Per Melany: I mentored an undergraduate student for the SROP program this summer, Alex Zaragoza. It was an enriching experience for both of us. For me, it was an opportunity to develop and refine my mentoring skills. Guiding and supporting him in the program challenged me in the best possible way. For Alex, it was […]
Thank you for coming to my presentation at ISB 2023! Here you’ll find our lab website and a copy of my poster presentation.
https://mechse.illinois.edu/news/57031 Dr. Kersh presented a keynote entitled “From the Outside In: Evaluating Tissue Response to Physical Activity Using Multi-scale Simulations”, which focused on how multi-scale simulations can be used to assess tissue mechanics in athletes. She also participated in a panel discussion at the conference for the Women in Biomechanics group titled Global perspective on […]
Passing her qual: Sam Hammack started her summer off by passing her qualifying exam. In the Comparative Biosciences department, qualifying exams test the student’s broad base of knowledge in their chosen discipline and area of endeavor. It consists of both a written and oral comprehensive examination. Receiving the block grant: Sam also recently won a […]
Thank you for coming to my presentation at ISB 2023! Here you’ll find our lab website and addiitonal data relevant to my poster presentation. As mentioned, previous work has involved quantifying the kinetics (applied forces at the handle) during recumbent handcycling HIIT and MICT. This paper can be found here. We examined the minimum and […]
Congratulations to Kellie Halloran on her recent publication! When asked she said “In this paper we quantified and compared the applied forces during handcycling high intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) in people with spinal cord injuries. Moving forward, we plan to incorporate these applied forces with kinematics data to examine […]
Roberto recently defended his thesis focusing on developing tissue-mimicking model materials for ligament and tendon, assess the ability of diffusion MRI to detect mechanically-induced changes in tissue-mimicking fiber structures, and non-invasively assessing fatigue-induced damage in tendons using diffusion MRI. This work contributes towards the development of tools that can improve the diagnosis and prevention of […]
Congratulations to Michael Focht for passing his qualifying exam! His research is about measuring mechanical and structural rotator cuff tendon properties in vivo using MRI techniques. He is working to develop subject-specific models of the supraspinatus tendon in manual wheelchair users in order to predict tendon strains during various exercises and activities. These strain predictions can be […]
Congratulations to Sara Moshage on her recent publication! This paper is the culmination of several years of work spent investigating the CT and mechanical properties of juvenile equine bone. Having accurate relationships between CT density and elastic modulus allow us to build better finite element models of the bones, and in turn use these models […]
Congratulations to Kellie Halloran for passing her qualifying exam! Kellie’s research involves examining shoulder safety in wheelchair users. She is using motion capture, EMG, and rigid body modeling to create musculoskeletal models of the shoulder during exercise to investigate shoulder safety and prevent shoulder injury in wheelchair users during handcycling exercise. Below is one of […]
