Penn State Biomechanics Laboratory

Multi-investigator laboratory within the Department of Kinesiology at Penn State University. Founded in 1967.

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Chuck had a distinguished career including academic appointments at the Citadel (1966-1967), University Delaware (1970-1972), and the University Illinois, Champaign (1972-1981), these were followed by extensive work for the United States Olympic Committee. (2/2)

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With sadness we note that Charles (Chuck) Dillman (1942-2023) has passed away.  Chuck received both his MS (1966) and PhD (1970) degrees from the Biomechanics Lab at Penn State University under the supervision of its founding director Dick Nelson.  (1/2)

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Great job, Anna!!!

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Is there a doctor in the house? Yes - 3 of them! David Desmet, Danny Davis, and Kavya Katugam were hooded by their advisors Jon Dingwell, John Challis, and Jonas Rubenson. Congratulations all! 🎓🎉👏@PSUDingwellLab @KKatugam @DDavis_Biomech @PSUKINESGrad @JonasRubenson

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Fantastic presentation by Kavya Katugam-Dechene to win the J. Biomechanics Award at this year's @AmSocBiomech meeting! Congratulations to Kavya and her co-authors @TalayahJohnson @StephenJPiazza and @JonasRubenson . @JBiomech

[Danny Davis, PhD @DDavis_Biomech]

And that’s a wrap! Strong showing from @PSUBiomechLab at #ISB2023 and #ASB2023. Honored to get to do science with these amazing folks.

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Congratulations to Lab alumna Frankie Wade @frankiewade21 , who is the recipient of the @AmSocBiomech Up-and-Comer Award! She will be mentored by an ASB fellow as she begins her faculty position at @SDSU and will deliver a talk at next year's meeting.

[Danny Davis, PhD @DDavis_Biomech]

@AmSocBiomech 2023 here comes the @PSUBiomechLab!

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Both of these excellent special issues are likely to become required reading for our future Biomechanics area PhD qualifying exams

[Journal of Biomechanics @JBiomech]

J Biomech is thrilled to have been a venue for the research developed in biomechanics over the past 50 years. Join us in celebrating the anniversary of @ISBiomechanics by reading the special virtual issue on "Muscle Research in Biomechanics"

https://t.co/8rd2tYr47z

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Great collection of articles guest edited by John Challis and Biomechanics Lab alumnus Todd Pataky

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J Biomech is proud to have been a venue for the research developed in biomechanics over the past 50 years. Join us in celebrating the anniversary of @ISBiomechanics by reading the special virtual issue on "A 50-Year Perspective on Human Motion Analysis."

https://t.co/UJEWtCc2Zt

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Congratulations to Kavya Katugam-Dechene @KKatugam who has won the David Winter Young Investigator Award for Best Poster at the @ISBiomechanics meeting in Fukuoka. Kavya's advisor is @JonasRubenson . Well done, Kavya!!

[Danny Davis, PhD @DDavis_Biomech]

⚠️ 🚨 Attn #ISB2023’ers! 🚨⚠️

Come spend the very last session (Thurs, 11am) of this wonderful conference in Room 7! I’ll be presenting some of my recent work on including the arch in whole-body computational simulations of gait. See you there! 🖥️ 🚶🦶

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Here's Brian Davis delivering a presentation on the "Influence of Penn State University on the International Society of Biomechanics" at ISB in Fukuoka. Yes, he did lead a "We Are" cheer to open his talk.

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Shubo Lyu earned her PhD in @pennstateime in 2021 and Yang Lu is now pursuing his PhD, both in the Biomechanics Lab and co-advised by Andris Freivalds and @StephenJPiazza , and today they got married! Best wishes to Shubo and Yang as they begin their new lives together!

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Congrats to David Desmet, who successfully defended his kinesiology PhD today. David's thesis is entitled "How Older and Young Adults Balance Competing Lateral Stepping Objectives during Walking Maneuvers" and his thesis advisor is Jon Dingwell. Great work, David! @PSUKINESGrad

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Congratulations, Frankie!

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Congratulations to Danny Davis @DDavis_Biomech , who successfully defended his PhD in kinesiology today. The title of Danny's thesis is "Examining the Function of the Foot's Arch in Gait" and his thesis advisor is John Challis. Well done, Danny! @PSUKINESGrad @pennstatekines

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Congratulations to Kavya Katugam-Dechene @KKatugam , who successfully defended her PhD in kinesiology this morning. The title of Kavya's thesis is "Developmental Plasticity of Locomotion: Energetics, Mechanics & Muscle" and she was advised by @JonasRubenson . Great job, Kavya!

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Action Club this Friday, "How Young and Older Adults Adapt Stepping to Perform Lateral Maneuvers." For more information, visit https://t.co/bB2Q0N60RS @TarkeshRSingh @PSUBiomechLab @PSUDingwellLab

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Colloquium this Thursday, "Neural Rehabilitation of Human Hand Function" For more information and Zoom Link, visit https://t.co/nOHAiNWyPX @PSUBiomechLab @PSUDingwellLab