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    • Sept. 25, 2023 Jon Stingel shares about his recent work exploring the interactions between runners and a passive assistive device in a recent article with the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. Check out the full paper here.
    • June 24, 2023 Scott Uhlrich is featured in the Stanford Report for work creating an assistive device with support from the High Impact Technology (HIT) Fund. Check out more on HIT and the device in the article here; the research behind the device is can be found in this paper.
    • March 13, 2023 Can smartphone videos predict health? A nationwide at-home biomechanics study led by Melissa Boswell and Lukasz Kidzinkski shows that self-guided motion analysis using smartphone video of a sit-to-stand test can predict osteoarthritis diagnosis and physical and mental health. You can read the full article in npj Digital Medicine and the associated blog post on the Nature Portfolio Health Community.
    • October 20, 2022 Congratulations to Marissa Lee on being selected as a Stanford Data Science Scholar! The Data Science Scholars Program is home to a community of data science researchers, who are representative of the wide array of disciplines, and who can share methods and applications while creating a stimulating, innovative, and supportive environment.
    • October 19, 2022 With the emergence of many wearable sensors, our team led by Johanna O’Day, Marissa Lee, and Kirsten Seagers took on the task of figuring out what sensor locations are most efficacious in detecting freezing of gait for Parkinson’s patients, and which ones users prefer the most. Check out an article by eWEAR at Stanford, and the full report here.
    • October 17, 2022 Patrick Slade and a team of interdisciplinary researchers have taken the power of exoskeleton assistance out into the wild! Check out a video here discussing the effort that went into making this project a reality. For more details, the paper is published here and is listed on our publications page.
    • August 25, 2022 Congratulations to Melissa Boswell on being awarded the 9th World Congress of Biomechanics 2022 Young Researcher Award. The WCB 2022 Young Researcher Award recognizes the outstanding research contribution of promising scientists in biomechanics and encourages them to pursue further research. You can check out her awards talk here or if you are looking for more, check out her talk on the future of biomechanics!
    • August 3, 2022 We are happy to announce that our set of 78 lectures and demos on Biomechanics of Movement are now posted on YouTube! These lectures complement Professor Scott Delp’s recent book with Tom Uchida and our website with teaching materials. You can see the lectures here.
    • July 10, 2022 Very excited to share the release of OpenCap (https://opencap.ai/), a new cloud-based software to quantify human movement from smartphone videos. OpenCap goes beyond tracking movement to compute the underlying musculoskeletal forces like joint loads and muscle forces. Great work from Scott Uhlrich, Antione Falisse, Łukasz Kidziński and the rest of the team!
    • July 10, 2022 Join our team as we attend the 9th World Congress of Biomechanics 2022 in Taipei. The conference runs July 10-14 with a virtual option. In addition to the many great talks from all over the world, our team will showcase our work in these sessions!
    • July 7, 2022 Scott Uhlrich and our team of researchers have discovered how to reduce force on the knee by teaching study participants to employ different muscles as they walk! Check out Stanford Medicine’s article and video here. For even more info, check out the journal publication here or on our publications page.
    • April 28, 2022 Stanford scientists found that ‘free-living’ runners default to an energy-saving speed, no matter the distance. Check out the full scientific article here, and a Stanford press release! The article has also been seen covered in Science News, The Wall Street Journal, Popular Science, and NewScientist!
    • March 10, 2022    Congratulations to Melissa Boswell. She successfully defended her thesis “Digital tools to enable large-scale access to biomechanical assessment”. 
    • December 18, 2021    Congratulations to Melissa Boswell. She has been awarded the Bio-X Star Mentor Award for being an exceptional mentor to other students.
    • November 13, 2021    Kevin Thomas from Stanford University shares information about his recent study on ACL injuries in basketball. Check out the video here!
    • November 10, 2021    Biomechanics on our Minds podcast releases Wellness Series featuring three Stanford Professors sharing their expertise on movement, sleep, and mindset. Listen to the series here!
    • November 5, 2021    The Restore Center and the Mobilize Center are seeking a highly motivated Scientific Program Manager to help accelerate the impact of mobile technologies and computational algorithms on physical rehabilitation research. This is a 2-year fixed-term position, with the potential to renew. Apply now
    • October 13, 2021

      Patrick Slade from Stanford University developed a self-navigating smart cane that could help reshape life for people with sight impairments! Check out an article and paper to find out more.

    • August 17, 2021

      Kevin Thomas from Stanford University will be giving a webinar on “Accelerating Image-Based Knee Osteoarthritis Research Using Deep Learning: Research Examples and Best Practices” as part of our Mobilize and Restore webinar series. Learn more and register

    • August 16, 2021 IMG_0368

      Janelle Kaneda won the American Society of Biomechanics Three Minute Thesis. (3MT®) competition for Master’s students! She presented a validation study on static optimization estimates of reductions in peak knee contact forces, motivated by walking modification therapies for knee osteoarthritis. Check out the video here!

