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    Preliminary Schedule

Date Topic in class Assignment Reading
April 3 Overview of the class

Applications of modeling human movement.

Overview of forward dynamic simulations.
SIMM tutorials

(Review these by 4/12 if you have not done them already)
Zajac perspective
April 5 Review Zajac Perspective

Introduction to Simulation Lab #1 (in lab for demo and review of assignment)
Lab #1: Dynamic Simulation of Jumping (Due 4/12 at beginning of class) Anderson and Pandy Jumping Article
April 9 Optional meeting in lab to work on assignments after BME seminar    
April 10 Kinematic musculoskeletal models    
April 12 Class meets in lab to work on Lab #2 Lab #2: Kinematic Modeling of the Hip, Knee, and Associated Muscles (Due 4/19)  
April 16 Optional meeting in lab to work on assignments after BME seminar    
April 17 Review wrapping paper   Van der Helm
April 19 Torque Driven Dynamic models Lab #3: Torque Driven Simulation of the Swing Phase of Gait (Due 4/26) SD/fast
April 24 Meet in lab to work on swing tutorial    
April 26 Integrators    
May 1 Muscle modeling Lab #4: Dynamic Model and Simulation of Muscle-Tendon Actuators (Due 5/8) Muscle model papers
May 3 Open loop muscle driven simulations   Piazza and Delp
May 8 Meet in lab to work on swing simulation Lab #5: Muscle Driven Simulation of the Swing Phase (Due 5/15)  
May 10 Optimal Control    
May 15 Tracking Final Project Assignment  
May 17 Contact Models    
May 22 Other modeling tools    
May 24 Applications    
May 29 Consulting on projects    
May 31 Consulting on projects    
June 5 Student demos, Wrap up