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The Penn State Locomotor Control (LoCo) Lab (Director, Dr. Jonathan Dingwell) is actively recruiting highly qualified graduate students interested in starting in Fall (Aug) 2023 to study the biodynamics and motor control of human walking. Specific projects will involve applying advanced virtual reality-based experimental methods to examine how movement coordination and dynamic stability are regulated during human walking in young and older adults. Specific projects are to be determined. Our goal is to better understanding the root precursors to falling risk and to reduce risk of falling in at-risk populations (primarily older adults).
Strong computational skills (advanced mathematics (calculus, differential equations, etc.), physics, Matlab (or similar) programming experience) are required. Prior experience with computational analysis of human movement and/or biomechanical data (e.g., gait analysis) is strongly desired.
Our lab uses advanced virtual reality technologies to study these phenomena. For more information, please see:
https://www.motekmedical.com/solution/grail/
For recent lab publications, please see Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EQtcohcAAAAJ
Very competitive support packages are available to highly qualified students.
If you are interested in these opportunities, please contact Dr. Jonathan Dingwell: dingwell@psu.edu
To apply to the Penn State Kinesiology Biomechanics Graduate Program, please see:
https://hhd.psu.edu/kines/graduate/v...ssions-process
For more information about Penn State Biomechanics and our Graduate Program, please see:
https://hhd.psu.edu/kines/graduate/a...y/biomechanics
https://hhd.psu.edu/kines/kinesiology-graduate-program
https://hhd.psu.edu/kines
RELATED WEBSITES:
Penn State Center for Healthy Aging: https://healthyaging.psu.edu/
Penn State Huck Life Science Institute: https://www.huck.psu.edu/
Penn State Graduate School: http://gradschool.psu.edu/
Penn State University: http://www.psu.edu/
State College PA: http://www.statecollege.com/
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Jonathan Dingwell, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Pennsylvania State University
dingwell@psu.edu
https://sites.psu.edu/dingwell/
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Strong computational skills (advanced mathematics (calculus, differential equations, etc.), physics, Matlab (or similar) programming experience) are required. Prior experience with computational analysis of human movement and/or biomechanical data (e.g., gait analysis) is strongly desired.
Our lab uses advanced virtual reality technologies to study these phenomena. For more information, please see:
https://www.motekmedical.com/solution/grail/
For recent lab publications, please see Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EQtcohcAAAAJ
Very competitive support packages are available to highly qualified students.
If you are interested in these opportunities, please contact Dr. Jonathan Dingwell: dingwell@psu.edu
To apply to the Penn State Kinesiology Biomechanics Graduate Program, please see:
https://hhd.psu.edu/kines/graduate/v...ssions-process
For more information about Penn State Biomechanics and our Graduate Program, please see:
https://hhd.psu.edu/kines/graduate/a...y/biomechanics
https://hhd.psu.edu/kines/kinesiology-graduate-program
https://hhd.psu.edu/kines
RELATED WEBSITES:
Penn State Center for Healthy Aging: https://healthyaging.psu.edu/
Penn State Huck Life Science Institute: https://www.huck.psu.edu/
Penn State Graduate School: http://gradschool.psu.edu/
Penn State University: http://www.psu.edu/
State College PA: http://www.statecollege.com/
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Jonathan Dingwell, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Pennsylvania State University
dingwell@psu.edu
https://sites.psu.edu/dingwell/
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