    • August 04, 2021 IMG_0368

      Johanna O’Day from Stanford University successfully defended her thesis on “Open-source tools for measuring, understanding and improving walking”. Congratulations Dr. O’Day!

    • July 29, 2021 IMG_0368

      Check out our recent CBS News feature talking about boosting human athletic performance. Get a peek into how we can use technology to discover ways to improve human performance and overcome weaknesses! Find the video here.

    • July 27, 2021 IMG_0368

      Congratulations to Scott Delp on receiving the Muybridge Award! Dr. Delp was recognized for his exceptional career achievements in the field of biomechanics. The prestigious award comes from the International Society of Biomechanics and is named after Eadward Muybridge.

    • July 22, 2021 IMG_0368

      Scott Delp will lead the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, a scientific research and technology partnership that will explore peak human performance with a goal of transforming human health on a global scale. Learn more about the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance.

    • July 14, 2021 IMG_0368

      Kevin Thomas from Stanford University successfully defended his thesis on “Deep learning tools to accelerate knee osteoarthritis research”. Congratulations Dr. Thomas!

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      July 13, 2021 IMG_0368

      Want to track the energy you burn when exercising? Patrick Slade’s study found two sensors worn on one leg had 3x lower error than a smartwatch! Check out the paper, article, or video to learn more!

    • May 27, 2021 IMG_0368

      Cara Welker from Stanford University successfully defended her thesis on “Sensorimotor control of lower-limb assistive devices”. Congratulations Dr. Welker!

