News
Laith defends his MS thesis
December 2021
Laith successfully defended his thesis titled The Effect of Mental Fatigue on the Risk of Falling. Congrats, Laith!
Jessica defends her PhD dissertation
May 2021
After six years in the MadBioGroup pursuing her MS and PhD, she has reached the finish line. Congratulations, Dr. Aviles!
Caitlin Bowers named Oustanding Senior
May 2021
This isn't an accidental misprint from below. Caitlin was named THE 2021 Outstanding Senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Outstanding Senior for her department, Human, Nurtiruion, Food and Exercise. Congrats, Caitlin!
Leigh moves on...
February 2020
Leigh Allin graduated with her PhD, and started the next step in her career at Exponent, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ. Congratulations, Leigh!
Jessica awarded graduate research award
April 2019
Jessica was awarded a Spring 2019 Graduate Research Development Program award from the Virginia Tech Graduate School.
Jessica awarded fellowship
March 2019
Jessica was awarded the Ellen E. Wade Graduate Studies Fellowship by the Virginia Tech Graduate School for the 2019-2020 academic year. Only one of these is awarded every year, so this is an outstanding accomplishment!
Youngjae awarded scholarship
December 2018
Youngjae was awarded a Chunghi Hong Park Scholarship from the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association. Way to go, Youngjae!
Leigh's work featured in Mechanical Engineering magazine
September 2018
Leigh's study where she developed a balance training exercise to improve reactive balance after slipping was featured in the September 2018 issue of the Mechanical Engineering magazine. Nice write up!
Jessica a finalist in PhD competition at 2018 American Society of Biomechanics meeting
August 2018
Way to rep the group, Jessica!
Ho hum. Just another travel award for Jessica.
May 2018
Jessica was awarded a 2018 American Society of Biomechanics Student Travel Award to help support her travel to the ASB annual meeting to present her research later this year. That makes two awards to support her travel this year!
Leigh awarded a scholarship!
May 2018
Leigh was awarded the 2018 Society of Women Engineers Baltimore-Washington Section Scholarship for $2000 (selected out of 1,800 applications)
Jessica wins (another) travel award!
May 2018
Jessica was awarded a 2018 American Society of Biomechanics Diversity Travel Award to help support her travel to the ASB annual meeting to present her research later this year.
Leigh awarded pilot grant from NIOSH
March 2018
Leigh was awarded a NIOSH Pilot Grant from the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health for her proposal "Evaluating the effects of occupationally-relevant fatiguing work on trip-induced fall risk". Outstanding!
Jessica wins travel award
April 2017
Jessica was awarded a 2017 American Society of Biomechanics Diversity Travel Award to help support her travel to the ASB annual meeting later this year. Way to go, Jessica!
National Biomechanics Day 2017
April 2017
Leigh, Jessica, Edouard, and Dr. Madigan all visited College Station High School and spoke to 158 physics students about biomechanics. After a Powerpoint presentation about biomechanics, we had fun with balance and jumping competitions.
Lab presents work at regional meeting
March 2017
Leigh, Jessica, Achu, Lujain, and Taylor all presented their work at the South Central Regional Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Dallas, TX on March 31-April 1, 2017. Jessica was awarded "Best Graduate Student Presentation" #DroppinKnowledge Way to go, guys!
Jessica wins award at symposium
March 2017
Jessica was awarded second place in the poster competition at the Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium, March 3, 2017. Congratulations, Jessica!
Leigh awarded a TAMU-BME Graduate Student Travel Grant
March 2017
Leigh Allin was awarded a $400 travel grant for attending the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Denver, CO to present her work titled "A cost-effective method for repeated slip training increases recovery rate following laboratory-induced slips". Way to go, Leigh!
Jessica awarded scholarship
November 2016
Jessica Aviles was awarded a $1000 Close the Gap Texas A&M Scholarship for STEM Doctoral students. Congratulations, Jessica!
Achu published in Journal of Biomechanics
November 2016
Achu has published a portion of his MS research in the Journal of Biomechanics. The title of the paper is "Alternative measures of toe trajectory more accurately predict the probability of tripping than minimum toe clearance". Beware of the danger zone!
Our research featured
February 2016
Our research was highlighted in the February 2016 issue of Lower Extremity Review. LER is a multidisciplinary publication that helps to fill the information gap between practitioners, manufacturers, researchers, and anyone else interested in everything from performance to injury of the lower extremity.