Individual Oral & Poster Submissions

The American Society of Biomechanics is accepting individual oral and poster abstract submissions for the ASB 2025 Annual Meeting to be held August 13 – 16, 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.  Submissions related to biomechanics are invited following the guidelines listed below.

Submission open December 20, 2024

Key Dates

December 20, 2024 – Call for individual oral and poster submissions open

February 25, 2025 – Deadline for individual oral and poster submissions (no extensions will be granted)

February 26, 2025 – Review process begins

May 2025 – Submission decisions to be communicated via email

Mid-June 2025 – Anticipated program released

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Guidelines/Directions

Download Template

  • Download the ASB 2025 Abstract Template below, complete it, and save as a pdf
  • Do not adjust the margins or font on the template
  • All abstract submission must use the template and stay within the one (1) page maximum

Prepare to answer

  • Title of the submission (max 255 characters). Please use sentence case only for the title (capitalize the first letter of the title and lower case for all other letters unless required) and do not include a period (.) at the end of the title
  • A short abstract summary to introduce and highlight the submission. This may be used to promote the submission in the meeting program, website or meeting app (max 1000 characters)
  • Preferred presentation format: Oral/Poster or Poster Only (If you submit a proposal for an oral/poster your submission will be considered for either format; if you select poster and the abstract is accepted, you will present a poster no matter the abstract score)
  • Your name, affiliation/institution and email address as the submitter and contact for the submission
  • The names, affiliations and email addresses for all authors in the order they are to appear in the program
  • Name of presenting author
  • Membership information, including member level and membership number
  • Position/Level of presenter (Undergraduate, Masters, PhD, PostDoc, Early Career Faculty, Established Faculty, Industry, Science Policy, Other)
  • Indicate interest in being considered for a student abstract award or the Three-Minute Thesis competition
  • If the abstract is supported by an ASB Grant-in-Aid (GIA)
  • Submission theme(s)/keyword(s) that best matches your research (choose up to 3). Note, the keywords will be used to determine session placement.  Please choose the most specific terms to enhance session cohesiveness.
  • Submit the abstract via ASB’s online abstract management system. As part of the submission process you will be required to upload your .pdf using the required abstract template

Note – The American Society of Biomechanics expects that all submissions represent original work that have not been previously presented elsewhere.  While the ASB encourages authors to further develop their works into full length journal publications, the ASB expects that authors of ASB abstracts not send those same abstracts to other national or international conferences.  Should there be new data or part of an ongoing study, we welcome the submission.

ASB 2025 Themes/Keywords

Aging

Animals and Comparative

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Balance and Posture

Education and Outreach in Biomechanics

Ergonomics and Occupational Biomechanics

Footwear

Imaging

Impact Biomechanics and Trauma

Locomotion

Medical Devices

Methods Development and Validation

Military and Veteran’s Health

Movement Disorders

Muscle Mechanics

Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation

Neuroscience and Motor Control

Orthopaedic Biomechanics

Prosthetics and Orthotics

Pediatrics

Rehabilitation

Slips, Trips and Falls

Sports Biomechanics and Injuries

Tissue and Organ Biomechanics

Trunk and Spine

Upper Limb

Wearable Sensors and IoT

Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

We will offer a three-minute thesis (3MT) competition at the upcoming ASB 2025 meeting. Graduate students submitting abstracts to the meeting interested in participating in the 3MT competition are strongly encouraged to check the box on the abstract submission page. Winner(s) of the 3MT contest will receive a $300 check.

3MT presentations should cover the entire body of work in a participant’s dissertation and not a singular study. Participation in the 3MT competition is separate from any accepted presentation(s) for the annual meeting.

Interested students will be contacted shortly after the abstract submission deadline and asked to provide additional information to help the Awards Committee select finalists for the upcoming meeting. Finalists will be informed in May.

Submitters will be notified in late May as to the acceptance of their submission.  If you do not hear from us by the end of May, please contact us via email and include the Abstract ID number.

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