School "brown-bag" lunchtime seminars will be held on the 2nd and 4th WEDNESDAYS of each month at noon in room 320 of the Student Center (or as indicated). Special seminar dates/times outside of the regular schedule are indicated as such.
Contact Dr. Boris Prilutsky, boris.prilutsky@ap.gatech.edu to be considered as a future speaker, added to the e-mail distribution list, if you would like to meet with a speaker, or for other seminar-related inquiries.
For directions: Georgia Tech Campus Map
Fall 2009 Seminar Speakers
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) September 9, 2009
Neurons with multiple personalities: multistability in neurodynamics
Gennady Cymbalyuk, PhD
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Georgia State University
Host: Boris Prilutsky
Time: noon-1pm Wednesday, September 9
Location: Student Center, room 320
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) September 23, 2009
Dr. Seuss meets Bernstein: uncovering principles of locomotor control through the study of hopping
Young-Hui Chang, PhD
Applied Physiology
Georgia Tech
Host: Richard Nichols
Time: noon-1pm Wednesday, September 23
Location: Student Center, room 320
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) October 14, 2009
Prosthetics & Orthotics Manufacturing Initiative (POMI): Composite Socket Testing & Novel Design and Fabrication Paradigm
Christopher W. Norfolk, PhD
Applied Research and Development Institute
Anderson, SC 29625
Host: Robert Kistenberg
Time: noon-1pm Wednesday, October 14
Location: Student Center, room 320
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) October 28, 2009
The slithering of snakes
David Hu, PhD
School of Biology
GA Tech
Host: Thomas Burkholder
Time: noon-1pm Wednesday, October 28
Location: Student Center, room 320
Workshop: (Monday) November 9, 2009
Using the Framework of the Uncontrolled Manifold Hypothesis to Explore Motor Synergies
Mark L. Latash, PhD
Department of Kinesiology
Penn State University
Host: Boris Prilutsky
Time: 1pm - 3pm Monday, November 9
Location: CRB, room 119J
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) November 11, 2009
Hierarchical Control of the Human Hand
Mark L. Latash, PhD
Department of Kinesiology
Penn State University
Host: Boris Prilutsky
Time: noon-1pm Wednesday, November 11
Location: Student Center, room 320
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) November 25, 2009
Fingertip force control during bimanual lifting in hemiplegic cerebral palsy
Jeanne Charles, PhD
Division of Physical Therapy
Emory University School of Medicine
Host: Boris Prilutsky
Time: noon-1pm Wednesday, November 25
Location: Student Center, room 320
You can find past AP seminar speakers here:
Spring 2009 AP Seminars
Fall 2008 AP Seminars
Spring 2008 AP Seminars
AP Seminars before 2008