The UW BADGER Lab received a new grant from the Department of Defense to further develop the Two-Axis ‘Daptable Ankle (TADA) prosthesis (see Research page) and combine it with prosthesis-embedded sensors and a bidirectional neural interface. …
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September 2020 – BADGER and NMBL Labs launch Phase II STTR on Tendon Tensiometry
The BADGER and NMBL labs received a Phase II STTR grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS/NIH) to commercialize a wearable Tendon Tensiometry system, in partnership with leading design …
September 2020 – BADGER Lab student Rebecca Roembke begins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
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.
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 …
May 2020 – BADGER Lab members showcase their work at Dynamic Walking 2020 online
BADGER Lab graduate students Jenna Thorp, Yisen Wang and Heidi Fehr all showed posters at the Dynamic Walking 2020 Virtual Conference. Congratulations on all your hard work!
March 2020 – Two BADGERs earn NSF Graduate Fellowships
Congratulations to BADGER Lab researchers Rebecca Roembke and Paul Slaughter on earning NSF Graduate Research Fellowships! This prestigious award will support their graduate studies. Becca will stay in the UW BADGER Lab and Paul is …
November 2019 – DMAMA paper describes ankle control in walking and running
A paper introducing a new metric of ankle control, the Dynamic Mean Ankle Moment Arm (DMAMA) was accepted for publication in the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. This paper investigates how ankle control differs in …
October 2019 – Prof. Adamczyk named Charles Ringrose Assistant Professor in UW-Madison College of Engineering
Prof. Adamczyk has been named Charles Ringrose Assistant Professor in the UW-Madison College of Engineering, for a three-year appointment effective January 1, 2020. This named Assistant Professorship is a great honor that will help the …
September 2019 – Welcome new BADGER Lab members Heidi Fehr and Yisen Wang
The BADGER Lab welcomes new members Heidi Fehr and Yisen Wang! Both Heidi and Yisen have joined the team to study the effects of prosthetic foot features on everyday movement using wearable sensors.
August 2019 – Paul Slaughter wins ASB Undergraduate Poster Competition
Congratulations to Paul Slaughter, who won the ASB Undergraduate Poster Competition at ASB/ISB 2019 in Calgary! Paul’s work investigated how different ligaments in the necks of dogs influence the stiffness and mobility of the intervertebral …
August 2019 – The BADGERs take Calgary!
BADGER Lab students and alumni will make quite a showing at the International Society of Biomechanics/American Society of Biomechanics joint meeting, July 31-Aug 4, 2019 in Calgary, Alberta. The BADGER Lab has 6 Posters and …
July 2019 – Prof. Adamczyk receives DOD grant to study prosthetics and orthotics “in the real world”
Prof. Adamczyk received a grant from the US Department of Defense (W81XWH-19-2-0024) to study how different prosthetic feet and different orthotic solutions affect real-world movement. The project will deploy advanced suites of wearable movement sensors …
June 2019 – Congratulations to M.S. grad Mike Greene
Michael Greene completed his M.S. degree by developing and controlling the BADGER Lab’s Two-Axis ‘Daptable Ankle. This prosthesis can control its ankle angle in both plantarflexion/dorsiflexion and inversion/eversion. Mike did lots of great work to …
June 2019 – Weixin Wang publishes a paper evaluating the Bingham Filter for tracking orientation in inertial sensors
BADGER Lab graduate Weixin Wang, M.S., published a paper on the theoretical and practical benefits of the Bingham Filter in inertial orientation sensing. The Bingham Filter has a more accurate statistical propagation of uncertainty that …
April 2019 – M.S. grad Weixin Wang publishes paper on real-world movement analysis with wearable sensors
BADGER Lab grad Weixin Wang, M.S. published a paper on new methods to make sense of real-world data collected with wearable sensors. The key to the new method is to track a person’s location using …
January 2019 – Congratulations to graduate Jenny Leestma, B.S.
Jenny Leestma completed her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, with research in the BADGER Lab on variable-stiffness prostheses and the novel metric of ankle function, DMAMA (Dynamic Mean Ankle Moment Arm). Jenny is off to an …
January 2019 – Congratulations to graduate Weixin Wang, M.S.
Weixin Wang completed his M.S. degree on techniques for making sense of movement data from wearable sensors. He has two papers in progress on the topic. Weixin will continue studying for a PhD at George …