Webinar: Simulation-Based Design of Devices to Enhance a Standing Long Jump
Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
Carmichael Ong (Stanford University) will describe his optimization framework for synthesizing human standing long jumps and designing devices to improve performance. Read more and register.

OpenSim Workshop at CMBBE in Montreal on September 3
Title: OpenSim for Muscle-Driven Multibody Dynamics and Control: Overview and Hands-On Example
Ian Stavness (University of Saskatchewan), Matt DeMers, and James Dunne (Stanford University) are leading a workshop at the International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE) in Montreal, Canada. The hands-on workshop will show users how to perform forward dynamic simulations of movement that include contact modeling and muscle stretch reflexes. Learn more about the event and find out how to register.

OpenSim Workshop at the Summer School on Neurorehabilitation in Valencia, Spain, September 13-18
Massimo Sartori (University Medical Center Göttingen) and Monica Reggiani (University of Padova) are leading a workshop at the Summer School in Neurorehabilitation in Valencia, Spain. This three-day hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the theory behind modeling and simulation of human musculoskeletal function in OpenSim, along with the framework of the software architecture and functionalities. Learn more about the event and find out how to register.

OpenSim Workshop at SIAMOC 2015 in Padova, Italy on October 3
Massimo Sartori and Monica Reggiani are leading a workshop at the XVI Congress of the Italian Society of Clinical Movement Analysis (SIAMOC) in Padova, Italy. This half-day workshop will introduce participants to musculoskeletal modeling and simulation in OpenSim, including some of the typical workflows. Learn more about the event and find out how to register.

Funding Opportunity: Computational Models of Muscle Physiology during Human Spaceflight

Proposals are sought to develop numerical algorithms or models that can predict changes in properties of lower body skeletal muscles as a function of (1) time in microgravity and (2) a predetermined amount of in-flight exercise stimulus. Step 1 proposals are due on September 4, 2015. Learn more.

OpenSim featured in talks at the ISB Technical Group on Computer Simulation

The Technical Group on Computer Simulation met from July 9-11 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Thirteen (out of 27) talks at the Symposium featured OpenSim. Some of the topics included analysis and control of prosthetics, subject-specific modeling, task-based control, and joint contact force prediction. See a full list of abstracts here.

Correction: We incorrectly reported that Katherine Steele received the David Winter Young Investigator Award at the 2015 Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics. Dr. Steele was nominated for the award. Congratulations to Kelly Larkin-Kaiser for her winning talk, "Larger isoforms of titin are associated with increased sarcomere lengths and severity of hip displacement in cerebral palsy."

Jennifer Hicks, Ph.D.

Director of Data Science | Mobilize Center

Associate Director | NCSRR
R&D Manager | OpenSim

Stanford University
650-498-4403 | jenhicks@stanford.edu