School "brown-bag" lunchtime seminars will be held on the 1st and 3rd WEDNESDAYS of each month at noon in Room S204 of the Howey-Physics Building (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
Sping 2008 Seminar Speakers
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) January 16, 2008
Andrew J. Butler, Ph.D., PT, F.A.H.A
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Emory University
**NOTE SPECIAL TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Boris I. Prilutsky
Time: noon-1pm Wednesday, January 16
Location: CRB, room 119
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) February 6, 2008
AnimatLab: a Software Package for Neurobiomechanical Simulation
Donald H. Edwards, Ph.D.
Regents' Professor of Biology & Physics
Director Brains & Behavior Program
Georgia State University
**NOTE SPECIAL PLACE**
Host: Boris I. Prilutsky
Time: noon-1pm Wednesday, February 6
Location: Howey-Physics Building, Room S204
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) February 20, 2008
Forebrain control of locomotion
Irina Beloozerova, Ph.D.
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Boris I. Prilutsky
Time: 11:50 - 12:50 Wednesday, February 20
Location: Coon Building (Psychology), Room 250
SEMINAR: (Wednesday) March 5, 2008
Decoding targeted muscle reinnervation for improved myoelectric prosthesis control
Ping Zhou, Ph.D.
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Minoru Shinohara
Time: 11:50 - 12:50 Wednesday, March 5
Location: Coon Building (Psychology), Room 250
SPECIAL SEMINAR: (Wednesday) March 12, 2008
Orthotic Load Redistribution Mechanisms for Second Metatarsal Head: Supports and Concave Reliefs
Geza Kogler, Ph.D.
College of Orthotics and Prosthetics
St. Petersburg, FL
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Minoru Shinohara
Time: 11:50 - 12:50 Wednesday, March 12
Location: Coon Building (Psychology), Room 250
SEMINAR: (Thursday) March 27, 2008
Post-Operative Management of Craniosynostosis
Phillip M. Stevens, M.Ed., CPO.
Specialized Prosthetic and Orthotics Technologies
Salt Lake City, Utah
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Chris Hovorka
Time: 11:50 - 12:50, Thursday, March 27
Location: BILL MOORE STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER PRESIDENT'S SUITES C&D
SEMINAR: (Thursday) April 3, 2008
Ergogenic effect of caffeine during endurance exercise: metabolism vs. muscle function?
Gordon Warren, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Physical Therapy
Georgia State University
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Mindy Millard-Stafford, Ph.D.
Time: 1:15 2:15 pm, Thursday, April 3
Location: Weber APPH Conference room 121
MSPO STUDENT RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS, Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Kristin Carnahan
Kinematic Effects of Sloped Surfaces on Shank Angle for Persons with Drop Foot
John Alexander
Skin Interrogation Device
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Wednesday, April 9
Location: Coon Building (Psychology) Room 250
SEMINAR: (Thursday) April 10, 2008
Neural Control of Complex Motor Performance in the Upper and Lower Extremities
Lewis Wheaton, Ph.D.
Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Shino Shinohara, Ph.D.
Time: 11:50 AM - 12:50 PM, Thursday, April 10
Location: Bill Moore Student Success Center, Press Room A, Georgia Tech
SPECIAL SEMINAR: (Monday) April 14, 2008
EGF Receptor Signaling in Bone Metabolism and Cancer Bone Metastasis
Ling Qin, Ph.D.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Shino Shinohara, Ph.D.
Time: 11:50 AM - 12:50 PM, Monday, April 14
Location: Georgia Tech Student Center Room 320, Georgia Tech
MSPO STUDENT RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS, Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Cali Vance
Design, Fabrication and Testing of an Instrumented Residual Limb
Phantom Capable of Stress and Strain Measurements
Missy Malkush
Evaluation of Alignment Methods for Transtibial Prostheses
Laura Jones
Lower Limb Joint Forces in Transtibial Amputees during Cycling.
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Wednesday, April 16
Location: Coon Building (Psychology) Room 250
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Friday, April 18, 2008
Redox metabolomics: Unexpected connections between diet and oxidative stress
Dean P. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Emory Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory
Emory University
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Host: Shino Shinohara, Ph.D.
Time: 1:00 PM -2:00 PM, Friday, April 18
Location: Coon Building Room 217, Georgia Tech
MSPO STUDENT RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS, Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Austin Balogh
Dynamic Evaluation of Transtibial Prosthesis Suspension
Becca Spragg
Natural Progression of Non-Synostotic Plagiocephaly
Stephen Gaw
Frontal Plane Characteristics of Multi-Axis Feet: A Test Method for
Evaluation and Effect of Shoes on Foot Performance.
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Wednesday, April 23
Location: Coon Building (Psychology) Room 250
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Luminal Control of Calcium Release in the Heart and Mechanisms of Cathecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Sergiy Viatchenko-Karpinksi, Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Time: 11:50 AM - 12:50 PM, Thursday, April 24
Location: Georgia Tech Student Center, Room 321
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Monday, May 5, 2008
Thick Filament Regulation of Muscle Contraction
Julian Stelzer, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison WI
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Time: 11:50 AM - 12:50 PM, Monday, May 5
Location: Georgia Tech Student Center Room 320
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Monday, May 12, 2008
Does Functional Electrical Stimulation for Foot Drop Strengthen Residual Corticospinal Connections?
Richard Stein, Ph.D.
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Monday, May 12
Location: Georgia Tech Student Commons Building (1st Floor), Piedmont Room
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Locomotor Function: from biological basics to simple assessment techniques
Peter Weyand, Ph.D.
Rice University
Houston, Texas
**NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE**
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Wednesday, May 21
Location: DM Smith building, Room 104, Georgia Tech