Ava, Claire, Mimi and Kagan presented posters at the Mines Undergraduate Research Symposium. Well done!
The FBL had a strong showing of seven presentations at the 2024 Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Conference! Anna and Claire presented their work in podium presentations and Mike, Kagan, Jordan, and Mimi gave poster presentations.
Anna presented her research at the Mines Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium.
Claire, Kagan, and Mimi earned the Undergraduate Research Scholar Distinction 2024, to be presented at graduation this May!
FBL alumna Brooklyn Vargas was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! Congratulations Brooklyn!
Anna completed her PhD proposal! Congratulations Anna!
Dr. Silverman and the FBL at Mines were awarded the National Science Foundation Biology Integration Institute grant for the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute! This institute is led by the University of California Irvine with partners at Mines, Northern Arizona University, University of Southern California, and Georgia Tech. Link to Mines Newsroom article
Brieuc passed the final inspection of his dissertation and will officially graduate this spring! Congratulations Dr. Panhelleux!
Dr. Silverman gave a seminar at the Department of Kinesiology Seminar Series at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mike was awarded a conference travel grant from the Mines Graduate Student Government.
Jordan, Claire and Mimi showcased biomechanics at Girls Lead the Way, a conference for high school girls organized by the Mines section of the Society of Women Engineers.
Claire was awarded the Mines Reuleaux Writing Grant! She will publish her research in the Mines Undergraduate Research Journal.
Jordan’s paper, “Concentric and eccentric hip musculotendon work depends on backpack loads and walking slopes” with collaborators at Naval Health Research Center was published in the Journal of Biomechanics!Link to article
Ava Watson joined the FBL to pursue undergraduate research.
Fall 2023
Mike graduated with his MS in Mechanical Engineering! He will stay with the FBL for his PhD.
Dr. Silverman delivered a guest lecture in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Mike defended his MS thesis! Congratulations!
Jordan’s work quantifying lumbar loading and hip muscle work during military load carriage was presented at the International Congress on Soldier Physical Performance in London, England.
Dr. Silverman presented in the Measuring and Modeling Load Carriage Symposium at the International Congress on Soldier Physical Performance in London, England.
Brieuc passed his PhD Viva! Congratulations Dr. Panhelleux!
Claire, Kagan, and Madeline return to the Functional Biomechanics Lab to continue their undergraduate research experience.
Dr. Silverman presented, “Maintaining Dynamic Balance When Using Running Specific Prostheses” in the Hay Award Symposium at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Knoxville, TN.
Jordan presented a poster, “Hamstrings Have Different Work Demands in Response to Walking Slope and Heavy Load Carriage” at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Knoxville, TN.
Ava and SteadiPlay, her invention stemming from her PhD research, were featured by the Mines Newsroom. Link to article
Anna passed the qualifying exam!
“Healthy aging reduces dynamic balance control as measured by the simplified Star Excursion Balance Test” by Ava, Brooklyn, Fiona and Cameron was published in Gait & Posture!
Anna, Jordan and Dr. Silverman were nominated for membership in Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.
Brooklyn graduated with her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering! Congratulations Brooklyn! She will start her PhD studies in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah this fall.
Jordan graduated with his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering! Congratulations Dr. Sturdy! He will stay with the FBL as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Brooklyn was awarded the Department of Mechanical Engineering John Steele Service Award!
Jordan was awarded the Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award!
Jordan was named the ME nominee and a finalist for the Colorado School of Mines Rath Award, which recognizes the Colorado School of Mines doctoral graduate whose thesis demonstrates the greatest potential for societal impact.
Ava’s paper, “Age-specific biomechanical challenges and engagement in dynamic balance training with robotic or virtual real-time visual feedback” was published in the Journal of Biomechanics! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111574
Jordan’s paper, “Walking slope and heavy backpack loads affect torso muscle activity and kinematics” was published in the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2023.102769
Luis’s paper, “Transtibial prosthetic alignment has small effects on whole-body angular momentum during functional tasks” was published in the Journal of Biomechanics! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111485
Jordan defended his dissertation! Congratulations Dr. Sturdy!
Fall 2022
Ava graduated with her PhD in Mechanical Engineering! Congratulations Dr. Segal!
Tim graduated with his MS in Mechanical Engineering! Congratulations!
Ava was awarded Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Department of Mechanical Engineering!
Ava was named the ME nominee and a finalist for the Colorado School of Mines Rath Award, which recognizes the Colorado School of Mines doctoral graduate whose thesis demonstrates the greatest potential for societal impact.
Dr. Silverman presented at the School of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series at Colorado State University.
Jordan was selected as the representative for Biomechanics and Robotics and presented at the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Colloquium.
Dr. Silverman participated in a panel discussion, “Undergraduate Involvement in Biomechanics Research” organized by the International Women in Biomechanics group.
Dr. Silverman presented at the Department of Biomechanics Seminar Series at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
“Changes in dynamic balance control in adults with obesity across walking speeds” was published in the Journal of Biomechanics with collaborators from Boston University. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111308
Jordan presented a poster, “Estimated Muscle Group Forces are Sensitive to Modeled Muscle Geometric Complexity” at the Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, FL.
Jordan presented a poster, “Walking Slope and Backpack Design Affect Trunk Muscle Activity During Load Carriage” at the Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, FL.
Ava’s paper, “Balance therapy with hands-free mobile robotic feedback for at-home training across the lifespan” was accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering! https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2022.3205850
Brooklyn returned from her summer research experience at the Mayo Clinic to continue undergraduate research with the FBL.
