News

The Reinbolt Research Group archives news and announcements highlighting events that continue to lay the foundation for where we stand today.

Sunny Sundararajan passed his qualifying exam by successfully presenting a proposal titled "Feasible Activation Space of Gait and Related Behavioral Tasks."

Dhruv Gupta begins a 7-week visit from the University of Texas at Austin to collaborate with Jon Donnelly and our group on forward dynamic simulation to prevent ACL injury.

Misagh Mansouri and Nico Vivaldi had their article titled "Synthesis of Subject-Specific Human Balance Responses Using a Task-Level Neuromuscular Control Platform" featured on the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering website.

Nico Vivaldi successfully defends his PhD dissertation titled "Dynamic Simulation and Neuromechanical Coordination of Subject-specific Balance Recovery to Prevent Falls."

Caroline Littel joins the group.

Andy Miller was selected by the Office of Undergraduate Research for a 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Internship to complete a project titled "Develop a Feedback Optimization Loop to Investigate the Limitations of a Passive Dynamic Walker."

Misagh Mansouri and Nico Vivaldi had their article titled "Synthesis of Subject-Specific Human Balance Responses Using a Task-Level Neuromuscular Control Platform" accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering.

Connor Sims joins the group.

Andy Miller joins the group.

Jeff Reinbolt was elected Chair of the Executive Board for the International Society of Biomechanics Technical Group on Computer Simulation.

Kaleb King joins the group.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Biomechanics as the Associate Editor focused on Computational Modeling based on his service to the journal and expertise in modeling and simulation.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as Chair of the BME Lecturer Search Committee in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee.

Nico Vivaldi, Sunny Sundararajan and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Brisbane, Australia for the 26th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics

Nico Vivaldi, Sunny Sundararajan and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Gold Coast, Australia for the Technical Group on Computer Simulation Symposium.

Jeff Reinbolt was selected by the Teaching and Learning Council of the Faculty Senate to be a member of Chancellor's Excellence in Advising/Mentoring Award Selection Committee based on previously being selected for this award.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as Co-Chair of the BME Faculty Search Committee in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee.

Taylor Schlotman, Rachel Thompson and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Raleigh, NC for the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting.

Jeff Reinbolt travels to Mt. Sterling, OH for the Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement Meeting.

Rachel Thompson was selected to present a general poster at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. Her poster was titled "Evaluation of Muscle Force Changes in Healthy People and Patients with Osteoarthritis during Stationary Cycling with Pedal Modifications."

Taylor Schlotman was selected to present a thematic poster at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. Her presentation was titled "Decreasing Knee Joint Contact Loads via Toe-In Gait for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis."

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as a member of the ABET Self-Study Committee in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee.

Nico Vivaldi passed his qualifying exam by successfully presenting a proposal titled "Predictive Modeling of Human Balance Recovery and Gait by Task-Based Simulation of the Neuromuscular Control System."

Rachel Thompson was selected to give a talk at the Comparative & Experimental Medicine Research Symposium. Her talk was titled "Subjects with and without osteoarthritis alter their muscle coordination to achieve beneficial knee moments while cycling."

Rachel Thompson was admitted to PhD candidacy and earned a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering by successfully defending her dissertation proposal titled "Examining muscle forces and joint loads in patients with knee osteoarthritis during stationary cycling."

Rachel Thompson was selected to give a talk at the 2nd Annual Women in STEM Research Symposium. Her talk was titled "Evaluation of Muscle Force Changes in Healthy People and Patients with Osteoarthritis during Stationary Cycling with Pedal Modifications."

Taylor Schlotman was selected to give a talk at the 2nd Annual Women in STEM Research Symposium. Her talk was titled "Decreasing Knee Joint Contact Loads via Toe-In Gait for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis."

Jeff Reinbolt was selected to participate in a Rethinking General Education event because of demonstrated commitment to excellence in undergraduate education at the University of Tennessee.

