The Force and Motion Foundation is pleased to announce their $500 Summer Travel Scholarship recipients. To apply, students were asked to upload a conference poster to the Virtual Poster Session hosted atForceAndMotion.org.
The Foundation’s Fall Travel Scholarship program is already underway. Students are invited to upload a poster and apply at ForceAndMotion.org. Application deadline for the fall review cycle is December 19, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. EST.
Summer winners include (click on a poster title to view the poster in the Virtual Poster Session):
Frontal Joint Dynamics When Initiating Stair Ascent With And Without Gait Speed, by Srikant Vallabhajosula, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Reduced Visual Input Affects Gait Characteristics During Treadmill Walking In A Virtual Environment, by Chun-Kai Huang, University of Nebraska Medical Center
External Work is Increased Using Rocker Bottom Shoes, by Shane Wurdeman, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Do barefoot runners display more variability in footstrike mechanics than shod runners?, by Allison Altman, University of Delaware
The Effects of Total Ankle Replacement on Ankle Joint Mechanics During Walking, by Scott Brown, Ball State University
The Mechanics of Uphill and Downhill Walking: Mechanical Work Performed by the Individual Legs, by Jason Franz, University of Colorado Boulder
The relationship between anticipatory and compensatory components of human balance control, by Neeta Kanekar, University of Illinois at Chicago
Reduced visual acuity and its effect on human postural control, by Sambit Mohapatra, University of Illinois at Chicago
Does The Development Of Transient Low Back Pain Affect Postural Changes During Prolonged Standing?, by Kaitlin Gallagher, University of Waterloo
The Force and Motion Foundation is a newly created 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, fully funded by AMTI to support students in fields related to multi-axis force measurement and testing. The Foundation sponsors travel awards and educational scholarships for graduate students on a continual basis. More than $50,000 has already been allocated for distribution in the coming year.
The Foundation’s Fall Travel Scholarship program is already underway. Students are invited to upload a poster and apply at ForceAndMotion.org. Application deadline for the fall review cycle is December 19, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. EST.
Summer winners include (click on a poster title to view the poster in the Virtual Poster Session):
Frontal Joint Dynamics When Initiating Stair Ascent With And Without Gait Speed, by Srikant Vallabhajosula, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Reduced Visual Input Affects Gait Characteristics During Treadmill Walking In A Virtual Environment, by Chun-Kai Huang, University of Nebraska Medical Center
External Work is Increased Using Rocker Bottom Shoes, by Shane Wurdeman, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Do barefoot runners display more variability in footstrike mechanics than shod runners?, by Allison Altman, University of Delaware
The Effects of Total Ankle Replacement on Ankle Joint Mechanics During Walking, by Scott Brown, Ball State University
The Mechanics of Uphill and Downhill Walking: Mechanical Work Performed by the Individual Legs, by Jason Franz, University of Colorado Boulder
The relationship between anticipatory and compensatory components of human balance control, by Neeta Kanekar, University of Illinois at Chicago
Reduced visual acuity and its effect on human postural control, by Sambit Mohapatra, University of Illinois at Chicago
Does The Development Of Transient Low Back Pain Affect Postural Changes During Prolonged Standing?, by Kaitlin Gallagher, University of Waterloo
The Force and Motion Foundation is a newly created 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, fully funded by AMTI to support students in fields related to multi-axis force measurement and testing. The Foundation sponsors travel awards and educational scholarships for graduate students on a continual basis. More than $50,000 has already been allocated for distribution in the coming year.