Our lab is directed by Dr. Antonia Zaferiou and part of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Missions
Our research focuses on understanding and improving human movement mechanics. Specifically, we are interested in (1) uncovering strategies people use to achieve the mechanical objectives of turning maneuvers and (2) developing interactive sound-based personalized biofeedback. We are developing systems with which people can interactively “tune” sound/music biofeedback to tune their movement strategies. Recently, our lab has been awarded an NSF CAREER award titled “Adaptive Biofeedback to Improve Balance during Everyday Mobility” to advance this mission.
In addition to our research focal points, we are committed to sharing our passion for biomechanics with the public and next generation of STEAM leaders. Please check out our STEM Outreach and Biomechanics Videos pages (in progress) for more information.
Aligned with our missions, we hosted the Seventh International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO’20) July 15-17th 2020, which celebrated the work of transdisciplinary scholars and practitioners.
Our newest research evaluates how music can be incorporated into movement training
Tillman, M., Dahl, L., Knowlton, C., Zaferiou, A. (2020) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing. https://doi.org/10.1145/3401956.3404244
Dahl, L., Knowlton, C., Zaferiou, A. (2019) Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Movement and Computing. doi 10.1145/3347122.3359600
Sports Biomechanics Projects
Baseball Pitching and Batting: With support from a Major League Baseball grant, our team is better understanding batting and pitching from the ground-up. We are leveraging raw signals from wearable sensors known as Inertial Measurement Units and we are using portable forceplates to study these complex motions that require coupled translation and rotation at a whole body level. It has been exciting to establish these projects at Stevens Institute of Technology, because the Stevens family played a part in baseball’s origins in Hoboken, NJ!
Other Sports Research: Other topics of interest include dance and basketball biomechanics, and student-driven projects in which student learn first-hand about the mechanics behind their favorite physical activities and develop training technology.
Example wearable sensor data across multiple baseball pitches.
Continue by learning about our team, our STEM education outreach, or see our growing collection of biomechanics videos.