    • January 27, 2021    The Mobilize Center is launching their first webinar series on February 9, 2021 at 10 am PT with Lukasz Kidzinski from Stanford University presenting his talk on “Quantitative Movement Analysis Using Single-camera Videos”. Register now
    • January 22, 2021    A team of faculty at Stanford University, including Professors Scott Delp, Garry Gold, Karen Liu, Akshay Chaudhari, Ellen Kuhl, Oussama Khatib, Fei Fei Li, and Serena Yeung is accepting applications for several Postdoctoral Fellows in digital human modeling. Learn more and apply
    • October 1, 2020    Watch Melissa Boswell present her work at the American Society of Biomechanics 2020 Congress about “Mindsets are related to reductions in pain after a gait modification intervention for people with knee osteoarthritis”. Read the paper
    • August 1, 2020Mazen_AlBorno_smallerMazen Al Borno accepts an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Colorado, Denver.
    • July 20, 2020Todd Pataky from Kyoto University will be giving a webinar on “Inverse Kinematics: A Bayesian Versus Least-Squares Approach” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • July 7, 2020Christopher Dembia from Stanford University will be giving a webinar on “Automating OpenSim Workflows: An Intro to the OpenSim API in Matlab” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • June 12, 2020Congratulations to former postdoc Eni Halilaj for being chosen as the winner of the 2020 ASB Young Scientist Post-Doctoral Award. The award recognizes early achievements by promising young scientists.
    • May 27, 2020    Congratulations to Melissa Boswell for being awarded the 2020 Community Impact Award! The Stanford Alumni Association recognizes graduate students who demonstrated a sincere commitment to the university through involvement, leadership and extraordinary Stanford spirit.
    • May 27, 2020    Congratulations to Johanna O’Day for being awarded the 2020 Community Impact Award! The Stanford Alumni Association recognizes graduate students who demonstrated a sincere commitment to the university through involvement, leadership and extraordinary Stanford spirit.
    • May 21, 2020     Congratulations to Melissa Boswell who was awarded the Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship!  The Lieberman Fellowships are intended to support outstanding graduate students who will become the next generation of academic leaders. Students who are honored as Lieberman Fellows have already demonstrated outstanding accomplishments, as well as the potential for leadership roles within the academic community and promising careers in university teaching and research.
    • May 15, 2020    Congratulations to Jon Stingel on being awarded the 2020 Bio-X Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship Award!  The Stanford Bio-X Graduate Fellowship Program supports graduate students whose research interests are interdisciplinary and work on the cutting edge at the intersection of disciplines.  Jon will work to develop models of human muscle energy expenditure.
    • April 29, 2020Carmichael Ong from Stanford University will be giving a webinar on “Which simulation pipeline should I use? An overview of common workflows” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • March 12, 2020Screen Shot 2020-02-25 at 12.00.28 PMTunc Akbas from Harvard University will be giving a webinar on “Characterizing hyperreflexia and abnormal coordination in post-stroke stiff-knee gait” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • February 11, 2020Mazen_AlBorno_smallerMazen Al Borno from Stanford University will be giving a webinar on “Computational Models of Reaching to Test Hypotheses in Motor Control” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • December 17, 2019Scott_Delp_CutScott Delp discusses the use of biomechanical computer simulations and mobile health technologies to improve movement and rehabilitation in the podcast “The Future of Everything” episode “Better Gait, Better Life.”
    • December 4, 2019Scott Delp presented our project entitled “Motivating Mobility and Health on a Global Scale” during Stanford’s Reunion Weekend. Learn more and see the talk here.
    • November 15, 2019OpenSimMocoLogoOur lab released the latest addition to OpenSim: Moco allows OpenSim users to optimize the motion and control of OpenSim models. To solve these optimizations, Moco uses the direct collocation method. Direct collocation has become increasingly popular in recent years, but its complexity has limited its reach. Until now. Learn more at the SimTK project page for Moco.
    • November 14, 2019Christopher Dembia and Nick Bianco from Stanford University will be giving a webinar on “OpenSim Moco: Software to optimize motion & control of OpenSim models” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • October 28, 2019Study performed by Jenny Yong exploring whether training runners to strike the ground first with the forefoot rather than the heel could reduce injuries, highlighted by Stanford Medicine.
    • October 24, 2019Thomas Geijtenbeek, a biomechanics researcher at Delft University of Technology, will be giving a webinar on “Predictive Simulation of Biological Motion using SCONE” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • October 16, 2019Jen_Hicks_smallerJennifer Hicks, NCSRR Associate Director and the OpenSim Research and Development Manager, will be giving an introductory tutorial on OpenSim as part of the European Society of Biomechanics webinar series.The webinar will highlight the main capabilities of OpenSim, including new features from the latest release of the software. Learn more and register
    • October 10, 2019Chris_Dembia_smallerGraduate student Chris Dembia is interviewed for the Research Software Engineer Stories podcast. He discusses what it is like to be an OpenSim software developer as part of his graduate school experience. Listen to the interview
