Mike Hough Our Master's student, Mr. Mike Hough, was awarded a $5000 Graduate Research and Creative Activity (GRACA) grant from UNO’s Office of Research and Creative Activity to investigate the learning and retention effects of audio stimuli on elderly gait. His research aims to develop interventions to address falls in the elderly. Mike presented results from his study, "Improving Elderly Gait with a Structured Auditory Stimulus," at UNO's 6th annual Student Research and Creative Activity Fair, for which he was awarded "Meritorious Graduate Poster."
Mike Hough placing an fNIRS cap on a subject in preparation for a data collection.
Eric Pisciotta Josh Pickhinke
Our Master's student, Mr. Josh Pickhinke, was awarded a Graduate Research and Creative Activity (GRACA) grant from UNO’s Office of Research and Creative Activity. This $5000 grant will support his research on how the visual system contributes to movement variability and balance control during walking. In addition, Josh received a $500 grant from the University Committee on Research and Creative Activity to provide a stipend for the research participants of his research. Also, Josh received a $500 travel award from the office of Graduate Studies which allowed him to present his project, “Varying the Speed of Perceived Self-Motion Affects Postural Control During Locomotion” at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 21 in Manhattan Beach, CA.
Eric placing reflective markers on a subject during a data collection for his Master's thesis.
Mr. Eric Pisciotta is a recipient of the UNO Advantage scholarship and the Regent’s tuition waiver. He was also awarded grants from the Graduate Research and Creative Activity (GRACA) and University Committee on Research and Creative Activity (UCRCA) for his study of plantar pressure distribution patterns in aging. Eric received an American Society of Biomechanics Student Travel Award to present research entitled "A comparison of gait parameters between patients with peripheral arteriole disease and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics in Boston, MA. 31