Here's @JacqueColeLab 's entry into the #NBD2018 art competition! Biomechanics involves so many different areas of science, we wanted to capture that in our graphic. Made by Maggie Tamburro and me. @SanfordSportSci @BiomechanicsDay pic.twitter.com/IamqxFz3FH
— Stephanie Teeter (She/her) (@SeeStephScience) March 29, 2018
National Biomechanics Day 2019
April 16, 2019
Our lab, along with other labs in the Biomedical Engineering department and other labs within the College of Engineering recently hosted the fourth annual National Biomechanics Day! We brought about 150 students from local high schools to Centennial Campus to learn more about biomechanics, engineering, and why they should come to NC State for college! We took tons of pictures, and NC State’s Bulletin came to talk to people and take pictures. We’ll share their article and photos once we have it, but here are some photos to hold you over in the meantime! You can see more on Jacque’s Twitter Feed.
Stephanie Presents NBD Data as ASEE-SE Conference
March 12, 2019
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
National Biomechanics Day Awards
June 20, 2018
Our lab and department has won not one but TWO awards for our National Biomechanics Day efforts!
First of all, Stephanie and Maggie won the Biomechanics Art competition. Check out their awesome graphic:
Also, we won one of the 2018 Greatest Impact awards for our event in April. Congratulations to Nicholas, who put the entry together, and everyone who helped us to have a successful event. Check out the Facebook post to see the award announcement.
National Biomechanics Day 2018
April 12, 2018
Yesterday was our favorite day of the year, once again! No, not Christmas (though we do love presents)… it was National Biomechanics Day! We had nearly 250 students and teachers come visit us at NC State. Due to having so many visitors, we split the event between Engineering Building 3 (our home) and the nearby Hunt Library. The visiting students had a great time, and we like to think they learned something. The scientists also had a great time getting students more excited about biomechanics.
We can’t wait until 2019! In the meantime, check out some photos of our lab in action.
Maggie and Stephanie win NBD Art Competition
April 11, 2018
Maggie and Stephanie won the 2018 National Biomechanics Day Art Competition, with their photo submission. The competition was sponsored by Stanford Sports Science. See the announcement on Twitter:
And check out their entry (click to enlarge)!
Bits & Bytes 2017
October 17, 2017
Our lab again brought the exciting world of bone healing and biomechanics to some local high school students with the Engineering Bits and Bytes. Check us out in action!
OML Participated in SciREN for the third year in a row!
September 22, 2017
Once again, the OML participated in SciREN, which aims to connect local STEM researchers and educators to foster the dissemination of current research and ultimately enhance the science literacy of today’s youth. Nicholas wrote an amazing lesson plan focusing on the structure and function of bone, including studying material properties, Wolff’s Law, and comparative bone anatomy of various animals. We had a lot of interest from educators of all levels in this great lesson plan
If you’re interested in checking out the lesson, you can find it here: Structure and Function of Bone Activity. Any feedback would be very much appreciated, please email Stephanie or Nicholas.
Here are some photos of us in action!
BME Department Wins NBD Student Competition
June 20, 2017
This year, for the second annual National Biomechanics Day (NBD), the first NBD Competition was carried out. The purpose of this competition was to both increase enthusiasm surrounding NBD and recognize programs that put together exemplary NBD presentations. Created by the Student Advocacy Committee, the NBD Competition was divided into two primary categories: content and impact.
We received thirteen entries from three different countries. After careful review and collaborative deliberation, we are proud to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the 2017 NBD competition!
The content category was created to recognize schools and labs who utilized engaging, useful, and both cost and time efficient lab demonstrations. Labs were encouraged to upload their demonstrations to the ASB Teaching Repository, for future replication by others. The winners and their submission representatives are as follows (in no particular order):
- North Carolina State/University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Stephanie Teeter): This group uploaded their demos to the ASB Teaching Repository, allowing others the opportunity to recreate them. The NC State/UNC team consisted of six independent laboratories who hosted unique demos covering a wide variety of topics in biomechanics and motor control, ranging from applications of material property testing in orthopedic care to the design of exoskeletons used to assist human locomotion. This group also hosted a scavenger hunt based on the demos to further engage the students. Overall, this event was an interactive and exciting showcase of biomechanics which introduced the students to biomechanics research and the impact it can have on the world!
National Biomechanics Day 2017
April 8, 2017
The second annual National Biomechanics Day took place on April 6, 2017. We taught about 50 local high school students more about this exciting field. Check out some photos below.
Jacque joins Carolina ADMIRES as a mentor
August 30, 2016
Jacque has recently volunteered to act as a mentor to two local students who are interested in STEM through the Carolina ADMIRES (Assisting in Development and Mentoring an Innovative Research Experience in Science) program. The program is designed for 8th and 9th grade students who are interested in careers in STEM.