Workshop on OpenSim Moco, a New Software Providing Optimal Control Methods for Simulation Biomechanics July 28, 2019 ISB TGCS Symposium, Alberta, Canada The OpenSim team will be running a workshop at the 17th International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics<https://isbweb.org/~tgcs/iscsb-2019/canmore.html> (TGCS 2019) to introduce OpenSim Moco, a new software package for solving common problems in simulation biomechanics, including tracking simulations, predictive simulations, and muscle-redundancy problems. Moco leverages the OpenSim<http://opensim.stanford.edu/> software's existing modeling capabilities and enables researchers without numerical methods expertise to apply state-of-the-art optimal control methods to their simulations. Learn more<https://opensim.stanford.edu/support/event_details.php?id=217&title=Introducing-OpenSim-Moco-Optimal-Control-Methods-for-Musculoskeletal-Simulation> New Full-Body Model for Simulating Lifting Motions Now Available Erica Beaucage-Gauvreau from the University of Adelaide and colleagues have developed and made freely available their new model for estimating lower lumbar spine loads during lifting tasks. The model was validated through comparisons with experimental electromyography, reported intradiscal pressures, and reported vertebral body implant measurements. The associated publication<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10255842.2018.1564819> describing this work appeared in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering in February 2019. Access the model<https://simtk.org/projects/lfbmodel> New OpenSim Fellows Offer Expertise to Community in Modeling of Muscle Redundancy, Knee Modeling, and Experimental Techniques For Simulations Our OpenSim Fellows Program<http://opensim.stanford.edu/support/fellows.html> cultivates and engages a community of OpenSim experts who collectively advance the field of neuro-musculoskeletal modeling and simulation. These individuals expand OpenSim's impact, helping to train the next generation of researchers and serving as consultants or new collaborators on projects needing modeling and simulation expertise. We are pleased to announce that Dominic Farris and Dimitar Stanev have been selected as our newest Fellows. * Dominic Farris is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and a past NCSRR Visiting Scholar. He is an expert in experimental ultrasound imaging methods to generate in vivo measures of muscle strains, and surface or intramuscular electromyography. He has experience using these techniques to determine model inputs and validate simulation results. * Dimitar Stanev is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Patras in Greece. His research focuses on methods development to handle muscle redundancy in modeling and simulation and also on knee modeling with application to osteoarthritis, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and total knee replacement. Learn more about Dr. Farris, Dr. Stanev, and the other OpenSim Fellows<https://simtk-confluence.stanford.edu:8443/display/OpenSim/OpenSim+Fellows> --- Joy P. Ku, PhD Project Manager, SimTK<http://simtk.org/> Director of Communications & Training, NCSRR<http://opensim.stanford.edu/> Director of Communications & Engagement, Mobilize Center<http://mobilize.stanford.edu/> Stanford University (w) 650.736.8434, (f) 650.723.7461 Email: joyku@stanford.edu<mailto:joyku@stanford.edu>