Seminars

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