    • September 26, 20191AAD4674-840D-4CEF-A4D3-705DCC1E8A6FAnne Koelewijn, D.Eng., Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg & Antonie van den Bogert, PhD, Cleveland State University will be giving a webinar on “Metabolic cost modeling: experimental validation and predictive simulations”as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • August 20, 2019IMG_0745Cara Welker is on the cover of Journal of Experimental Biology for the article “Connecting the legs with a spring improves human running economy”. The article is also featured by Stanfords Medicine.
    • August 14, 2019 IMG_0745Congratulations to Scott Delp on receiving the American Society of Biomechanics’ Goel Award for Translational Research in Biomechanics. Dr. Delp was recognized for his outstanding accomplishments in translational biomechanics research, entrepreneurship, and societal benefit.
    •  July 31, 2019bioxGraduate students Nick Bianco, Melissa Boswell, Scott Uhlrich, Johanna O’Day, Christopher Dembia, Kevin Thomas and postdoc Rachel Jackson each won Bio-X travel awards to attend the ISB/ASB conference held July 31- August 4, 2019 in Calgary.
    • July 18, 2019mussiMassimo Sartori, Ph.D. from The University of Twente will be giving a webinar on “Human-machine Interfacing via Real-time Neuromechanical Modeling”as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • June 3, 2019IMG_0275Apoorva Rajagopal from Stanford University successfully defended her thesis on “Simulation and Statistical Tools for Clinical Biomechanics”. Congratulations Dr. Rajagopal!
    • May 16, 2019Carmichael Ong from Stanford University successfully defended his thesis on “Musculoskeletal simulation and optimization frameworks for predicting human movement”. Congratulations Dr. Ong!
    • May 5, 2019IMG_0174Scott Uhlrich received the Highest Rated Abstract for Young Investigators Award at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International World Congress in Toronto.
    • April 30, 2019Carmichael Ong from Stanford University will be giving a webinar on”Predictive Simulations to Study the Plantarflexors in Gait Pathologies” Learn more and register
    • February 12, 2019IMG_5440Calvin Kuo from The University of British Columbia and Jon Mortensen from The University of Utah will be giving a webinar on “Muscle and Ligament Model of the Head and Neck to Study Physiological Motions and Dynamic Impacts” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • January 1, 2019IMG_2083_editedJessilyn Dunn accepts an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University.
    • December 14, 2018IMG_4924Stanford researchers found that receiving genetic information can alter a person’s risk. Link.
    • December 11, 2018IMG_4924Luca Modenese and Andrew Phillips from Imperial College London will be giving a webinar on “Interfacing Musculoskeletal and Finite Element Models to Study Bone Structure and Adaptation” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • November 15, 2018Ayman Habib, Jennifer Hicks, Tom Uchida, and Ajay Seth from Stanford University will be giving a webinar on “Jumping into OpenSim 4.0” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • September 17, 2018X00219290Our article “Machine Learning in Human Movement Biomechanics: Best Practices, Common Pitfalls, and New Opportunities” in the Journal of Biomechanics has just been published on-line. In the article, we review published studies that apply machine learning to neuromuscular and musculoskeletal diseases, identify best practices and common pitfalls, and also provide recommendations for training and evaluating machine learning models.
    • September 13, 2018 IMG_3833Ilse Jonkers and Friedl De Groote will be giving a webinar on “SimCP: A Simulation Platform to Predict Gait Performance Following Orthopedic Interventions in Children with Cerebral Palsy” as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • September 5, 2018Jenny Yong successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘Exploring Differences between Rearfoot and Forefoot Striking in Running’
    • Fall 2018Madalina Fiterau accepts an Assistant Professor position in the College of  Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • August 1, 2018Eni Halilaj accepts an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Mechanical Engieneering at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
    • July 27, 2018IMG_1981_edited_150x150 OpenSim 4.0 paper featured on homepage of Plos One Computational Biology
    • July 26, 2018IMG_1981_edited_150x150Lukasz Kidzinski will be giving a webinar on “Robust Control Strategies for Musculoskeletal Models using Deep Reinforcement Learning”as part of our OpenSim webinar series. Learn more and register
    • June 18, 2018 CatalystIconsWe are one of two groups selected to receive a Stanford Catalyst Award. Our proposal on “Motivating Mobility and Health on a Global Scale” brings together faculty from 16 departments in 3 different schools to address this challenge. Learn more
    • May 2, 2018IMG_1973_editedNick Bianco selected as a runner-up for the ASME-BED PhD Level Student Paper Competition at the upcoming 8th World Congress of Biomechanics. He will be giving a talk for the paper on Sunday, July 8th during the ISB Session 1 – Computer simulation of human movement.
    • April 26, 2018IMG_1973_editedNick Bianco successfully passes his Mechanical Engineering qualifying exam in April 2018.
    • April 22, 2018
      OpenSim Staff to run a demonstration booth at 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, 8-12 July 2018, Dublin Ireland. OpenSim experts from Stanford and around the world will be hosting demonstrations, answering questions, and running competitions.
    • April 22, 2018IMG_2003_editedStanford’s National Biomechanics Day brought HS students, parents, and teachers to Stanford.
