Tuesday, November 9, 2021 from 5 - 6 pm, ET
How has technology and data science changed sports and athletes? How can we use technology and data science to understand how athletes move and prevent injuries? Educators, students and community members are welcome to join us on an exploration of how STEM topics and skills intersect with our modern lives.
Watch the recording on YouTube and find resources and slides on the Lab Bench.
Speaker Information
Ajit Chaudhari, Ph.D. FACSM is a Professor of Physical Therapy, Orthopedics, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at The Ohio State University. Dr. Chaudhari's research focuses on the basic question: Can we better understand how movement-related injuries and diseases happen by studying the human body as a mechanical system? He is also interested in the role of core stability in the prevention and treatment of injuries across the entire body, the mechanisms behind overuse running and throwing injuries and the effects of chemotherapy, osteoarthritis, total knee arthroplasty and lower extremity amputation on gait and balance.
Meghan Magee, MS, CSCS, CISSN is a PhD student in the School of Kinesiology at George Mason University where she is an instructor for the undergraduate Kinesiology program. Her presentation will discuss comprehensive athlete load monitoring, a complex process which involves evaluating internal load measurements, external load measurements, wellness measures, and various biomarkers. This information allows us to better program training and nutrition plans to address the needs of the athletes based upon the loads they are experiencing during practices and competitions. Furthermore, continuing to understand how load impacts various biomarkers and wellness will allow us to keep our athletes healthy and reduce the risk of injury.
Lloyd V. Smith, Ph.D. is a Professor of Mechanical and Material Engineering at Washington State University. Dr. Smith runs the Sports Science Laboratory (SSL), specializing in the dynamics of bat and ball collisions. The results of this work help regulating agencies better understand equipment performance through experimental testing and numeric models. The lab is certified with the NCAA, USA Softball, and USA Baseball and contracts with bat and ball manufacturers to verify compliance and evaluate prototype products.