics Laboratory at the
University of Virginia and Simbios, a National Center for Biocomputation at Stanford University.
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September 2007
UW NMBL was awarded a 2 year grant by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) for
their phase II SBIR proposal entitled 'Internet Delivery of Animated Rehabilitation Exercises (IDARE)'.
This research is being performed in collaboration with Visual Health Information, Inc.
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June 2007
Jackson Potter successfully defended his Master's Thesis in Biomedical Engineering entitled
'Bicycle Seat Pressure Distribution During Seated Cycling, and the Effects of Gender, Power and Hand Position'.
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May 2007
Christopher Westphal and Eric Bader were awarded a Tong Follow-up Development Award by the
UW Department of Biomedical Engineering for their design project entitled
'A Device for Inducing Active Lengthening Muscle Contractions for Dynamic MR Imaging'.
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May 2007
Joe Farron successfully defended his Master's Thesis in Mechanical Engineering entitled
'Measurement of Tendon Strain During Muscle Twitch Contractions Using Ultrasound Elastography'.
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May 2007
Ben Whittington successfully defended his Master's Thesis in Mechanical Engineering entitled
'Utilization of Lower Extremity Stiffness During Human Walking'.
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May 2007
Bryan Heiderscheit was awarded the American Physical Therapy Association's
2007 Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member'.
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December 2006
David Remy successfully defended his Master's Thesis in Mechanical Engineering entitled
Integration of an Adaptive Ground Contact Model Into the Dynamic Simulation of Gait.
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