    • April 1, 2018IMG_2003_editedHannah O’Day and Melissa Boswell start podcast BOOM:Biomechanics on our Minds!
    • November 29, 2017IMG_2003_edited Johanna O’Day successfully passes her Bioengineering qualifying exam.
    • August 16, 2017Johanna O’Day receives BioX Graduate Fellowship Award to study developing a novel measurement system to understand the neural and biomechanics signatures of pathological gait in Parkinson’s disease.
    • August 7, 2017outStanford bioengineers encourage virtual competitors to vie for a different kind of athletic title.
    • July 31, 2017IMG_4620-01_editedMelissa Boswell was elected as the new International Society of Biomechanics Student Representative for the
      2017-19 term.
    • July 10, 2017IMG_0745
      Stanford researchers find intriguing clues about obesity by counting steps via smartphones. NMBL members publish ground-breaking study, appearing in Nature.
    • July 4, 2017IMG_0745 The Stanford Center for Digital Health has awarded Maarten Lansberg, Scott Delp, and Kara Flavin one of five seed grants for creative uses of Apple smartwatches on meaningful health care outcomes.
    • November 1, 2016IMG_0174Scott Uhlrich successfully passes his Mechanical Engineering qualifying exam in October 2016.
    • July 16, 2016IMG_0368Christopher Dembia receives a BioX Graduate Fellowship Award to study optimizing wearable robots for walking.
    • June 23, 2016IMG_0139Shrivats Iyer successfully defends his dissertation entitled, ‘[Not] Lost in Translation: Optogenetic and chemogenetic control of sensory circuits.’
    • May 10, 2016Xuefeng Chen successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘In vivo measurements of muscle sarcomeres in humans and ALS mice.’
    • March 24, 2016NBT 20th Anniversary CoverNature Biotechnology features optogenetic control of pain research in its 20th Anniversary Issue.
    • February 12, 2016IMG_0745Scott Delp elected to the National Academy of Engineering
    • December 16, 2015IMG_0745NMBL researchers develop microscope that allows first-ever look at live muscle units in action
    • December 7, 2015Katelyn Cahill-Rowley successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘Quantitative measures of gait and reaching in toddlers born preterm with very low birth weight.’
    • November 18, 2015IMG_0496Matt DeMers successfully defends his dissertation entitled, ‘Coordination strategies to decrease knee forces during walking to protect the ankle during landing.’
    • October 21, 2015Optimigenetics-Nerve-Image-2Wireless optogenetics research appears on cover of Nature Methods.
    • August 21, 2015Resonant cavityWireless optogenetics research appeared in the Stanford Report.
    • July 28, 2015Kate Montgomery successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘Optogenetic control of neurons beyond the brain.’
    • May 21, 2015IMG_0152Chris Gorini wins Best Oral Presentation at the Stanford Neurosciences Forum for his talk titled ‘Optogentic Inhibition of Peripheral Motor Neurons’.
    • October 21, 2014IMG_0139Shrivats Iyer was selected as a Bioengineering Siebel Scholar
    • October 21, 2014Devices vs pennyStanford News highlights BioX collaboration to create a miniature wireless device to study chronic pain
    • October 9, 2014IMG_0745Scott Delp is featured as director of a new national center for big-data research at Stanford. A Stanford University News article highlights the new research center.
    • August 21, 2014NeuromodulationOptogenetics paper from Nature Medicine featured on the cover of Neuromodulation
    • March 21, 2014Delp Cover 9 - compromise Shrivats Iyer and Kate Montgomery’s work on optogenetic pain modulation featured on the cover of Nature Biotechnology.
    • February 7, 2014IMG_0745Technique developed by NMBL scientists could lead to new treatments for pain
    • November 21, 2012Picture1NMBL receives $1.8 million from DARPA to create a simulator to predict soldier performance and injury risk.
    • August 21, 2012IMG_0139Shrivats Iyer successfully passes his qualifying exam. Shrivats presented his work on ‘lluminating Pain: Applying Optogenetics to Study Peripheral Nociception.’
    • July 21, 2012sam_hamnerSamuel Hamner is featured on the NBC Olympics website where he discusses the ‘The Biomechanics of Usain Bolt’. The video is part of an educational series by NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation called ‘Science Of The Summer Olympics.’
    • June 21, 2012sam_hamnerSamuel Hamner successfully defends his dissertation entitled, ‘Muscle Contributions to Propulsion and Support Over a Range of Running Speeds.’
    • May 27, 2012gabriel_sanchezGabriel Sanchez successfully defends his dissertation entitled, ‘A Wearable Microscope for In Vivo Investigations of Human Sarcomere Lengths and Dynamics.’
    • May 24, 2012IMG_0132 Jenny Yong receives a BioX Graduate Fellowship Award to study the effect of foot-strike type during running.
    • May 22, 2012Jack_wangJack Wang wins Outstanding Talk Award at BMECS for his talk entitled, ‘Optimizing Controllers of Walking and Running Using Biologically-Based Actuators and Objectives.’
    • May 21, 2012IMG_0457 Kate Montgomery receives a BioX Graduate Fellowship Award to develop implantable optogenetic technologies.
    • May 15, 2012Melinda_CromieMelinda Cromie successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘Measurement of Sarcomere Lengths In Human Muscles Using In Vivo Microendoscopy.’
    • May 12, 2012kat_steeleKat Steele was selected for the Dr. Kevin P. Granata Student Award at the 2012 GCMAS Conference for her talk entitled, ‘How do muscle contributions to support and propulsion change during crouch gait?’
    • May 11, 2012edith_arnoldEdith Arnold successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘Computer Modeling Of Human Lower Limb Muscles: How Muscle Fiber Lengths And Velocities Affect Muscle Force Generation During Walking And Running.’