Madeline Inge, Kagan Giltinan, and Claire Beebe all joined the FBL as Mines Undergraduate Research Fellows.
Tim Davis joined the FBL to contribute to research in postural balance of transtibial prosthesis users as part of his MS non-thesis program at Mines.
Summer 2022
Jordan gave an oral presentation, “Estimated Muscle Group Forces are Sensitive to Modeled Muscle Geometric Complexity” at the North American Congress on Biomechanics in Ottawa, Canada.
Jordan presented a poster, “Walking Slope and Backpack Design Affect Trunk Muscle Activity During Load Carriage” at the North American Congress on Biomechanics in Ottawa, Canada.
Ava gave an oral presentation, “The Effects of Aging and Robotic Feedback on Dynamic Balance Training Biomechanics” at the North American Congress on Biomechanics in Ottawa, Canada.
Brieuc gave an oral presentation, “Hip Biomechanics in People with Unilateral Above-Knee and Through-Knee Amputations” at the North American Congress on Biomechanics in Ottawa, Canada.
Ava defended her dissertation! Congratulations Dr. Segal!
Anna Corman joined the FBL. She will officially start her program to pursue her Ph.D. in the fall.
Dr. Silverman presented, “Biomechanical Insights from Movement Simulations of People with Lower-Limb Amputations” at the World Congress of Biomechanics 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Brooklyn heads to her summer Research Experience for Undergraduates at the Mayo Clinic. She will return to research with the FBL in the fall.
Spring 2022
Allison graduated with her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering! She will begin her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University in Fall 2022.
Cameron and Brooklyn completed their Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship experiences with the FBL for the 2021-2022 Academic year. Great job Cameron and Brooklyn!
Brooklyn was awarded First Place Poster Presentation at the Mines Undergraduate Research Symposium!
Brooklyn and Cameron presented their research at the Mines Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Mike presented his research and was awarded 2nd Place Poster at the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium!
Jordan was awarded Best Doctoral Poster Award for his work, “A Preliminary Analysis of Trunk Muscle Activity While Carrying Military Loads on Slopes” at the Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Meeting!
Mike, Ava, Cameron, Jordan, and Brooklyn all presented their excellent work at the Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
Jordan was awarded the Moose Award at the Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics meeting!
Mike was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
Ava, Jordan, and Brieuc all had their abstracts accepted to the North American Congress on Biomechanics!
Jordan and Nathan published “Automated optimization of residual reduction algorithm parameters in OpenSim” in the Journal of Biomechanics! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111087. Associated code published here.
Ryan started a position as a Research Engineer at CFD Research Corporation.
Dr. Silverman presented at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar Series at the University of Central Florida.
Dr. Silverman gave an invited lecture in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado – Boulder.
Brieuc, Ava, and Jordan all submitted their research to the North American Congress on Biomechanics in Ottawa this coming summer.
Luis defended his dissertation at the University of Michigan! Congratulations Dr. Nolasco!
Fall 2021
Ryan graduated with his BS in Mechanical Engineering!
The FBL had a joint lab meeting with Movement Biomechanics Laboratory at North Carolina State University to learn from their upper body modeling and multi-domain modeling approaches. Jordan presented on his work examining injury risk in military service members.
Jordan and Dr. Silverman, along with Dr. Russell Johnson from the University of Southern California, presented a workshop, “Leveraging OpenSim for Human Body Modeling, Predictive Movement, and Sensitivity Investigations” at the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Research Institute.
The FBL had a joint lab meeting with the Applied Biomechanics Lab at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill to share and learn about recent work.
Jeeva Senthilnathan joined the FBL to pursue undergraduate research.
Spring 2021
Dr. Silverman gave a seminar, “The Influence of Prosthesis Type on Running Biomechanics” for the Neuromechanics Research Division at the University of Florida.
Gabby graduated with her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering!
Ava and Brieuc presented their research at a joint lab meeting with the Applied Biomechanics Lab at CU Boulder.
Luis’s paper, “The Ins and Outs of 90-degree Turns in People with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation” was published in the Journal of Biomechanics!
Dr. Silverman gave an invited lecture, “Hip Compensations and the Effects of Prosthesis Choice in Runners with an Amputation” in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder.
“Compensation due to age-related decline in sit-to-stand and sit-to-walk” was published in the Journal of Biomechanics with collaborators at TU Delft and Imperial College London.
Dr. Silverman was featured in the Principal Investigator Spotlight in the March 2021 issue of O&P Almanac. Link to profile.
“Age-Related Compensation: Neuromusculoskeletal Capacity, Reserve & Movement Objectives” was published in the Journal of Biomechanics with collaborators at TU Delft and Imperial College London.
“Strength, Size and Sex Effects on Musculoskeletal Injury Risk During Load Carriage: Research Methods Overview.” presented at the Women in Combat Summit, Forging the Future: How Service Women Enhance the Fighting Force in February.
Fall 2020
Jasmin graduated with her PhD in Mechanical Engineering! Congratulations Dr. Honegger!
Ava presented at the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Colloquium and was awarded the first place presentation!
The FBL’s recently awarded grant in collaboration with Naval Health Research Center was highlighted by the Mines Newsroom. Link to article.
