Meeting Awards
At each Annual Meeting, ASB honors excellence in research presented at the meeting. Individual meeting awards are selected based on the quality of the abstract submissions and oral presentations (Journal of Biomechanics and Clinical Biomechanics Awards) or the quality of a poster presentation (President’s Award). The winners of the meeting awards are announced at the close of the meeting. Please note that the awards do not support any kind of indirect costs of research.
JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS AWARD
Recognizes substantive and conceptually novel mechanics approaches explaining how biological systems function.
2022 Award Winner
Direct intraoperative length-tension measurements of human gracilis muscle
Benjamin I. Binder-Markey, Lomas S. Persad, Alexander Y. Shin, William Litchy, Kenton R. Kaufman, and Richard L. Lieber
Past Journal of Biomechanics Winners
2021
Exploring the functional boundaries and metabolism of triceps surae force-length relations during walking
Callum J. Funk, Rebecca L. Krupenevich, Gregory S. Sawicki, and Jason R. Franz
2020
Katherine Knauss and Silvia Blemker, University of Virginia
2019
Olivia M. G. Aguiar, et al, Simon Fraser University
CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS AWARD
Recognizes outstanding new biomechanics research targeting a contemporary clinical problem.
2022 Award Winner
Characterization of elbow flexion recovery following surgery for traumatic brachial plexus injury
Eric J. Noonan, Sandesh G. Bhat, Griffin Mess, Emily Miller, Paul Kane, Alexander Y. Shin, Kenton R. Kaufman
Past Clinical Biomechanics Award
2021
Redistribution of muscular work by children with cerebral palsy walking in crouch
Anahid Ebrahimi, Michael Schwartz, Jack Martin, Tom Novacheck, and Darryl Thelen
2020
Nicholas Kreter, et al, University of Utah
2019
Stephan Bodkin and Joseph Hart, University of Virginia
President’s Award
Recognizes the best abstract/poster during Annual ASB Meeting.
2022 Award Winner
Human navigation of complex curvilinear paths
Anna Render and Jonathan Dingwell
Past President's Award Winners
2021
SHH! Quiet Running Promotes Sustained Reduction in Ground Reaction Force
Kevin Dames, Darah Rothstein, Larissa True, and Jacqueline Augustine
SUNY Cortland & New Mexico State University
2020
Cesar Castano and Helen Huang, University of Central Florida
2019
Peter Fino and Martina Mancini, Oregon Health & Science University