I lot of things have happened since my last post back in August. We had a successful fall semester and are now well into the spring semester. We started our doctoral program in Kinesiology in August and currently have 5 PhD students, including two in biomechanics, Brandon Miller and Jeff Simpson. We also have a really good group of Master's students. With the help of these students and the guidance of Dr. Chander and myself, we have gotten the Neuromechanics Laboratory up and running. We have a number of projects that we have recently completed or that are being completed examining a wide variety things such as military boots and fatigue, balance and cognition, and hypergravity training. We are leaving this week for the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine Conference in Greenville, S.C., with 2 doctoral students, 3 Master's students, and one undergraduate student where we will make 7 research presentations, and hopefully recruit some more graduate students. I'll post an update with some pictures from the conference in the near future.On a more personal note, Natalie turned one in January, and she definitely keeps us on our toes. It has been really fun to watch her achieve her motor milestones and observe the differences between her developmental progression compared to Cameron. Speaking of Cameron, he will turn 5 in March and start Kindergarten in August. He is a really good big brother that just loves to take care of his sister!