Jeff Reinbolt was nominated by the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department Head to participate in a workshop sponsored by the General Education Redesign Taskforce at the University of Tennessee.

Taylor Schlotman and Rachel Thompson had abstracts accepted for oral presentations at the 2nd Annual Women in STEM Research Symposium.

Spencer Flint joins the group as part of the Farragut High School Science Academy Research Program.

Rachel Weeks was selected by the Office of Undergraduate Research for a 2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Internship to complete a project titled "Create a Closed-Loop Control Control System to Synthesize Post-Stroke Gait."

Taylor Schlotman was admitted to PhD candidacy and earned a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering by successfully defending her dissertation proposal titled "Dynamic Simulation and Analysis of Gait Modification for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis."

Rachel Weeks was selected as an alternate to represent the University of Tennessee, Knoxville at Posters at the Capitol.

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt were invited to give a live webinar for the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR). Their talk was titled "Locus of Control: Are You in Control of Your Simulations?" To watch a recording of this event on YouTube, click here.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed by the Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering as the Director of Graduate Studies for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee.

The Thomas R. and Elaine S. Edwards Engage Program names Rachel Thompson the Edwards Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellow, including a monetary honorarium, for her exceptional record of leading-edge, success-oriented freshman engineering education as well as strong performance in engineering fundamentals service activities.

Misagh Mansouri had his article titled "Rectus femoris transfer surgery affects balance recovery in children with cerebral palsy: A computer simulation study" accepted for publication in Gait & Posture.

Kristin Morgan, Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Columbus, OH for the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed by the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Resesarch as a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) based on his service, leadership, and scholarly contributions to the University of Tennessee.

The University of Tennessee approves tenure and promotion to Associate Professor for Jeff Reinbolt.

Taylor Schlotman and Jeff Reinbolt, in collaboration with Pete Shull at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, had an article titled "Muscle force modification strategies are not consistent for gait retraining to reduce the knee adduction moment in individuals with knee osteoarthritis" accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a talk in a special session at the 25th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics. His talk was titled "Task-level Simulation of Subject-specific Movement using OpenSim."

Jeff Reinbolt travels to Edinburgh, Scotland for the Technical Group on Computer Simulation Symposium and Glasgow, Scotland for the International Society of Biomechanics Meeting.

Misagh Mansouri graduates with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and accepts an offer to pursue his postdoc at the University of Pittsburgh under the supervision of Dr. Robert Gaunt and Dr. Michael Boninger.

The Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engioneering Department awards Misagh Mansouri the Outstanding Graduate Student Award for performance and high standards of achievement in mechanical engineering.

Nico Vivaldi had his article titled "Differentiating walking from other activities of daily living in older adults using wrist-based accelerometers" accepted for publication in Current Aging Science.

The College of Engineering awards Jeff Reinbolt the Teaching Fellow Award for an exceptional record of graduate and undergraduate teaching as well as strong performance in teaching-related service activities.

The University of Tennessee awards Jeff Reinbolt the Chancellor's Excellence in Advising Award for being uniquely effective in helping students meet their educational and professional goals.

Misagh Mansouri successfully defends his PhD dissertation titled "Dynamic Simulation and Neuromuscular Control of Movement: Applications for Predictive Simulations of Balance Recovery."

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt had their work highlighted in a the Spring Tennessee Engineer newsletter story titled "College of Engineering Researchers Discover Key Finding in Cerebral Palsy Research" (PDF 4.3 MB)

Jeff Reinbolt was nominated by the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department Head for the College of Engineering's Teaching Fellow Award.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to participate in the College of Engineering's Teaching Workshop. His contribution involved addressing topics faculty face in classroom teaching.

Jeff Reinbolt was selected as a finalist for the Chancellor's Excellence in Advising Award.

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt had their work highlighted in a WUOT 91.9fm NPR "All Things Considered: The Method" story titled "A Focus On Children's Health."
To listen to the extended version, click here (7.7 MB mp3).

