Volume 36, Number 2

“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 themselves, but about the price of them. My Dad estimates...

Dear ASB Members, It’s a really exciting time at ASB as the field of Biomechanics continues to grow in academia and industry! Thank you to all of you for your support – I am honored to be able to continue to serve on the Executive Board in the Presidential Line for...

It has been a privilege to serve as your newly appointed Diversity Chair for the past few months! I would like to extend gratitude to my immediate predecessor, Dr. Ajit Chaudhari, for guiding me through the transitional period. Additionally, I would like to thank all...

Hello from your Communications Chair! Hope the holiday season went well for all of you with some well-deserved rest! Here are the updates from your ASB Communications Team that includes Cara Lewis, Ana Ebrahimi, Anna Bailes: 1. The Communications team has been working...

Preparations are ramping up for our 48th Annual Meeting, August 5-8, 2024 in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin! Madison is the Wisconsin State Capital, and is consistently rated one of the happiest, most livable, and most beautiful cities in the United States. Situated...

The program is coming together for the ASB 2024 Annual Meeting in Madison (August 5-8).  We have confirmed two keynote speakers, Dr. Leena Sharma from Northwestern University and Dr. Robert Guldberg from the University of Oregon. We will kick off the meeting with a...

As we quickly approach many deadlines for American Society of Biomechanics individual awards and competitive grants, I want to emphasize the importance of nominating yourself or others for these accolades. Our society is incredibly giving, with ~$40,000 budgeted for...

I wish you all a peaceful and healthy 2024.  I am excited to share with you the three main activities that have kept me busy as ASB Past-President. 1. I am honored to oversee the 2024 ASB Fellows selection process, which is in its final phase.  The 2024 ASB Fellows...

2023 was my first full year as the ASB Education Chair, and I was extremely fortunate to have an amazing group of ambitious ASB members on the Education Committee. The committee has been divided into sub-committees working on the Regional Meetings, Graduate Student...

Same membership portal, New look! For a couple years now, we have been considering moving our membership management to a new system (offered by our conference manager, Podium Conference Specialists), that would have allowed our membership, conference registration, and...

Hello everyone! It was nice to meet so many of you this past year at the annual ASB meeting in Knoxville, as well as through the various virtual events we hold throughout the year. I’d like to remind everyone that an ASB student membership does not just give you...

Greetings to all my fellow ASB members! I am feeling very renewed after the winter break and ready to jump into another semester. I hope each of you feels the same way. It has been a privilege to serve with the members of the Executive Board. Each member is dedicated...