In April, Brooke Slavens, associate professor, mechanical engineering, hosted 29 MPS students—from Golda Meir—in her Mobility Lab, where she introduced them to the scientific field of biomechanics. The students were on a STEM-related field trip spurred by National Biomechanics Day, a world-wide celebration of biomechanics in its many forms for high school students and teachers. The event was supported by a grant from The Biomechanics Initiative, Inc.
The following people helped lead and run various hands-on demonstrations and activities: Alyssa Schnorenberg, associate director of the Mobility Lab and a scientist in the Mechanical Engineering Department; postdoc fellow Maja Gorsic; and graduate students from the REHAB student organization—Caleb Cordes, Grace Fasipe and Maddy Mach.