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as a member of the Mentoring Committee in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee.

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt had their work highlighted in a Knoxville News Sentinel article titled "Research Looks at Whether Surgery Helps Children with CP".

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt had their work highlighted in a Tennessee Today article titled "UT Engineers Make Key Finding in Cerebral Palsy Research."

Taylor Schlotman passed her qualifying exam by successfully presenting a proposal titled "Dynamic Simulation and Analysis of Gait Modification for Musculoskeletal Disorders."

Rachel Thompson passed her qualifying exam by successfully presenting a proposal titled "Examining Joint Loads and Muscle Forces in Patients with Osteoarthritis During Stationary Cycling."

Misagh Mansouri was invited to give a talk at the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. His talk was titled "A Platform for Dynamic Simulation and Neuromuscular Control of Movement: Application in Predictive Simulations of Balance in Children with Cerebral Palsy."

Kristin Morgan, Jon Donnelly, and Jeff Reinbolt had their work highlighted in a ScienceNetwork WA article titled "Calf Muscles Outclass Hamstrings in Injury Prevention."

Misagh Mansouri and Taylor Schlotman travel to San Antonio, TX for the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting.

The University of Tennessee's Office of Research and Engagement awards a Scholarly Activity and Research Incentive Fund (SARIF) grant to Jeff Reinbolt and colleagues for an application titled "Synthetic Human Test Bed for Biomedical Research."

Jon Donnelly begins a 3-week visit from the University of Western Australia to collaborate with our group on ACL modelling and forward dynamic simulation.

The Academic Initiative of the Southesater Conference (SEC) awards an SEC Faculty Travel grant to Jeff Reinbolt for his application to visit the University of Kentucky in collaboration with Dr. Brian Noehren.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as a member of the Director Search Committee in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee.

Rachel Weeks joins the group.

Rachel Thompson joins the group.

Misagh Mansouri was admitted to PhD candidacy by successfully defending his proposal titled "A Platform for Dynamic Simulation and Neuromuscular Control of Movement: Application in Predictive Simulations of Balance Recovery."

Jeff Reinbolt was selected to be an external evaluator for rated researchers of South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF).

Kristin Morgan had her article titled "Elevated gastrocnemius forces compensate for decreased hamstrings forces during the weight-acceptance phase of single-leg jump landing: implications for anterior cruciate ligament injury risk" accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics.

Nico Vivaldi joins the group.

Jeff Reinbolt, along with Steve Piazza from Penn State, organized and chaired 2 sessions titled "Simulation of Human Movement: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities" at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a talk in a session titled "OpenSim Showcase: New Modeling Tools and Applications." at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics. His talk was titled "Patient-specific Software Tools for OpenSim."

Misagh Mansouri and Taylor Schlotman had abstracts accepted for presentations at the 2014 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a talk in a session titled "Towards Understanding the Role of Spasticity in Locomotion: Combining Experimental and Simulation-based Research Insights" at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics. His talk was titled "What is the influence of biarticular muscles on postural control?"

Kristin Morgan, Misagh Mansouri, and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Boston, MA for the World Congress of Biomechanics.

Jon Donnelly and Marcel Rossi begin a 3-week visit from the University of Western Australia to collaborate with our group on ACL modelling and forward dynamic simulation.

Jonah Witt joins the group.

Kristin Morgan graduates with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and accepts an offer to pursue her postdoc at the University of Kentucky under the supervision of Brian Noehren.

Geena Doak graduates with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and accepts an offer to pursue her graduate studies at the University of Minnesota.

Geena Doak submitted a video to the OpenSim Passive Dynamic Walker Competition and was selected as one of three winners.

Breanna Rhyne was selected to participate in the Volkswagen Distinguished Scholars Program and perform cutting-edge research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Trevor Hepburn joins the group.

