Author: Sara Grace Moshage

TBL welcomes it’s newest undergraduate student, Ethan Park. Ethan has been helping out with multiple projects and is “excited to learn more about biomechanics at TBL to further my understanding of and interest in prosthetic/orthotic devices”.

Sara and Griffin recently returned from Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2022 in Tampa, FL, where they both presented posters. Despite the difficult travel conditions thanks to the 18-inches of snowfall in Champaign, they both had a great time and met lots of wonderful people. Griffin’s favorite part of the conference was a riveting section on […]

Hello! Thank you for checking out our posters at ORS 2022. Please watch the videos below for a walk-through of our work. Poster#:1323 – Development of a Density-Modulus Relationship for Juvenile Equine Bone, presented by Sara Moshage. Please find her at ORS with questions or email moshage1 at illinois dot edu. Poster#:1329 – Bone Quality […]

Griffin Sipes, known locally as a standout undergraduate lab assistant, has joined our lab group as a graduate student! He graduated from UIUC with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering in December 2021, while being heavily involved with the student chapter of ASME, working as an undergrad in […]

Congratulations to Kellie Halloran on winning the departmental undergraduate research grant for Spring 2020 semester! She will be working on a project looking at bone mechanics in wheelchair users. Woohoo!

Chenxi Yan, fourth year graduate student, passed his Qual on December 13th with flying colors! We are all very proud of him.

Sara Moshage, along with collaborators Annette McCoy, John Polk, and Prof. Kersh, recently published a paper in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials entitled “Temporal and spatial changes in bone accrual, density, and strain energy density in growing foals” (link). The paper details their work to characterize the normal growth and development of […]

Prof. Kersh gave a talk on Nov. 6th at this month’s Science Cafe at Cafeteria and Company in downtown Urbana. She captivated the audience by explaining our bone research and it’s practical implications. We all know science communication to the broader community is important, and it’s great to see it in action! The venue was […]

Congratulations to Hyunggwi Song, Prof. Kersh, and collaborator Dr. John Polk of Anthropology on recently publishing their paper entitled ‘Rat bone properties and their relationship to gait during growth’ in the Journal of Experimental Biology (link to paper). They used a combination of motion capture, in vivo micro-CT, and finite element modeling to learn about bone adaptation […]

The crew attended the annual Society of Engineering Science (SES) 2019 conference at WashU in St. Louis from October 13-15. Naturally, a trip to the amazing City Museum of St. Louis had to be squeezed in to work off some of the pre-conference nerves. Congratulations to Chenxi, Hyunggwi, and Sara for delivering great talks!