{"id":2307,"date":"2024-04-02T03:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/neuromechanicslab\/?page_id=2307"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:58:19","slug":"in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/neuromechanicslab\/online-content\/in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Date<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Published By<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Aug<br>2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Georgia Tech<br>Neuro Next Initiative<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\/collaborative-graduate-training-computational-neural-engineering-expands\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\/collaborative-graduate-training-computational-neural-engineering-expands\">Collaborative Graduate Training in Computational Neural Engineering Expands<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mar<br>2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Georgia Tech<br>College of Sciences<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-partners-15m-nsf-grant-explore-muscle-dynamics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia Tech Partners on $15M NSF Grant to Explore Muscle Dynamics<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Feb<br>2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Georgia Tech <br>College of Engineering<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/help-recover-balance-robotic-exoskeletons-have-be-faster-human-reflexes?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=news#To%20Help%20Recover%20Balance,%20Robotic%20Exoskeletons%20Have%20to%20be%20Faster%20Than%20Human%20Reflexes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To Help Recover Balance, Robotic Exoskeletons Have to be Faster Than Human Reflexes<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Feb<br>2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">The Conversation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/faster-than-reflexes-robo-boots-boost-balance-199485\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/faster-than-reflexes-robo-boots-boost-balance-199485\">Faster-than-reflexes&nbsp;robo-boots&nbsp;boost&nbsp;balance<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Oct<br>2021<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">GT\/Emory<br>Biomedical Engineering<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/news\/ting-appointed-mccamish-distinguished-chair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ting Appointed to McCamish Distinguished Chair<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Feb<br>2020<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">GT\/Emory<br>Biomedical Engineering<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.sandbox.research.gatech.edu\/lena-ting-elevated-new-appointment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lena Ting Elevated to New Appointment<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sept<br>2019<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">GT\/Emory<br>Biomedical Engineering<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/news\/improved-understanding-spasticity-using-pendulum-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Improved Understanding of Spasticity Using the Pendulum Test<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">May<br>2019<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">American Society of Mechanical Engineers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asme.org\/topics-resources\/content\/game-theory-helps-robot-design?_gl=1*kyw1vr*_gcl_au*MTcwMTc5Mzg0OC4xNzEzNDU4OTkx*_ga*MTM3MjY0ODI1LjE3MTM0NTg5OTE.*_ga_3DH4W3W6HS*MTcxMzQ1ODk5MS4xLjEuMTcxMzQ1OTQyMi4xMS4wLjA.&amp;_ga=2.202781585.1478811411.1713458991-137264825.1713458991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game Theory Helps Robot Design<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">May<br>2018<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Atlanta Business Chronicle<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/news\/2018\/05\/18\/engineering-training-helps-georgia-tech-researcher.html\">Engineering training helps Emory-Georgia Tech researcher treat movement disorders<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Nov<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">GT\/Emory<br>Biomedical Engineering<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/news\/force-muscle-spindles#:~:text=In%20general%2C%20the%20idea%20established,force%20instead%2C%E2%80%9D%20Ting%20says.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Force is with Muscle Spindles<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Oct<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">GT\/Emory<br>Biomedical Engineering<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/news\/lena-ting-receives-26-million-nih-grant-identify-balance-impairment-mechanisms-those\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lena Ting Receives $2.6 Million NIH Grant to Identify Balance Impairment Mechanisms for those with Parkinson&#8217;s Disease<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">U.S.News<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-care\/articles\/2017-07-12\/taking-the-stairs-may-soon-get-easier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taking the Stairs May Soon Get Easier<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Smithsonian Magazine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/new-assistive-stairs-put-spring-your-step-180964019\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/new-assistive-stairs-put-spring-your-step-180964019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Assistive Stairs Put a Spring in Your Step<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">The Conversation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/dancing-toward-better-physical-rehabilitation-79539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dancing toward better physical rehabilitation<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">The Conversation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/energy-recycling-stairs-could-add-a-spring-to-your-step-80720#comment_1344571\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/energy-recycling-stairs-could-add-a-spring-to-your-step-80720#comment_1344571\">Energy-recycling&nbsp;stairs could add a spring to your&nbsp;step<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">May<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NPR.org<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/05\/25\/530046238\/scientists-pinpoint-how-a-flamingo-balances-on-one-leg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scientists pinpoint how a flamingo balances on one leg<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">May<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">The Atlantic<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2017\/05\/flamingos-one-leg\/527781\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Flamingos Are More Stable on One Leg Than Two<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">May<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">The Conversation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/neuromechanics-of-flamingos-amazing-feats-of-balance-78160\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/neuromechanics-of-flamingos-amazing-feats-of-balance-78160\">Neuromechanics of flamingos\u2019 amazing feats of&nbsp;balance<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Feb<br>2017<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Georgia Tech<br>Research Horizons<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nec.gatech.edu\/making-sense-neural-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Making Sense of the Neural Network<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Oct<br>2016<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emory News Center<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2016\/10\/mckay_lucas_grants\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NIH grants support research on balance in Parkinson&#8217;s and other diseases<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Oct<br>2016<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emory News Center<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2016\/10\/ting_mckay_tango_study\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research shows Adapted Tango program alters balance control in Parkinson&#8217;s disease patients<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Apr<br>2016<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emory News Center<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.emory.edu\/stories\/2016\/04\/lena_ting_aimbe_fellow\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lena Ting inducted into medical and biological engineering elite<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Nov<br>2015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">American Physiological Society<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2015\/11\/ting_ballet_and_neural_control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Study finds ballet training may improve balance and coordination in daily activities<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Oct<br>2015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Georgia Tech<br>College of Engineering<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/georgia-tech-emory-unite-train-healthcare-roboticists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia Tech, Emory Unite to Train Healthcare Roboticists<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July<br>2015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Georgia Tech<br>Research Horizons<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2015\/07\/ting_essay_exploring_motor_function\/campus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taking an interdisciplinary approach to exploring motor function<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Spring<br>2015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emory Medicine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emorymedicinemagazine.emory.edu\/archives\/issues\/2012\/spring\/briefs\/letting-the-robot-lead\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Letting the robot lead<br>Pioneering technology to improve stability in older adults<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Winter<br>2012<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emory Magazine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emory.edu\/EMORY_MAGAZINE\/issues\/2012\/winter\/of-note\/robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I, Helper-Robots as personal assistants can pick up, clean up, even dance<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sept<br>2011<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">U.S. National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=121829&amp;org=NSF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Insights From Biological World to Inspire New Engineering Capabilities<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sept<br>2011<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emory Reports<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emory.edu\/EMORY_REPORT\/stories\/2011\/09\/research_therapeutic_robot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robots as rehab assistants? <\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July<br>2009<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">IEEE Spectrum<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/monkeys-control-computer-with-thought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monkey&#8217;s Brain Can &#8220;Plug and Play&#8221; to Control Computer With Thought<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Autumn<br>2007<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emory Magazine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emory.edu\/EMORY_MAGAZINE\/2007\/autumn\/balance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Staying in balance<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sept<br>1994<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Discover Magazine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/planet-earth\/see-how-they-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See How They Run<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p 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