Congratulations to Rebecca Roembke on beginning her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship this September! Becca was one of eight College of Engineering graduate students (two in Mechanical Engineering) to earn this prestigious fellowship.
Month: August 2020
September 2020 – New paper on Semi-active Weightlifting Ankle Prosthesis (SWAP)
BADGER Lab graduates Hannah Mrazsko, MS and Jason Dekarske, BS successfully published their work on design and testing of a semi-active ankle prosthesis designed to improve mechanics during the back squat. The ankle includes a …
August 2020 – Welcome new BADGER Graduate Students: Stephanie Hernández Hernández and Jingjun Liu
The BADGER Lab welcomes back Stephanie Hernández Hernández and Jingjun Liu in their new roles as PhD students. Both Stephanie and Jingjun did research the BADGER Lab as undergraduates, and they have returned to help …
August 2020 – BADGER and NMB Labs publish first paper on mobile tendon tensiometry
UW NBML and BADGER Lab members published a new paper in Sensors using a wearable version of the Tendon Tensiometer to measure Achilles tendon loads during walking outdoors on different slopes. Congratulations Sara Harper, Rebecca …
August 2020 – Poster Presentations at vASB 2020
Four posters from BADGER lab members and collaborates were presented at the virtual American Society of Biomechanics (vASB) 2020 national conference. BADGER lab collaborator Sara Harper (along with member Becca Roembke) presented Wearable Tendon Kinetics to show …