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Dr. Beck and his colleagues at Georgia Tech discovered that habitually wearing high heels restructures user calf muscles and tendons in a way that enables them to walk using less effort – even after they change shoes.

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Jason Cullum

Congratulations to Jason Cullum for earning an Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the UT Austin Undergraduate College. This fellowship provides $1,000 to cover costs associated with Jason’s research proposal, “How Does Leg Muscle-Tendon Stiffness Drive Preferred Movement Frequencies and Metabolic Shifts Across the Lifespan?”. The lab is looking forward to Jason’s discoveries!


The Human Locomotion Laboratory Presents at the American Society of Biomechanics National Conference in Knoxville Tennessee!!

Photo of Negin Fallah in front of her presentation
Negin Fallah showing that it takes less energy to perform a task with the ankle compared to the hip
Dr. Owen Beck standing before a presentation
Dr. Owen Beck explaining that footwear design can be used to remodel leg muscle-tendon structure

The Human Locomotion Lab attends South Central American Society of Biomechanics

Dr. Owen Beck and members of the Human Locomotion Lab

Exoskeletons need to react faster than physiological responses to improve standing balance

Dr. Beck’s research was featured on the February 2023 cover of Science Robotics and found that the key to augmenting balance is to have boots that can act faster than human reaction times.

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