Lauren’s paper, “Hip Joint Contact Loading and Muscle Forces During Running with a Transtibial Amputation” was published in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering!https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049227
Jasmin’s paper (collaboration with the Computational Biomechanics Group at Mines), “Development of a multiscale model of the human lumbar spine for investigation of tissue loads in people with and without a transtibial amputation during sit-to-stand” was published in Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology! https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-020-01389-2
Jordan completed his PhD proposal!
The FBL was awarded a grant entitled, “Individualized Injury Risk Assessment using Warfighter Specific Modeling: Implications for Training,” from the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency in collaboration with Dr. Pinata Sessoms at the Naval Health Research Center.
Jordan’s paper, “A Backpack Load Sharing Model to Evaluate Lumbar and Hip Joint Contact Forces during Shoulder Borne and Hip Belt Assisted Load Carriage” was published in Applied Ergonomics!https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103277
Allison Sander joined the FBL to pursue undergraduate research.
Gabby Ferro joined the FBL to pursue undergraduate research.
Lauren’s paper, “Running-Specific Prostheses Reduce Lower-Limb Muscle Activity Compared to Daily-Use Prostheses in People with Unilateral Transtibial Amputations” was published in the Journal of Electromygraphy and Kinesiology!http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2020.102462
Jordan was selected as a Mechanical Engineering Graduate Teaching Fellow!
Luis Nolasco, collaborator from the Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Michigan, presented a poster, “Segment Angular Momenta in People with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation during 90-Degree Turns” at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. View presentation here.
Luis Nolasco, collaborator from the Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Michigan, presented a podium presentation, “Dynamic Balance during 90-Degree Turns in People with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation” at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics.View presentation here.
Ava’s paper, “A Gesture-Controlled Rehabilitation Robot to Improve Engagement and Quantify Movement Performance” was published in Sensors, Special Issue on Wearable Systems in Physical Rehabilitation: Opportunities and Challenges!https://doi.org/10.3390/s20154269
Ava presented, “iRebot: An Interactive Rehabilitation Robot with Gesture Control” at the 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’20).
“Effects of anterior-posterior shifts in prosthetic alignment on the sit-to-stand movement in people with a unilateral transtibial amputation” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109926
Brieuc completed his Early Stage Assessment at Imperial College London!
Henry Jenkins joined the lab to pursue undergraduate research.
Dr. Silverman presented, “The Influence of Lower Limb Prosthesis Type on Hip Biomechanics during Running” at the Workshop on Advances in Lower Limb Dynamic Prostheses for Agile and Dynamic Walking associated with the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Spring 2020
Ava’s paper, “iRebot: An Interactive Rehabilitation Robot with Gesture Control” was accepted for presentation at the 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’20) in Montreal, Canada in July 2020!
Amy’s paper, “Muscle Capacity to Accelerate the Body during Gait Varies with Foot Position in Cerebral Palsy” was published in Gait & Posture!https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.02.014
Poster “Quadriceps Muscle Forces and Strength during Downhill Walking Following Total Knee Arthroplasty” by Christensen et al. presented at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting in Denver, CO.
Kate’s paper, “The Effect of Lower-Limb Prosthetic Alignment on Muscle Activity during Sit-to-Stand” was published in the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology!https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2020.102398
Lauren’s paper, “Joint Work and Ground Reaction Forces during Running with Daily-Use and Running-Specific Prostheses” was published in the Journal of Biomechanics!https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109629
Fall 2019
Lauren graduated with her PhD in Mechanical Engineering!
Dr. Silverman presented, “Low Back Biomechanics in People with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation” at the Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series at the University of Iowa.
“Delayed onset muscle soreness to induce pain for musculoskeletal modelling” was presented at BioMedEng19 at Imperial College London.
Jordan’s work, “Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation of Military Load Carriage” was accepted for presentation at the 5th International Congress on Soldiers’ Physical Performance next February.
Kate presented, “Effect of Prosthetic Alignment on Muscle Activity for People with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation during Sit-to-Stand” at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Jordan presented “Lumbar and Hip Joint Contact Forces during Load Carriage with Different Backpack Designs” at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Lauren presented a poster, “Hip Joint Contact Forces during Running in People with a Transtibial Amputation” at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Lauren presented a poster, “Lower-Limb Muscle Activity in Runners with a Transtibial Amputation” at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Ava presented a poster, “Performance of a Rotating platform Total Knee Replacement Design during Turning Gait: A Finite Element Analysis” at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Ava presented a poster, “Lower Limb Amputee Motor Intention through Neuromuscular and Mechanical Pattern Recognition to Predict Uneven Terrain” at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Luis Nolasco, collaborator from the Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Michigan, presented a poster, “Spine Kinematics during Gait are Affected by Prosthetic Leg Length” at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Jasmin, collaborator from the Computational Biomechanics Group, presented, “A Multiscale Model for Whole-Body and Tissue-Level Lumbar Spine Biomechanics” at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Poster presentation with collaborators, “Prosthetic Design Influences Peak Joint Moments during Running” was presented at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada.
Dr. Silverman chaired the Rehabilitation – Technology session at Blast Injury Conference 2019 at Imperial College London.
Dr. Silverman was elected to the American Society of Biomechanics nominating committee.
Kate was awarded an American Society of Biomechanics Conference Travel Award! She will present results of her MS research at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada in August.
Spring 2019
Jordan graduated with his MS in Mechanical Engineering! He will continue with the FBL for his PhD.
Kate graduated with her MS in Mechanical Engineering!
Jordan presented his research on behalf of biomechanics at the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Colloquium.
