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Report Published in ASB Newsletter
The first Northeast American
Society of Biomechanics (NASB) Conference was held for March 30-31,
2007 at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. We had
overwhelming 77 oral presentations and 150 participants from 14 U.S.
States which represented 43 different institutions. We are pleased
to mention that there were presenters from Taiwan, Ireland, Russia,
and Brazil. We had 14 different sessions which well represented the
theme of the Conference, “Bridging the Gap between Biomechanics and
Motor Control”. The session topics included Hand/finger, Sport,
Balance/posture, Motor Learning, Muscle, Rehabilitation,
Bone/Tissue, Lower Extremity, Upper Extremity, Methods, and
Reliability. The topics of the presentations covered cellular level
to whole body biomechanics and control. Dr. Mary Rodgers delivered
the opening address. We were also privileged to have our invited
speakers: Drs. Vladimir Zatsiorsky (Penn State), Steven Stanhope (NIH),
and Mark Latash (Penn State). Dr. Zatsiorsky’s presentation,
“Multi-finger prehension: biomechanics and control” included both
biomechanics and motor control aspects of human prehension. Dr.
Stanhope’s presentation, “A passive dynamic ankle-foot orthosis
approach to enhanced gait function” showed new sophisticated
techniques for angle-foot orthosis. Dr. Latash delivered a tutorial
on Uncontrolled Manifold Hypothesis for a tool to analyze redundant
multi-effector system. The Award Committee composed of Drs. Timothy
Judkins, Jane Clark, Mary Rodgers, Adam Hsieh, Marcio Oliveira, and
Jill Whitall selected two graduate student presentations for ASB
Award for Best Presentation (Arick Auyang, Georgia Tech; advisor:
Dr. Young-Hui Chang) and The Motion Monitor Award for Excellence in
Research Design (Paulo B. de Freitas, University of Delaware;
advisor: Dr. Slobodan Jaric). We thank the ASB, Department of
Kinesiology, Department of Bioengineering, and Department of
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at University of
Maryland for their generous support. We also thank industrial
companies, National Instruments, Bose, Motion Monitor, Bertec, and
Biometrics for their generous supports. We are pleased that we were
able to provide registration, welcome reception, lunch, dinner, and
closing ceremony for free of charge. The Organizing Committee
(Faculty: Jae Kun Shim, Timothy Judkins, and Adam Hsieh; Student:
Alex Hooke) is grateful to everyone who attended the conference and
made it a very successful one.
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The first NEASB Conference will be held
in
Jeong H Kim Engineering Building during
March 30 -
31, 2007 at the University of Maryland, College
Park, Maryland.
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NEASB is an annual American Society of
Biomechanics regional meeting. The theme of the meeting for this
year is “Bridging the Gap
between Biomechanics and Motor Control”.
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Opening Remark:
Dr. Mary Rodgers (Past-President of International Society of
Biomechanics ); Keynote speach: Dr. Vladimir Zatsiorsky (PSU)
and Dr. Steven Stanhope (NIH); UCM Workshop: Dr. Mark Latash
(Past-President of International Society of Motor Control).
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The conference intends to
provide a
welcoming environment for graduate and undergraduate students
to present their research and get feedback from peer students and
faculty. In light of this aim, the registration will be free.
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Check
http://washington.org,
http://www.dctours.us, and
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