Bucknell MMOT Lab

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  • Emily to compete in SB3C undergraduate competition

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    Emily’s submission to the 2021 virtual Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport conference was selected for the BS level competition – congrats Emily and good luck! Her abstract is entitled Location Dependent Mechanical Behavior of Aponeurosis Tissue Under Uniaxial Tensile Stretch You can check out Emily’s abstract here:

  • Summer research is back!

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    The MMOT lab is thrilled to be back for summer research in 2021, with a total of six undergraduate students working on a diverse set of projects: Olivia Dyer – aponeurosis tissue imaging Thomas Matsumura – lower limb kinematics and muscle activity patterns Jaden Lee – microstructural modeling of skeletal muscle mechanics Sabrina Lorza –…

  • Ram Horn Project Paper and Media

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    The ram horn project recently received some media attention on Bucknell.edu, Twitter, Facebook, and in print. The article details the collaborative project and highlights Jake’s ongoing and future work in leveraging bighorn sheep horns as structures to prevent injury as a result of high-rate impacts. The piece followed recently published work in Scientific Reports: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76021-5…

  • Biaxial Muscle Mechanics Paper Published

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    I recently published a paper in Frontiers in Physiology entitled “Investigating Passive Muscle Mechanics with Biaxial Stretch, which can be found here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2020.01021/full Here is a representative figure from the paper:

  • New MMOT Lab Values Document

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    The MMOT lab met the first week of classes here at Bucknell to develop a lab mission, lab values, and a set of expectations. Those can be found in PDF form below and on the Research home page.

  • Biaxial muscle mechanics paper published in Frontiers in Physiology

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    Dr. Wheatley’s recent work that details biaxial stretch of passive skeletal muscle is published in Frontiers in Physiology. The paper is a huge step for the lab in a couple of ways – it is the first study to employ biaxial stretch to evaluate the material properties of muscle, and it’s the lab’s first fully…