Kate was awarded First Place Poster Presentation at the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium!
Lauren was awarded First Place Oral Presentation for Bio-Engineering at the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium!
Lauren, Jordan, Kate and Ava presented their research and the Colorado School of Mines Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium.
The FBL had nine abstracts accepted for presentation at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics / 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics!
Lauren was awarded the Best Doctoral Poster Presentation Award at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting!
Kate was awarded the Best Master’s Poster Presentation Award at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting!
Ava presented a poster, “Finite Element Analysis of a Rotating Platform Total Knee Replacement Design during Turning Gait” at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Lauren presented a poster, “Neuromuscular control in runners with a transtibial amputation using daily-use and running specific prostheses” at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Lauren presented a rapid podium presentation, “Quantifying hip joint contact loads in runners with a transtibial amputation” at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Jordan presented a poster, “Effects of Distributed Load Carriage on Lumbar and Hip Joint Contact Forces” at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Kate presented a poster, “Effect of Prosthetic Alignment on Muscle Activity in Transtibial Amputees during Sit-to-Stand” at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Poster with collaborators, “Lumbopelvic range of motion in individuals with transtibial amputations across a range of speeds.” was presented at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Jasmin presented, “A Multiscale Model for Whole-Body and Tissue-Level Lumbar Spine Biomechanics” was presented at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Jordan defended his MS thesis!
Kate defended her MS thesis!
“Muscle Activity during Running with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation” presented at the International Research Forum on the Biomechanics of Running-Specific Prostheses in Tokyo, Japan.
“Does Prosthetic Design Influence Peak Joint Moments during Running?” presented at the International Research Forum on the Biomechanics of Running-Specific Prostheses in Tokyo, Japan.
Paper with collaborators, “Whole-body and segmental angular momentum during 90-degree turns” was published in Gait & Posture!
Dr. Silverman gave a seminar, “Biomechanics of Movement with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation.” at the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University.
Dr. Silverman gave a seminar, “Musculoskeletal Modeling of Low Back Biomechanics in People with a Lower Limb Amputation.” at the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences at Coventry University.
Fall 2018
Lauren’s paper, “Dynamic balance during running using running-specific prostheses” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics!
Dr. Silverman gave a keynote lecture, “Low back biomechanics during activities of daily living in people with a lower-limb amputation” at the Musculoskeletal Medical Engineering Centre Seminar Series at Imperial College London.
Nathan’s paper, “Statistical analysis of timeseries data reveals changes in 3D segmental coordination of balance in response to prosthetic ankle power on ramps” was accepted for publication in Scientific Reports!
Amy’s paper, “Evaluation of a Method to Scale Muscle Strength for Gait Simulations of Children with Cerebral Palsy” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics!
Dr. Silverman gave a seminar, “Simulations of Movement after Lower Limb Amputation” at the Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.
Dr. Silverman gave a guest lecture, “Applications of Mechanics to Assistive Device Design and Rehabilitation” for Bioengineering in Action in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London.
Nathan’s paper, “A Comparison of Inverted Pendulum Models of Human Walking on Ramps” was accepted for publication in PLOS ONE!
Dr. Silverman gave a seminar, “Biomechanics of Walking with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation” in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London.
Dr. Hossein Saadatzi began his appointment as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the City University of New York.
Amy’s paper, “Strength Training Effects on Muscle Forces and Contributions to Whole Body Movement in Cerebral Palsy,” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Motor Behavior!
Dr. Amy Hegarty began her appointment as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southern California Medical Center.
Dr. Silverman began her appointment as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London.
Ava Segal joined the FBL to pursue her PhD.
Summer 2018
Amy graduated with her PhD in Mechanical Engineering!
Hossein graduated with his PhD in Mechanical Engineering!
Amy presented a podium presentation, “Does Foot Position Affect Muscle Function during Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy?” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Rochester, MN.
Lauren presented a podium presentation, “Hip Work during Running Using Daily-Use and Running-Specific Prostheses” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Rochester, MN.
Abby presented a poster, “Effect of Number of Segments in a Running-Specific Prosthesis Model on Hip and Knee Kinetics” as part of the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Rochester, MN.
Presentation with collaborators, “Changes in Prosthetic Alignment Affect Ground Reaction Force Symmetry and Pain during Sit-to-Stand” was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Rochester, MN.
Presentation with collaborators, “Coordination of Frontal-Plane Balance on Ramps Using Active Prostheses” was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Rochester, MN.
Presentation with collaborators, “Vertical Ground Reaction Forces and Loading Rates when Running with Running-Specific and Daily Use Prostheses” was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Rochester, MN.
Amy defended her dissertation!
Hossein defended his dissertation!
Lauren presented a podium presentation, “Hip Work in Runners with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation” at the World Congress of Biomechanics in Dublin, Ireland.
Dr. Silverman presented a keynote presentation, “Movement Coordination after Unilateral Transtibial Amputation” at the World Congress of Biomechanics in Dublin, Ireland.
Abby was selected as a finalist for the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition at the American Society of Biomechanics meeting in Rochester, MN! She will present at the meeting in August.
Lauren was awarded the American Society of Biomechanics Student Grant-in-Aid! This grant will allow her to collect additional participants for her PhD work analyzing running with an amputation and will present her results in summer 2019 at the ASB/ISB Meeting in Calgary.
Lauren was awarded an American Society of Biomechanics Conference Travel Award! She will present at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Rochester, MN in August.