Kristin Morgan successfully defends her PhD dissertation titled "Dynamic Simulations and Data Mining of Single-leg Jump Landings: Implications for ACL Injuries."

Jeff Reinbolt was recognized by the College of Engineering for making an impact through teaching, research, and service, which received a spotlight article in Tennessee Today.

Jeff Reinbolt was nominated by the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department Head for the College of Engineering's Moses E. and Mayme Brooks Distinguished Professor Award.

Jeff Reinbolt was selected as an OpenSim Fellow by the National Center for Simulation in Rehabiliation Research for his strong commitment to the OpenSim community and a deep expertise in biomechanical modeling and simulation.

Jeff Reinbolt was nominated by the College of Engineering's Associate Dean for the Southeastern Section of the American Society for Engineering Education's New Faculty Research Award.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as a member of the Awards Committee in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to be a member of the Grant Review Panel for the National Science Foundation's Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division.

Misagh Mansouri was inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to be a member of a Grant Review Panel for the National Science Foundation's Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division.

The Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department featured Jeff Reinbolt on its Home page and News page.

Kristin Morgan and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Omaha, NE for the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting.

Taylor Schlotman joins the group.

Geena Doak was appointed as a member of the Undergraduate Advisory Committee in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as a member of the Differential Tuition Funds Committee in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to organize and chair a session at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics in the summer 2014. This session is titled "Simulation of Human Movement: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities."

Kristin Morgan was admitted to PhD candidacy by successfully defending her proposal titled "Dynamic Simulations and Data Mining of Single-leg Jump Landing: Implications for ACL Injuries."

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a talk at the NIH Engineering for Neurologic Rehabilitation Center at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. His talk was titled "Modeling and Simulation of Movement using OpenSim."

The Office of Research selected Jeff Reinbolt as the QUEST Scholar of the Week in recognition of significant research, scholarship, and creative accomplishments.

The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering awards Jeff Reinbolt the Outstanding Young Investigator Award for excellent teaching, research and receiving an NSF CAREER Award.

The University of Tennessee awards Jeff Reinbolt the Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award for being uniquely effective in teaching and making exceptional contributions to student life.

The National Science Foundation’s General & Age Related Disabilities Engineering Program awards a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to Jeff Reinbolt, PhD, for a project titled "CAREER: Research and Education on Control of Human Movement."

Jeff Reinbolt was nominated by the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department faculty and appointed by the College of Engineering Dean as a member of the Department Head Search Committee.

Misagh Mansouri travels to Mountain View, CA for his 2-month visit to the Honda Research Institute to collaborate with Dr. Behzad Dariush's group on research and development of human motion analysis and human simulation technology for assessment of human performance in human centered design applications.

Jeff Reinbolt was selected as a member of the American Society for Engineering Education's Virtual Community of Practice to continue the National Academy of Engineering's Frontiers of Engineering Education.

Jeff Reinbolt was selected as a finalist for the Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award.

Breanna Rhyne joins the group.

Jeff Reinbolt was selected as a finalist for the Chancellor's Excellence in Advising Award.

Nils Potter joins the group.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to be a member of a Grant Review Panel for the National Science Foundation's Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division.

Jeff Reinbolt was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium.

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Gainesville, FL for the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting.

Brooke Odle begins a 3-day visit from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Kessler Research Foundation to collaborate with our group on wheelchair biomechanics.

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Stanford University for an OpenSim Developers' Week.

Kristin Morgan travels to Perth, Australia for her 2-month visit (sponsored by the Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program) to the University of Western Australia to collaborate with Jon Donnelly's group on knee loading during change of direction and landing tasks to estimate risk of ACL injury.

Jeff Reinbolt received the College of Engineering Dean's nomination for the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium.

Kristin Morgan, Misagh Mansouri, and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Washington, D.C. to meet with Program Officers from the National Insitutes of Health.