    • April 21, 2012IMG_0457 Kate Montgomery successfully passes her qualifying exam. Kate presented her work on ‘Delivering light for optogenetic control of motor neurons in awake and freely moving animals.’
    • April 10, 2012kat_steeleKat Steele successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘The Dynamics of Crouch Gait in Cerebral Palsy.’
    • December 21, 2011IMG_0584 Amy Silder has been awarded the Stanford Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at the School of Medicine for her work entitled, ‘Relationship Between Metabolic Cost and Joint Mechanics During Human Locomotion.’
    • November 21, 2011Chand_JohnChand John successfully defends his dissertation entitled, ‘Stabilization of human walking by muscles revealed using three-dimensional muscle-driven simulations.’
    • October 22, 2011IMG_0132 Jenny Yong successfully passes her ME Qualifying exam. Jenny presented her work on ‘Hamstring Contributions to Knee Motion in Crouch Gait.’
    • October 10, 2011Holly_liskeHolly Liske successfully passes her ME Qualifying exam. Holly presented her work on ‘Inhibiting Motor Neurons With Light (Optogenetics in the Peripheral Nervous System).’
    • May 11, 2011IMG_0745 Scott Delp was awarded the Borelli Award from the American Society of Biomechanics. The Borelli Award, the most prestigious honor given by the American Society of Biomechanics, recognizes outstanding career accomplishment and is awarded annually to an individual investigator who has conducted exemplary research in any area of biomechanics. The award is named after Giovanni Borelli, a mid-17th century Professor of Mathematics from Naples, Italy, who is considered to be the father of modern biomechanics.
    • April 11, 2011Katy_KeenanKaty Keenan successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘Determination of human articular cartilage functional condition using MRI, creep indentation testing and biochemistry.’
    • January 11, 2011sam_hamnerNMBL is featured in Men’s Health. A recent article highlights research by Sam Hamner and colleagues on muscle contributions to proplusion and support during running.
    • December 30, 2010IMG_0745NMBL awarded research center that will address mobility disorders with powerful 3-D simulations of a patient’s movements
    • December 21, 2010IMG_0745Scott Delp is featured as director of a new national center for rehabilitation research at Stanford. A Stanford University News article highlights the new research center.
    • September 21, 2010Michael_LlewelynResearch by Mike Llewellyn and colleagues featured in Technology Review
    • September 21, 2010Melinda_CromieMelinda Cromie is featured in the Stanford Report. In this video she discusses her work imaging sarcomeres.
    • August 14, 2010Christie_DraperChristie Draper is honored as the runner-up for the Clinical Biomechanics Award at the American Society of Biomechanics for her talk entitled, ‘Patients with patellofemoral pain exhibit elevated bone metabolic activity at the patellofemoral joint.’
    • June 12, 2010Christie_DraperResearch by Christie Draper and colleagues are featured in AuntMinnie.com and the School of Medicine Scan Times. Her work comparing PET/CT to MRI was highlighted.
    • June 2, 2010Christie_DraperChristie Draper and colleagues are awarded the Correlative Imaging Council/Walter Wolf Award at the Society of Nuclear Medicine Meeting for her talk entitled, ‘Correlation between MRI and NaF PET/CT in patients with patellofemoral pain.’
    • May 21, 2010Melanie_FoxMelanie Fox wins the Dr. Kevin P. Granata Student Award at the 2nd Joint ESMAC/GCMAS Meeting for her talk entitled, ‘Contributions from muscles and passive dynamics to swing initiation at different walking speeds.’
    • February 21, 2010IMG_0496 Matt DeMers successfully passes his ME Qualifying exam. He presented his work on, ‘Estimation of tibiofemoral forces during walking.’
    • January 21, 2010David Parker successfully defends his dissertation entitled, ‘Coarse-grained structural modeling of molecular motors.’
    • October 21, 2009IMG_0745 Scott Delp is appointed as an initial holder of the James H. Clark Professorship in the School of Engineering. The James H. Clark fund for Bioengineering was established in 1999 by Jim Clark, former Stanford faculty member and founder of SGI and Netscape (among other companies), and was designed to support bioengineering faculty.
    • August 29, 2009Christie_DraperChristie Draper wins the Clinical Biomechanics Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. Her talk was entitled, ‘Patellofemoral kinematic differences exist between high-load and low-load conditions in patients with patellofemoral pain.’
    • August 20, 2009Michael_LlewelynMichael Llewellyn wins the Journal of Biomechanics Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. His talk was entitled, ‘Orderly recruitment of motor units by optical stimulation in transgenic mice’.
    • July 24, 2009Joshua Webb successfully defends his dissertation entitled, ‘Contributions of the rotator cuff and deltoid to shoulder mobility and stability: a 3D finite element analysis’
    • July 21, 2009IMG_0639 Jen Hicks’ figure is on the cover of ‘The Identification and Treatment of Gait Problems in Cerebral Palsy’.
    • July 3, 2009Christine McLeavey wins a BioX Graduate Fellowship Award
    • June 21, 2009Sahana_KukkeSahana Kukke successfully defends her dissertation entitled, ‘Mechanisms of upper extremity impairement in childhood secondary dystonia due to cerebral palsy.’
    • March 21, 2009Michael_LlewelynMichael Llewellyn successfully defends his dissertation entitled, ‘Novel tools to study and restore muscle function.’