Kate presented her MS thesis proposal!
Abby presented her research from her summer internship at Children’s Hospital Colorado at the Annual Meeting of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society in Indianapolis, IN.
Jordan presented his MS thesis proposal!
Spring 2018
Abby graduated with her BS in Mechanical Engineering! She will begin her graduate studies in fall at the University of Denver.
The FBL co-hosted the Adaptive Mobility Fair with Hanger Clinic at the Stermole Track and Field Complex on Saturday, May 5th. The event was covered by the Denver Post and the Littleton Independent.
The Functional Biomechanics Laboratory had six abstracts accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Rochester, MN this August.
Lauren presented at the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Colloquium and was awarded the first place presentation! She will receive a conference travel award.
Abby presented a poster, “Segment Model Definition of Running-Specific Prostheses Influence Joint Kinetic Calculations” at the Mines Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Jordan was named a Finalist for the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship!
Kate was named a Finalist for the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship!
Lauren presented a podium presentation, “Differences In Hip Work Between Runners Using Daily-Use And Running-Specific Prostheses” at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Podium presentation with collaborators, “Lower Extremity Joint Forces When Running With Daily Use And Running-Specific Prostheses” was presented at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Hossein presented a poster, “A Predictive Simulation Framework For Design Of Lower-Limb Assistive And Rehabilitative Devices” at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Abby presented a poster, “Segment Model Definition Of Running-Specific Prostheses Influence Joint Kinetic Calculations” at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Jasmin presented a poster, “Tissue-Level Load Transfer Of The Lumbar Spine For Persons With And Without A Transtibial Amputation: A Multiscale Modeling Study” at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Poster with collaborators, “Ankle Power while Running with Daily Use and Running-Specific Prostheses” was presented at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Poster with collaborators, “Vertical, Braking, and Propulsive Impulses when Running with Daily Use and Running Specific Prostheses” was presented at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Amy presented a podium presentation, “What Is The Effect Of Foot Position On Lower Limb Muscle Function During Gait In Children With Cerebral Palsy?” at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Estes Park, CO.
Lauren was awarded the World Congress of Biomechanics Diversity Travel Award!
Kate won First Place Poster Presentation for the College of Engineering and Computational Sciences at the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium!
Lauren won First Place Oral Presentation for Mechanical Engineering at the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium!
Kate presented a poster, “Effect of Pain and Prosthetic Alignment on Low Back Biomechanics: A Review of the Literature” at the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium at Mines.
Lauren presented a podium presentation, “Hip work in runners with a unilateral transtibial amputation” at the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium at Mines.
Abby was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
Kate was awarded an Honorable Mention of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
Lauren advanced to the final round of the Three Minute Thesis Competition!
Lauren presented, “Running with a Transtibial Amputation: Biomechanics while Using Daily Use and Running-Specific Prostheses” at the Regis University School of Physical Therapy Lecture Series in Denver, CO.
Hossein presented, “Using High-Throughput Computing for Dynamic Simulation of Bipedal Walking” at the 2018 Open Science Grid All Hands Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.
Dr. Silverman gave a keynote lecture at the South Central Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics.
Lauren’s abstract, “Hip work in runners with a unilateral transtibial amputation” was accepted as an oral presentation at the World Congress of Biomechanics in July, 2018!
Jasmin presented, “Prediction of Lumbar Spine Tissue Mechanics for People With and Without a Transtibial Amputation Using Multiscale Modeling Techniques” was presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society 2018 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Lauren competed in the Three Minute Thesis Competition and advanced to Round 2!
Amy presented, “Using Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation to Evaluate Treatment Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy” at the Regis University School of Physical Therapy Lecture Series in Denver, CO.
Poster with collaborators, “Ground Reaction Forces and Loading Rates when Running with Running-Specific and Daily Use Prostheses” was presented at the International Research Forum on Biomechanics of Running-specific Prostheses by Dr. Brian Baum in Tokyo, Japan.
The FBL hosted a lab tour for students from D’Evelyn High School.
Fall 2017
Jason’s paper, “Lumbar Loads and Trunk Kinematics in People with a Transtibial Amputation during Sit-to-Stand” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics!
Jason’s paper, collaborating with Jasmin, “Validation of Lumbar Spine Loading from a Musculoskeletal Model Including the Lower Limbs and Lumbar Spine” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics!
Hossein presented on behalf of the Biomechanics Research Division at the Mechanical Engineering Department Graduate Seminar Colloquium!
Dr. Silverman presented at the Texas A&M University Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar Series.
Hossein presented, “Using High-Throughput Computing for Dynamic Simulation of Bipedal Walking” at The International Workshop on High Throughput Computing in Bioinformatics and Biomedicine using Open Science Grid, IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine!
Dr. Silverman presented at the CU-Boulder Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series.
Hossein completed his PhD proposal!
Nathan’s paper, “The Functional Roles of Muscles, Passive Prostheses and Powered Prostheses during Sloped Walking in People with a Transtibial Amputation” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Special Issue: Spotlight on the Future of Musculoskeletal Biomechanics!
The FBL was awarded a grant entitled, “Modeling load carriage to simulate design differences for prediction of injury risk factors,” from the Naval Health Research Center in collaboration with Dr. Pinata Sessoms.
Amy began as a Graduate Teaching Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Kate Wagner joined the lab to pursue her Ph.D.
Jordan Sturdy joined the lab to pursue his Ph.D.