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt had their work titled "Feedback for the Brain and Body: A New Freely Available Interface Between MATLAB and OpenSim" highlighted in the Biomedical Computation Review.

Kristin Morgan, Misagh Mansouri, and Jeff Reinbolt begin the 8-week Summer Grant Writing Institute at the University of Tennessee.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited by a junior student-athlete to attend the Faculty Appreciation Luncheon hosted by the Thornton Center & Intercollegiate Athletics.

The National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR) awards a Pilot Project grant to Jeff Reinbolt for his application titled "Software for Functional Inverse Kinematics and Scaling."

Kristin Morgan is selected as a Fellow for the Summer Grants Program sponsored by the Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program.

Ashley Clark successfully defends her MS Thesis titled "Biarticular Muscles Influence Postural Responses: Implications for Treatment of Stiff-Knee Gait."

Hoa Hoang had his article titled: "Crouched Posture Maximizes Ground Reaction Forces Generated by Muscles" accepted for publication in Gait and Posture.

Misagh Mansouri had his article titled: "A platform for dynamic simulation and control of movement based on OpenSim and MATLAB" accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics.

Kristin Morgan and Misagh Mansouri were selected to participate in the 8-week Summer Grant Writing Institute: Developing NIH Grant Proposals.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a keynote address at the Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) competition sponsored by the Technology Student Association (TSA) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His talk was titled "Biomedical Engineering and Its Applications for Healthier Lives."

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awards an R25 research education grant to Jeff Reinbolt for his application titled "FUTURE (Furthering University of Tennessee Undergraduate Research Education) for Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering."

Jeff Reinbolt was selected to participate in the 2012 Summer Grant Writing Institute: Developing NIH Grant Proposals.

Jon Donnelly had his article titled: "Optimizing whole-body kinematics to minimize valgus knee loading during sidestepping: Implications for ACL injury risk" accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics.

Geena Doak joins the group.

Hoa Hoang graduates with an MS in Biomedical Engineering and accepts an offer to pursue his PhD at Griffith University in Australia as an International Postgraduate Scholar under the supervision of David Lloyd.

Hoa Hoang successfully defends his MS Thesis titled "Comparative Study on Posture and Its Influences on Horizontal Ground Reaction Forces Generated by Muscles: Implications for Crouch Gait."

Jeff Reinbolt received an Impact/Priority Score of 20 for his National Insititutes of Health Research Education Grant (R25) entititled "Furthering University of Tennessee Undergraduate Research Education (FUTURE) for Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering".

Jeff Reinbolt was nominated by the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee to participate in the 2012 Summer Grant Writing Institute: Developing NIH Grant Proposals.

Ashley Clark, Kristin Morgan, Misagh Mansouri, and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Hartford, CT for the Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting.

Logan Mullinix joins the group.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a 3-day hands-on workshop to students of the 2011 HYPER Summer School on Neurorehabilitation in La Alberca, Spain.

Kristin Morgan passes the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam with a unanimous vote based on her written and oral examinations.

Michelle Morin joins the group.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a talk with Kate Saul for a special session on Teaching Biomechanics at the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Long Beach, CA. Their talk was titled "Teaching Human Movement to Engineers: Experiences from Nine Institutions."

Kristin Morgan and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Long Beach, CA for the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to participate in the OpenSim and NMS Physiome Workshop at the International Society of Biomechanics Meeting in Brussels, Belgium. His contribution involved lecture and demonstration of OpenSim including an interface with MATLAB/Simulink.

Ashley Clark, Hoa Hoang, and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Leuven, Belgium for the Technical Group on Computer Simulation Symposium and Brussels, Belgium for the International Society of Biomechanics Meeting.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a talk at the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium on Human Body Dynamics: From Multibody Systems to Biomechanics at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His talk was titled "Simulation of Human Movement: Applications Using OpenSim."

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to be a member of the Review Committee for the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting on August 10-13, 2011.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a hands-on tutorial to graduate students in the Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies at the University of Tennessee.