    • March 15, 2009Melanie_FoxMelanie Fox wins the Best Student Paper Award at the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS) Conference. Her talk was entitled ‘Mechanism of Improved Knee Flexion after Rectus Femoris Transfer Surgery.’
    • March 10, 2009kat_steeleKat Steele passes the ME Qualifying Exam. She presented her research on accelerations produced by the gastrocnemius and soleus during crouch gait in cerebral palsy.
    • October 12, 2008sam_hamnerSam Hamner passes the ME Qualifying Exam. He presented his research on muscle contributions to support and progression during running.
    • July 21, 2008sarcomere_twitch NMBL is featured in the New York Times. A recent article highlights Mike Llewellyn’s research on techniques for minimally invasive imaging of sarcomere contractile dynamics.
    • June 21, 2008May_LiuMay Liu successfully defends her dissertation entitled ‘Muscle contributions to support and progression over a range of walking speeds.’
    • May 21, 2008Melinda_CromieMelinda Cromie is awarded an SIG fellowship
    • May 15, 2008Chand_JohnChand John wins an Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) fellowship.
    • May 5, 2008Katy_KeenanKaty Keenan and teammates won the national title for Team Time Trial at the National Collegiate Cycling Championship.
    • April 21, 2008gabriel_sanchezGabriel Sanchez passes the ME Qualifying Exam. He presented his research on regional variations in the depth-dependent strain distribution in the tibial plateau.
    • January 21, 2008OpenSimLogoWhiteNoText NMBL and Simbios have released OpenSim 1.1, a freely available software tool for biomechanical simulation. Over 1000 biomechanics researchers have downloaded the software and documentation since its introduction.
    • December 10, 2007Christie_DraperChristie Draper successfully defends her dissertation entitled ‘Patellofemoral Joint Geometry and Motion Measured using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.’ She is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Radiology at Stanford.
    • November 10, 2007Michael_LlewelynMichael Llewellyn passes the Bioengineering Qualifying Exam. He presented his research measuring sarcomere length in vivo using minimally invasive microendoscopy.
    • October 25, 2007Melinda_CromieMelinda Cromie wins the Outstanding Poster Award at the Biomedical Computation at Stanford Symposium (BCATS). Her poster was titled ‘Posterior Cruciate Ligament Removal Contributes to abnormal knee motion in posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty’.
    • October 21, 2007IMG_0745 Scott Delp wins the 2008 Van C. Mow Medal, awarded by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The award is bestowed upon a single individual each year who has made significant contributions to the field of bioengineering.
    • October 15, 2007Katy_KeenanKaty Keenan passes the Mechanical Engineering Qualifying Exam. Her research presentation described her work using MRI to quantify cartilage biphasic material properties.
    • October 12, 2007Melanie_FoxMelanie Fox passes the Mechanical Engineering Qualifying Exam. Her research presentation described her analysis of preswing rectus femoris activity in stiff-knee gait.
    • October 5, 2007edith_arnoldEdith Arnold passes the Mechanical Engineering Qualifying Exam. Her research presentation described her work investigating the functional implications of optimal muscle fiber lengths of the ankle plantarflexors.
    • August 10, 2007Michael_LlewelynMichael Llewellyn wins the Microstrain Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. The title of his talk was ‘In vivo sarcomere length measurement by minimally invasive microendoscopy.’
    • June 10, 2007IMG_0639 Jennifer Hicks wins a BioX Graduate Fellowship Award.
    • January 21, 2007Melinda_CromieMelinda Cromie passes the ME Qualifying Exam. Her research presentation described her work investigating abnormal knee kinematics in patients with total knee arthroplasty.
    • December 21, 2006IMG_0745 Scott Delp has been appointed as the third holder of the Charles Lee Powell Professorship in the School of Engineering. This professorship was established in 1983 with a gift from the Charles Lee Powell Foundation. It honors the foundation’s founder, Charles Lee Powell, builder, underground contractor, engineer, rancher, and real estate operator. The award of a chaired professorship is the highest honor that Stanford bestows upon its faculty.
    • October 24, 2006jeff_reinboltJeff Reinbolt wins the Best Podium Presentation Award at the Biomedical Computation at Stanford symposium. His talk was titled ‘Investigating Stiff-Knee Gait with Subject-Specific Simulations.’
    • October 21, 2006Mandy_KoopMandy Koop passes the Mechanical Engineering qualifying exam
    • October 12, 2006Sahana_KukkeSahana Kukke passes the Bioengineering qualifying exam.
    • October 10, 2006Chand_JohnChand John passes the CS Biocomputation qualifying exam. His research presentation, ‘Algorithms for Generating 3D Muscle-Actuated Simulations of Movement’, described his current work.
    • September 21, 2006IMG_0639 Jennifer Hicks passes the ME qualifying exam. Her research presentation described her investigation of the effect of tibial torsion on the capacity of muscles to extend the hip and knee during gait.
    • June 21, 2006Katy_KeenanKaty Keenan wins a BioX Graduate Fellowship Award.
    • June 10, 2006edith_arnoldEdith Arnold wins a BioX Graduate Fellowship Award.
    • April 21, 2006Garry_GoldGarry Gold wins the 2006 Lauterbur Award at the SCBT/MR meeting. His paper was titled ‘Patellofemoral Pain: Analysis with Upright Real-Time MRI and 3D Finite Element Modeling.’
    • November 21, 2005NMBL releases new and improved web site. Working with graphic designer, David Delp, we have created a new website that includes cool graphics, updated research descriptions, and more.
