Two of our undergraduates presented their work at the Summer Office of Undergraduate Research Symposium.

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Like most of 2020, BMES (Biomedical Engineering Society) looked different than normal. This year’s conference was held virtually. As with other BMES conferences, OML had a very strong showing, with five lab members presenting their research! Unfortunately virtual conferences don’t lend themselves to lots of photos, but you can check out a screen grab of Vince presenting his poster below!

• Jason: Micro-Finite Element Models of Osteoporotic Bone Resist Changes in Performance Due to Downsampling
• Sandra: Examining contributions of limb unloading to changes in bone perfusion with ischemic stroke
• Annie Kate: Impact of Ischemic Stroke on Gait Mechanics in Older Mice
• Vince: Optimizing the Modulus-Density Relationship in Finite Element Models of Vertebral Cancellous Bone
• Jennifer: Reduced Humeral Bone Growth Following Brachial Plexus Birth Injury

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Emily recently presented her ongoing research on the BPBI project. She had not one, but two posters at the annual conference.

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We had a great time in Phoenix at the annual ORS (Orthopaedic Research Society) meeting. It was great to get away from the cold weather in NC, even if we did have to deal with some extreme storms and tornado warnings on the way out.

Sandra, Emily and Jason all presented their research:

• Sandra: Examining changes in bone perfusion and bone-specific biomarkers with ischemic stroke: Poster #1675
• Emily: Detriments in humeral bone microstructure and mineralization following brachial plexus birth injury: Poster #1695
• Jason: Heterogeneous tissue modulus improved prediction of mechanical behavior in human vertebral cancellous bone. Poster #1759

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Earlier this week, we attended our annual department retreat. It’s always great to get to see what others are doing, especially since our department spans two universities and sometimes we forget what each other is up to!

Sandra and Jason both presented posters highlighting their work.

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Lab member Sara recently presented an update on her research with Nicholas at the NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium annual conference. Great job Sara!

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Emily and Hannah represented OML at the recent Human Movement Science Research Symposium, held at UNC. Great job ladies!

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Stephanie presented some of our Biomechanics Day data at the American Society for Engineering Education (Southeast section) conference in early March. She gave a talk as well as had a paper in progress published as part of the conference proceedings, which you can see here: https://www.asee-se.org/proceedings/ASEE2019/papers2019/112.pdf

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Our lab was well-represented at this year’s Orthopaedic Research Society annual conference in Austin, Texas. Emily somehow managed to present two posters relating to the BPBI project: “Detriments in scapular trabecular bone following brachial plexus birth injury despite injury location” and “Effect of postganglionic and preganglionic brachial plexus birth injury on muscle fibrosis”. Nicholas also had a poster about the stroke project, titled “Ischemic stroke alters blood vessel branching and size distribution in the distal femur”.

Great job guys!

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Josh and Carly recently presented their work at the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURS, for short). The symposium is open to all undergraduate students enrolled in North Carolina colleges, universities and community colleges. The symposium is intended to showcase multidisciplinary undergraduate research scholarship. More info and photos can be found here: https://projects.ncsu.edu/sncurcs/

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