Dr. Silverman was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
Summer 2017
Jason graduated with his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering! He will be working to develop his new company, The Explorious Company.
Jason presented a poster, “Validation of a musculoskeletal model including the lower limbs and lumbar spine using intradiscal pressure measurements” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, CO.
Jason presented a poster, “Low back loading during sit-to-stand in people with a unilateral transtibial amputation” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, CO.
Amy presented a poster, “Application of temporal waveforms for evaluation of gait training in children with cerebral palsy” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, CO.
Jasmin (collaboration with Computational Biomechanics Group at Mines) presented a poster, “Development of a multiscale model of the lumbar spine: case study on the sit-to-stand movement” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, CO.
Luis Nolasco (collaboration with Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Michigan) presented a poster, “Whole-body and segmental angular momentum during turning” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, CO.
Nathan gave a podium presentation, “Do inverted pendulum models of stability make consistent predictions of dynamic balance for assessing powered prosthesis performance on stairs?” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, CO.
Lauren gave a podium presentation, “Dynamic balance during running using running-specific prostheses” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, CO.
Hossein Saadatzi joined the FBL to finish his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (collaboration with Biomechatronics Research Lab).
“In Vivo Bone Position Measurement Using High-Frequency Ultrasound Validated with 3-D Optical Motion Capture Systems: A Feasibility Study.” in the Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering (JMBE) available online.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40846-017-0273-x
Mali Glaister joined the lab to pursue undergraduate research.
Dr. Silverman presented at the 3M Science and Engineering Faculty Day and the 3M Modeling and Simulation Technical Forum.
Kalie Sosdian joined the lab to pursue undergraduate research.
Spring 2017
The FBL co-hosted the Adaptive Mobility Fair with Hanger Clinic at the Stermole Track and Field Complex on Saturday, May 6th. Link to Flyer.
Dr. Silverman became an Associate Editor of Gait & Posture.
Jason presented on behalf of the Biomechanics Research Division at the Mechanical Engineering Department Graduate Seminar Colloquium and received first place of all the presentations! He will receive a $300 conference travel award.
“Segmental Contributions to Sagittal-Plane Whole-Body Angular Momentum When Using Powered Compared to Passive Prostheses on Ramps.” was accepted to the 2017 IEEE-RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2017)!
Amy, Jason and Lauren all had their abstracts accepted to the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics!
Jason won the Best Graduate Poster Presentation Award at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting!
Amy presented a poster, “Functional wavelet analysis of gait training in cerebral palsy.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park, CO.
Jasmin Honegger (collaboration with Computational Biomechanics Group at Mines) presented a poster, “A multiscale model of the lumbar spine: simulation of a sit-to-stand motion.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park, CO.
Lauren presented a poster, “Whole-body angular momentum during running using running-specific prostheses.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park, CO.
Jason presented a poster, “Sit-to-stand low back biomechanics of people with a unilateral transtibial amputation.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park, CO.
Jason presented a poster, “Lumbar spine loading validation of a musculoskeletal model including the lower limbs and lumbar spine.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park, CO.
Amy was awarded an honorable mention for the Ford Dissertation Fellowship Program!
Nathan presented, “Whole-body angular momentum of ramp walking with passive and powered prostheses: analyses of transverse-plane segmental contributions.” at the South Central Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Plano, TX.
The FBL hosted a lab tour during “Meet Me at Mines,” hosted by the Multicultural Engineering Program.
Dr. Silverman was awarded the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award.
The FBL hosted a lab tour during “Mines Shadow Day” for students from D’Evelyn High School.
The FBL presented at the Mines annual Girls Lead the Way Conference, hosted by the Mines Student Section and the Rocky Mountain Professional Section fo the Society of Women Engineers.
Amy completed her dissertation proposal!
Fall 2016
Blake graduated with his BS in Mechanical Engineering!
“Separation of Rotational and Translational Segmental Angular Momentum to Assess Movement Coordination During Walking” was accepted to Human Movement Science.
“Long-Term Task and Dopamine Dependent Dynamics of Subthalamic Local Field Potentials in Parkinson’s Disease” was acceptd to Brain Sciences, Special Issue: Deep Brain Stimulation.
Amy’s paper, “Evaluating the Effects of Ankle Foot Orthosis Mechanical Property Assumptions on Gait Simulation Muscle Force Results” was accepted to the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering!
Blake Beier and David Delgado joined the lab to pursue undergraduate research.
Abby was awarded a renewal of her Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
Lauren passed her PhD qualifying exam!
Jason completed his MS thesis proposal!
The FBL, as part of the Center for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, co-hosted the Adaptive Running and Mobility Clinic with Hanger Clinic, Freedom Innovations and Endolite at the Stermole Track and Field Complex on Saturday, September 10th. This is the third year that Mines has co-hosted the clinic.
Nathan’s paper, “Whole-Body Angular Momentum During Sloped Walking Using Passive and Powered Lower-Limb Prostheses” was accepted to the Journal of Biomechanics!
“In Vivo Bone Position Measurement Using High-Frequency Ultrasound Validated with 3-D Optical Motion Capture Systems: A Feasibility Study.” was accepted to the Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering (JMBE).
Summer 2016
Amy presented a thematic poster presentation, “Sensitivity of subject specific gait simulation results to estimates of ankle foot orthosis mechanical properties” at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Raleigh, NC.
Jason presented a poster, “Trunk-pelvis kinematics and ground reaction forces during sit-to-stand in individuals with unilateral transtibial amputation” at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Raleigh, NC.