    • September 12, 2005Kate Holzbaur successfully defends her dissertation entitled ‘Upper Limb Biomechanics: Musculoskeletal Modeling, Surgical Simulation, and Scaling of Muscle Size and Strength.’
    • August 15, 2005rob_sistonRob Siston wins the Clinical Biomechanics Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. His paper was titled ‘In-Vivo Passive Kinematics Of Osteoarthritic Knees.
    • August 10, 2005Kate Holzbaur wins the Pre-doctoral Young Scientist Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. As part of her award, she gave a talk entitled ‘Scaling of Muscle Volumes in the Upper Extremity.’
    • August 10, 2005wendy_murrayWendy Murray is honored as the runner-up for the Clinical Biomechanics Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. Her paper was titled ‘Significance Of Surgical Attachment Length For Hand Function Following Brachioradialis Tendon Transfer.
    • June 27, 2005clark-center NMBL opens new motion capture laboratory in the Clark Center. The new laboratory is being used by multiple groups on campus, including NMBL, Terry Sanger’s lab, and Ron Fedkiw’s lab.
    • June 21, 2005annals_arm_2005 NMBL article is featured on the cover of the Annals of Biomedical Engineering (the second one this year!).The article is titled ‘ A Model of the Upper Extremity for Simulating Musculoskeletal Surgery and Analyzing Neuromuscular Control’ (Holzbaur, Murray, and Delp).
    • May 21, 2005rob_siston Rob Siston successfully defends his dissertation entitled: ‘Orthopaedic Surgical Navigation: Algorithm Development and Clinical Implementation.’
    • May 10, 2005annals_muscle_2005NMBL article is featured on the cover of the Annals of Biomedical Engineering. The article is titled ‘Three-dimensional Representation of Complex Muscle Architectures and Geometries’ (Blemker and Delp).
    • April 21, 2005May_LiuMay Liu wins the Young Investigator Award at the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting for her talk titled ‘ Quadriceps force in stance limits knee flexion in swing: Insight from a subject-specific simulation of stiff-knee gait.’
    • October 29, 2004clark-center Stanford team wins $20M to establish Simbios, a national center for physics-based simulation of biological structures (Simbios), which will develop SimTk, a software system that enables simulation from atoms to organisms.
    • October 22, 2004OpenSimLogoWhiteNoTextDarryl Thelen, Clay Anderson, Saryn Goldberg, and Allison Arnold generate and analyze NMBL’s first muscle-actuated dynamic simulation of a subject with stiff-knee gait.
    • October 10, 2004IMG_0745 Scott Delp, Allison Arnold, and Saryn Goldberg are invited to give the Gayle Arnold Lectureship at the annual meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. Their talk is titled ‘Modeling and Simulation of Gait Abnormalities.’
    • September 24, 2004blake_ashbyBlake Ashby wins the James Hay Memorial Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting for his paper entitled ‘Optimal control simulations of standing long jumps with free and restricted arm movement.’
    • September 22, 2004alison_arnoldAllison Arnold wins the Clinical Biomechanics Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting for her paper entitled ‘Muscle-tendon lengths and velocities of the hamstrings after surgical lengthening to correct crouch gait.
    • September 10, 2004silvia_blemkerSilvia Blemker wins the Pre-doctoral Young Scientist Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. As part of her award, she gave a talk entitled ‘Rectus Femoris Fiber Excursions Predicted by a 3D Model of Muscle.’
    • June 25, 2004blake_ashbyBlake Ashby successfully defends his dissertation entitled ‘Coordination of Upper and Lower Limbs in the Standing Long Jump: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Optimal Control.’
    • June 21, 2004silvia_blemkerSilvia Blemker succesfully defends her dissertation entitled ‘3D Modeling of Complex Muscle Architecture and Geometry.’
    • June 10, 2004jill_higginsonJill Higginson successfully defends her dissertation entitled ‘Analysis of muscle coordinate during slow and post-stroke hemiparetic gait using simulation.’
    • April 21, 2004Saryn Goldberg successfully defends her dissertation entitled: ‘The Biomechanical Factors that Contribute to Knee Flexion in Normal Gait and in the Stiff-knee Gait of Children with Cerebral Palsy.’
    • April 1, 2004May Liu wins a Student Conference Award from the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society entitled ‘Are treatments for crouch gait more likely to produce improved knee extension when hamstrings lengthenings are consistent with muscle-tendon lengths and velocities?’ at the society’s annual meeting in Lexington, KY.
    • September 1, 2003silvia_blemkerSilvia Blemker wins The Journal of Biomechanics Award at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. The title of her paper was ‘A 3D Model of Muscle Reveals the Causes of Nonuniform Strains in the Biceps Brachii.’
    • July 1, 2003clark-center NMBL moves to the Clark Center, home of Stanford’s Bio-X program. This move has allowed us to forge new collaborations with various labs from the engineering and medical schools.
    • June 1, 2003IMG_0745 Scott Delp wins the Maurice E. Muller Award for Excellence in Computer Assisted Surgery ‘recognizing career-long achievements that fundamentally advance the field.’ Scott also became a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers.
    • January 1, 2003NMBL opens new experimental laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory (MERL) building on campus. The new lab is being used to prototype computer-navigation systems for total-knee replacements as well as to perform anatomical experiments to characterize muscle structure and architecture.
    • December 20, 2002IMG_0745 Scott Delp was appointed as the founding Chairman of Stanford’s new Department of Bioengineering.