Kristen Holdway joins the group.

Ashley Clark, Misagh Mansouri, and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Stanford University for an OpenSim Advanced User and Developer Workshop.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed by the Associate Dean for Research & Technology as a Beta Tester for a new Automated Announcement Delivery System for funding opportunities.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a research summary during the Graduate School Information Night. His talk was titled "Biomedical Engineering: Neuromuscular Biomechanics."

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to be a Project Judge for the FIRST Lego League Tennessee State Tournament.

Brooke Odle begins a 2-week visit from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Kessler Research Foundation to collaborate with our group on wheelchair biomechanics.

Jeff Reinbolt was elected to the Executive Board of the International Society of Biomechanics Technical Group on Computer Simulation.

Misagh Mansouri passes the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam with the highest score in Biomechanics and the second highest score in both Mechanics of Materials and Dynamics.

Jeff Reinbolt received an election nomination for the Executive Board of the International Society of Biomechanics Technical Group on Computer Simulation.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as a member of both the Graduate Programs and Undergraduate Advising Committees in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee.

Misagh Mansouri and Jeff Reinbolt travel to Providence, RI for the American Society of Biomechanics Meeting.

Kristin Morgan joins the group.

Ashley Clark joins the group.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a seminar at Stanford University. His talk was titled "Interfacing OpenSim Models with MATLAB/Simulink."

Reinbolt Research Group travels to Stanford University for an OpenSim Developer's Jamboree and to San Francisco for the International Symposium on the 3D Analysis of Human Movement.

Reinbolt Research Group acquires approximately 250 sq. ft. of additional laboratory space in the Dougherty Engineering Building.

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a lecture at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London. His talk was titled "Musculoskeletal Modeling: Its Evolution and Current & Future Generations."

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to represent the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department at the 3rd Annual University of Tennessee Engineering Etiquette Dinner and Workshop.

Jon Donnelly begins his second visit (for 2 weeks) from the University of Western Australia to collaborate with our group on optimization of valgus knee loading during change of direction and landing tasks to estimate risk of ACL injury.

Jeff Reinbolt was selected as a member of the Academic Review Board for Student Judicial Affairs.

Misagh Mansouri was selected as a finalist and invited to give his presentation at the Annual Sigma Xi Student Competition, sponsored by The University of Tennessee Chapter of the Scientific Research Society. His paper was titled "Modeling and Simulation of Human Movement Based on OpenSim and MATLAB®/Simulink®."

Hoa Hoang was selected as a finalist and invited to give his presentation at the Annual Sigma Xi Student Competition, sponsored by The University of Tennessee Chapter of the Scientific Research Society. His paper was titled "Posture Influences Ground Reaction Force: Implications for Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy."

Jeff Reinbolt was invited to give a lecture on strategic planning at the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department Board of Advisors Meeting. His talk was titled "20/20 Vision: A Decade to Advance Research."

Jon Donnelly begins a 6-week visit from the University of Western Australia to collaborate with our group on optimization of valgus knee loading during change of direction and landing tasks to estimate risk of ACL injury.

Jeff Reinbolt was appointed as the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for Research in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department.

Simbios awards a seed grant to the group for modeling and simulation of human movement based on OpenSim and MATLAB®/Simulink®.

The University of Western Australia provides The Alexander Cohen Postgraduate Research Travel Award to Jon Donnelly for collaboration on the integration of optimization methods with empirically validated knee modeling techniques to estimate risk of ACL injury.

Reinbolt Research Group acquires approximately 300 sq. ft. of computational laboratory space in the Dougherty Engineering Building.

Canadian Society of Biomechanics provides a Graduate Student Travel Award to Jon Donnelly for research collaboration on optimization of valgus knee loading during change of direction and landing tasks.

Misagh Mansouri joins the group.

Hoa Hoang joins the group.

Reinbolt Research Group moves to The University of Tennessee.