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Tarkesh Singh @tarkeshsingh.bsky.social · 8d

The Department of Kinesiology at Penn State is inviting applications for an open-rank faculty position in sensorimotor control and rehabilitation neuroscience. Please share this opportunity with interested colleagues in your network.

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Open-Rank Faculty Position in Sensorimotor Control and Rehabilitation Neuroscience

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · 8d

Tenure-track faculty position at Assistant or Associate Professor rank, including expertise in Biomechanics, available in the Dept. of Kinesiology, University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA, about 50 miles south of DC):

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Assistant/Associate Professor of Biological Sciences - Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

Title: Assistant/Associate Professor of Biological Sciences VP Area: Provost - UMW Department: Biological Sciences Campus Location: Main Campus Advertised Range: Commensurate with experience Job S...

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · 13d

Wandered into the lab and it appeared there were some big questions being tackled this week.

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Jocelyn Hafer @jocelynhafer.bsky.social · 16d

Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at UD is hiring a biomechanist! We invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a preferred research focus in musuloskeletal modeling.
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University of Delaware - Details - Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · 29d

Please repost! We have a second biomechanics faculty position!

This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you don't know of it already, PyDy is a fantastic Python "tool kit" for multibody dynamics. I use it extensively in a graduate course for generating symbolic equations of motion.

github.com/pydy/pydy

GitHub - pydy/pydy: Multibody dynamics tool kit.

Multibody dynamics tool kit. Contribute to pydy/pydy development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Owen Beck @owen1beck.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Exercise Science - Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin - Biomch-L

The University of Texas at Austin: College of Education: Department of Kinesiology and Health Education Description The Department of Kinesiology and Health Education is seeking a faculty member wit...

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Sep 6

And of course:

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Sep 6

In my large (biomech) class I use super-heroes to introduce laws of physics by how heroes violate them, these are my four favorites (Optimus Prime gets top billing of course).

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Matlab Script Editor window should be undocked from the rest of Matlab, I will brook no counterarguments.

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 30

So far, I'll take Rocco Becht!

Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 29

I am biased of course, but great dissertation study from Sam Snyder, we miss her!

"Prediction of knee loads during activities of daily living using custom instrumented insoles and machine learning"

It worked pretty well for everything except sit-to-stand.

Prediction of knee loads during activities of daily living using custom instrumented insoles and machine learning

Medial joint contact force, knee adduction moment, and knee flexion moment are key mechanical risk factors of knee osteoarthritis, yet calculating the…

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 29

Excited for this! I don't suppose you know if there will be a US edition? Bloomsbury is only listing a UK edition at the moment.

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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please repost!

We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky

Tenure-track Faculty Position in Biomechanics (Open Rank), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA - Biomch-L

The School of Kinesiology (http://kines.umich.edu) at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate...

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 26

In cartilage, greater stresses at faster strain rates is perhaps more "ecological" (deform faster = stiffer = load distributed over smaller surface area = greater stress from that load), but I'm not a tendon expert and not sure if that same argument extends to tendon loading. [4/4]

Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 26

Potential confounder that the tendons were loaded with greater absolute stresses at faster strain rates (same stress relative to yield strength). Would like to see a replication with the same absolute stresses. [3/4]

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 26

My speculative interpretation is (defining plastic deformation as "injury"): faster strain rates may be injury-preventive during that particular bout of exercise, but may predispose to future injury (more damage accumulated without stimulus to stop) if rest/recovery between bouts is lacking. [2/4]

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is a cool somewhat-recent study: rat tendons loaded cyclically to fatigue withstood more loading cycles before failure when loaded at faster strain rates: [1/4]

Tendons exhibit greater resistance to tissue and molecular-level damage with increasing strain rate during cyclic fatigue

Musculoskeletal soft connective tissues are commonly injured due to repetitive use, but the evolution of mechanical damage to the tissue structure dur…

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Jobs in Sport Science @jobsinsportscience.bsky.social · Aug 23

Title: Exercise Physiologist 
📍Place: @apple‬⁩ 🇺🇸

💰Salary: $141,800 and $258,600
 📅Deadline: -

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Exercise Physiologist - Jobs - Careers at Apple

Apply for a Exercise Physiologist job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 22

Reducing flight time during running decreases tibial-fibular strains in male runners: a finite element analysis

Reducing strains within the tibia and fibula during running may reduce the risk of stress fractures. We examined the effect of reduced flight time dur…

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 21

Manuscript titles:

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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · Aug 19

Please repost. The School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan is seeking applications and nominations for our next Dean!

Click the "leadership profile" link on the careers page below for full details. And Go Blue!

Dean, School of Kinesiology | U-M Careers

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 17

Personalised gait retraining for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial

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Redirecting

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · Aug 16

Great time with the current and recent lab mates at #ASB2025.

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