Volume 36, Number 1

“Pea-corn. Pop-nuts. Chewing gars. Ci-gum. Magazettes!” While my Dad (and my Grandfather before him) often belted out this line as if a food vendor at a ballpark, this column isn’t about peanuts and popcorn, but rather about numbers! In baseball, there are lots of...

I have really enjoyed digging into the work of being President-Elect of ASB. The presidential line has diligently been working to: Support final preparation for ASB 2023 in Knoxville. Plan for ASB 2024 and site selection for 2025. The sites, venues, and hotels are...

Over the last several months the Diversity Committee has been planning for events at the Annual Meeting as well as several other initiatives. Here’s a little summary along with thank you’s to committee members who have made 2023 such a productive year: Addressing...

Namaskar (Hindi), and Kamusta (Filipino) from your Communications Chair!  Last year, NACOB 2022 presented an opportunity for fellow ASB members to experience an in-person Biomechanics conference! This August, ASB 2023 will be the first stand-alone in-person ASB...

ASB 2023 is right around the corner and we are hoping you will find it the best ASB meeting yet!  It will be held at the Knoxville Convention Center, which is within one block of both hotels that can be booked on the ASB 2023 Accommodation page. If you are not one of...

The full program of scientific presentations for ASB2023 is available on the conference website, and the overall schedule-at-a-glance has been recently updated: The Program Committee endeavored to feature podium sessions on a wide range of topics in biomechanics while...

I’m excited to lead the Awards Committee as we feature the outstanding research of our many winners and finalists at the 2023 annual meeting in Knoxville, TN (see full list below for 2023 ASB Award presentations). During the closing ceremonies, we’ll announce the...

My term in the ASB presidential line (2020-2023) and my second term on the ASB Executive Board (program chair line 2011-2012) concludes at the end of the Annual Meeting in Knoxville. Over the decade between my two terms, the size and activities of the Society and the...

The 2022-2023 year has been a very active one for the Education Committee. We supported five regional meetings, awarded four grad student Grants-In-Aid, reformatted the ASB Teaching Repository, and prepared lots of education-related content for the 2023 ASB Annual...

ASB continues to be in excellent financial health as we head into the busy annual meeting and awards season! The society will provide another incredible number of awards this year - stay tuned to see the totals during the ASB Business Meeting on Friday, August 11th....

Hello Members! The big news on membership is that we have broken the 1,000 members milestone!! We also had a record breaking 271 new members by the Early Bird meeting registration deadline (208 of whom are students). For reference, our previous record was ~239 new...

Hello everyone! It has been great getting to know other ASB student members and helping to build our community the past several months. Here I provide a review of some of our previous events and what we have planned for the upcoming ASB 2023 Annual Meeting in...

I hope you are all enjoying the summer and are finding the time to recharge.  I am glad to report that the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB), our society, continues to flourish and to grow. For that, I would like to thank my ASB family, specifically the...