Amy presented a poster of Trey’s work, “Evaluation of a method to scale muscle strenth for musculoskeletal modeling analyses of children with cerebral palsy” at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Raleigh, NC.
Nathan presented a podium presentation, “Comparison of inverted pendulum models during walking on slopes: application to prosthesis performance” at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Raleigh, NC.
Nathan’s paper, “The Functional Roles of Muscles During Sloped Walking” was accepted to the Journal of Biomechanics!
Nathan heads to his postdoc at the University of Texas at Dallas. Good luck Nathan!
Dr. Silverman gave an invited lecture, “Regulation of Dynamic Balance During Walking: Effects of Walking Surface and Amputation” in the Department of Physical Therapy at Northwestern University.
Dr. Silverman gave an invited lecture, “Effects of Lower-Limb Amputation on Low Back Biomechanics and Dynamic Balance Control” at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Presentation with collaborators, “Long-Term Task and Dopamine Dependent Dynamics of Subthalamic Local Field Potentials in Parkinson’s Disease” given at the Biennial Meeting of the American Society for Steriotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in Chicago, IL.
Amy’s paper, “Changes in mobility and muscle function of children with cerebral palsy after gait training: a pilot study” was accepted to the Journal of Applied Biomechanics!
Lauren Sepp returns to the FBL to pursue her PhD in Mechanical Engineering.
Amy won a Student Travel Award from the American Society of Biomechanics to attend the annual meeting in August!
Spring 2016
Trey graduated with his BS in Mechanical Engineering! He will head to Madison, WI in June to begin working for Epic Systems, Inc.
Nathan graduated with his PhD in Mechanical Engineering!
Nathan won the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Department of Mechanical Engineering!
Abstract with collaborators, “Long-Term Task and Dopamine Dependent Dynamics of Subthalamic Local Field Potentials in Parkinson’s Disease” was accepted to the Biennial Meeting fo the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
Amy presented on behalf of Biomechanics at the Mechanical Engineering Department Graduate Seminar Colloquium and received first place! She will receive a $250 conference travel award.
The FBL had four abstracts selected for presentation at the 40th Annual American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Raleigh, NC in August.
Amy won the Best Graduate Podium Presentation award at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting!
Trey presented a poster, “Effects of muscle strength scaling on musculoskeletal modeling analyses of children with cerebral palsy,” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
Jasmin Honegger (collaboration with Computational Biomechanics Group at Mines) presented a poster, “Development of a Multiscale Model of for the Lumbar Spine,” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
Jason presented a poster, “Trunk-Pelvis angles and weight distribution asymmetry during sit-to-stand in people with a unilateral transtibial amputation,” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
Nathan presented a poster, “Prostheses and balance on slopes: a comparison of measures,” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
Nathan presented a podium presentation, “Functional roles of muscles and passive and powered prostheses on slopes,” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
Amy presented a podium presentation, “Sensitivity of simulated muscle forces to estimates of ankle foot orthosis mechanical properties during gait for children with cerebral palsy,” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
Rima presented a podium presentation, “Can a person with a Van Ness Rotationplasty walk symmetrically?” at the Annual meeting of the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics in Broomfiled, CO.
Presentation with collaborators, “Overground walking following a unilateral van ness rotationplasty: a biomechanical comparison” at the Annual meeting of the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics in Broomfiled, CO.
Dr. Silverman gave an invited lecture at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series at the University of Washington.
Nathan defended his PhD dissertation!
Jason received an Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program!
Trey was awarded a renewal of the Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
Abigail was awarded a Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
Abigail Eustace joined the FBL to pursue undergraduate research.
2015
The FBL was awarded a Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Award from the DoD office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, “Comparing Running-Specific and Traditional Prostheses during Running: Assessing Performance and Risk.” in collaboration with Drs. Brian Baum and Erika Nelson-Wong at Regis University.
Dr. Silverman gave an invited lecture, “Effects of Therapeutic and Device Interventions on Muscle Function in Impaired Populations” at the School of Kinesiology Seminar Series at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Silverman presented, “Surgical Planning and Musculoskeletal Modeling: Applications to Rotationplasty and Cerebral Palsy” in Human Movement Science at the University of Michigan.
Rima’s work, “Can a person with a Van Ness Rotationplasty walk symmetrically?” was selected for a presentation at the Annual meeting of the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics in April, 2016!
“Overground walking following a unilateral van ness rotationplasty: a biomechanical comparison.” was selected for a presentation at the Annual meeting of the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics in April, 2016.
Amy passed her qualifying exam!
Jasmin Honegger joins the Computational Biomechanics Group at Mines to pursue her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, collaborating with the FBL.
Jason Actis joined the FBL to pursue his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
The FBL undergoes significant expansion with the addition of four AMTI force plates and a move to a new space!
Nathan presented, “Whole-body angular momentum during sloped walking with powered and passive ankle-foot prostheses” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Columbus, OH.
Nathan presented, “Muscle function during sloped walking” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Columbus, OH.
Amy presented, “Effects of strength training on muscle force production and muscle function in children with cerebral palsy” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Columbus, OH.
Matt presented, “Pseudo elimination of geometry dependence in surrogate models of distributed knee loads from an explicit dynamic finite element analysis” at the 2015 ASME International Design and Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference in Boston, MA.
Matt presented, “Dynamically consistent whole-body modeling and simulation can reasonably predict in vivo knee loads” at the 2015 ASME International Design and Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference in Boston, MA.
