Research News

Dr. Bush's lab attends SB3C conference at Seven Springs Resort in Pennsylvania. Dr. Bush intrduced the Savio Woo award winner Dr. Rita Patterson. Josh Drost presented his work on hand function. Justin Scott gave a poster on thigh and buttock soft tissue properties and the effects of body position on them.

Dr. Bush and Dr. Pelled teamed up to research movement and brain function of octopuses.

Dr. Bush was interviewed by Dalton Shetler. He asks about the work Dr. Bush and other engineers did with Nick Ward to make his brace.

Dr. Bush's team asked to help develop an protective brace for Nick Ward after he injured his hand playing basketball. Dr Bush's group scanned Nick Ward's hand so we could develop a custom device that fit every contour of his hand. We also collected force data so we could identify the type of loading the device might see during a game. Since Nick was not able to handle a ball right after surgery, Xavier Tillman filled in an conducted all the ball handling. Then Larry Drzal and his team printed palmar and dorsal shield to match the hand contours and Tom Pence's group ran a stress analysis on the structure with the applied force data. Nick wore the hand shield during the Big 10 tournament!