Upper Limb Assist Lab

Patrick successfully defended his dissertation on June 15, 2021, and submitted his final dissertation to the graduate school on July 23, 2021. He is the lab’s first PhD student and the first one to graduate. Patrick recently accepted a job with Exponent. Congratulations, Patrick!

As for many others, pandemic-related restrictions affected our research plans. Even so, the lab had an exciting and productive year. Here are some of the highlights: Patrick Hall, a PhD candidate, had two papers published in peer-reviewed journals. One paper showed the effects of anti-gravity assistance on shoulder biomechanics. Another paper presented the outcomes of […]

Dustin Crouch visited Georgia Tech on February 11-12, 2020. He was able to meet with his faculty mentor, Dr. Greg Sawicki, and tour labs in the Departments of Physiology and Mechanical Engineering. Additionally, Dustin was able to observe an experiment in Dr. Sawicki’s lab, present his research to several students and faculty, and meet individually […]

Patrick Hall, a PhD Candidate in the lab, had his first-author paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics on February 20, 2020. The paper is entitled “Effect of Continuous, Mechanically Passive, Anti-Gravity Assistance on Kinematics and Muscle Activity During Dynamic Shoulder Elevation.” Congratulations, Patrick!

In January 2020, Dustin Crouch received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his proposed project “CAREER: Muscle-Driven Endoprostheses for Restoring Natural Sensorimotor Function”. More information about the proposed project can be found here. The project will build on the early successes of his interdisciplinary team that includes collaborators Dr. David Anderson, Dr. Cheryl Greenacre, and […]

Sorry for the delay, but better late than never! 2019 was a very good year for the lab. Here are some of the highlights: -Patrick Hall and Morteza Asgari passed their Qualifying Exams, so they are officially PhD Candidates. -Dustin Crouch, along with collaborators David Anderson (UT College of Veterinary Medicine) and Stacy Stephenson (UT […]

In a new research lab, there’s a lot of set up and preparation required before we can make much research progress. Most of our effort in the past year was focused on the preparation. Last January, we set up our motion capture system, which includes infrared motion capture cameras and sensors for recording muscle activity […]

Our lab is participating in the HITES12 program this week! Patrick and Dustin have been mentoring two rising 12th graders on a research project to determine the effect of shoulder anti-gravity assistance on muscle coordination and movement. The students have done a great job and will present their work during a poster presentation this Friday, […]

The Upper Limb Assist Lab is now online! Stay tuned for future updates about the lab.