Dr. Silverman presented, “Can a unilateral transtibial amputee walk with a lower metabolic cost than a non-amputee?” at the XVth International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dr. Silverman presented, “Individual muscle control of dynamic balance during unilateral transtibial amputee walking” at the XVth International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics in Edinburgh, Scotland.
“Feasibility Study of In Vivo Bone Depth Measurement using High Frequency Ultrasound” presented at the 2015 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference in Pisa, Italy.
Amy graduated with her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering! She will remain with the FBL for her Ph.D.
Rima graduated with her B.S. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering! She will begin medical school in the fall at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Three abstracts from the FBL were accepted to the American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Columbus, OH in August! Congratulations to Nathan and Amy on their acceptances!
The All-Ages Amputee Running and Mobility Clinic is a featured story on CBS4 in Denver! (link to story)
Nathan presented on behalf of Biomechanics at the Mechanical Engineering Department Graduate Colloquium and won a conference travel award!
Rima won the Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference!
Nathan won the Best Graduate Poster Presentation Award at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference!
Trey won the Dr. Gerald Smith Award – Undergraduate for his poster at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference!
Trey’s team won the 15-minute Biomechanical Experiment Competition at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference!
Rima presented, “Can a rotationplasty patient walk with a symmetrical gait?” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park.
Amy presented, “Dynamic muscle force and function changes after strength training in children with cerebral palsy.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park.
Trey presented, “Development of a method to scale muscle strength for musculoskeletal modeling analyses of children with cerebral palsy.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park.
Nathan presented, “Muscle contributions to body center of mass accelerations during sloped walking.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park.
Nathan presented, “Effects of powered and passive prostheses on whole-body angular momentum during sloped walking.” at the Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park.
Amy defended her Master’s thesis!
Michelle received the Best Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Conference of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society!
Amy presented her work, “Muscle contributions to body center of mass acceleration in children with cerebral palsy before and after gait training” at the Annual Conference of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society in Portland.
Michelle presented her work, “Effects of muscle weakness on musculoskeletal model estimates of metabolic cost in children with cerebral palsy” at the Annual Conference of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society in Portland.
Matt’s papers, “Dynamically consistent whole-body modeling and simulation can reasonably predict in vivo knee loads.” and “Pseudo elimination of geometry dependence in surrogate models of distributed knee loads from an explicit dynamic finite element analysis.” were accepted to the 2015 ASME International Design and Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, August 2-5, 2015 in Boston, MA!
“Feasibility Study of In Vivo Bone Depth Measurement using High Frequency Ultrasound” accepted to the 2015 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), May 11-14 in Pisa, Italy.
Dr. Silverman presented on biomechanical engineering at the Mines-SWE 2015 Girls Lead the Way conference.
Adam’s paper, “Trunk-pelvis motion, joint loads and muscle forces during walking with a transtibial amputation” was accepted for publication in Gait & Posture! http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.01.016
Rima and Trey were awarded renewals of the Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
2014
Michelle graduated with her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering!
Matt graduated with his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering!
Amy and Michelle were accepted to present their research at the Annual Meeting of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society.
Rima was accepted to the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine! She will begin her studies at the Anschutz Medical Campus in the Fall 2015 semester. Congratulations Rima!
Trey awarded a Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
Rima awarded a renewal of her Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
Emily Schroeder joined the lab to pursue undergraduate research.
Dr. Silverman interviewed on the Blastercast on Mines Internet Radio. Interview available here.
Trey Hulbert joined the lab to pursue undergraduate research.
Matt defended his Master’s thesis!
The FBL awarded a National Institutes of Health Small Grant (R03), “Whole-Body Angular Momentum During Walking on Varied Surfaces in Individuals with Unilateral Transtibial Amputation: What Are the Effects of Passive and Powered Prostheses on Fall Risk?” Dr. Silverman is the Principal Investigator on the award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
News story about the All-Ages Amputee Running and Mobility Clinic featured in the summer issue of Mines Magazine. (link to article)
News story about the FBL’s Collaboration Pilot Award with Children’s Hospital Colorado appeared in the summer issue of Mines Magazine. (link to article)
Nathan’s paper, “Whole-body angular momentum during stair walking using passive and powered lower-limb prostheses” published in the Journal of Biomechanics! http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.08.001
Adam, Amy and Nathan received Presenter Travel Grants from the Mines Graduate Student Government to travel to the World Congress on Biomechanics.
Adam graduates with his MS in Mechanical Engineering!
Lauren graduates with her BS in Mechanical Engineering! She will head to the University of Washington in the fall to begin her Ph.D. studies in Human Centered Design and Engineering.
Amy was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
The FBL awarded the Children’s Hospital – Colorado School of Mines Collaboration Pilot Award for the project, “Evaluating the Functional Muscle Units in Van Ness Rotationplasties.” Dr. Silverman and Dr. Travis Heare from Children’s Hospital Colorado are Co-Principal Investigators on the award.
Amy received the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Meeting!
Adam, Amy, Nathan and Rima presented their research at the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
“Does use of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis restore whole-body angular momentum during walking at different speeds?” published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3647-1.
Dr. Silverman presented at the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Regional American Society of Biomechanics Conference in Estes Park, CO.
“Differences in whole-body angular momentum between below-knee amputees and non-amputees across walking speeds” published in the Journal of Biomechanicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.10.027 .
Functional Biomechanics Laboratory established at the Colorado School of Mines!
