Announcing the Winners of Seed for Science 2024: EMG in Unity

Seed for Science 2024 had an exciting spin: EMG in Unity! EMG alongside augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) can enable digital twins, aid in telerehabilitation, control human-computer interactions, and provide neuromuscular feedback for gamified sports training. Through Unity, a game development platform that enables users to design real-time applications featuring AR/VR, physiological sensing can be […]

De Luca Foundation (DLF) Launches Generous In-Kind EMG Equipment Matching Donation to Fuel the Growth of Next-Generation Sports Scientists, Physiology, & Engineers

Exclusive Starter Kit Program in India In-kind EMG equipment donation initiative is a grass-root movement aimed at supporting professional advancement of individuals pursuing applied or basic exploration of Human Movement Sciences. Through this program, the foundation will contribute 85%* towards the total cost a 2-sensor Trigno Mobile EMG system or a 2-sensor Trigno Lite EMG […]

De Luca Foundation Announces Dr. Rajinikumar Palaniyappan as New Advisor

The De Luca Foundation is excited to welcome Dr. Rajinikumar Palaniyappan to our Board of Advisors! Dr. Rajinikumar is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Biomechanics and Kinesiology at Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (TNPESU). During his current professorship at TNPESU, Dr. Rajinikumar established the Centre of Excellence in […]

Seed for Science Winner’s Story: Understanding Fatigue in Patients with Long COVID

Agostina Casamento-Moran, Post Doctoral Studies in Computational Neuroscience Agostina Casamento-Moran, a post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, is one of the winners of the 2023 Seed for Science initiative for her research project Physiological Mechanisms of Post-Exertional Malaise in Long COVID. To support further research of her project, the De Luca Foundation has awarded her […]

Supporting Research in India: Winners of the First Ever Integrative Motion Award

Breaking Barriers of Movement Science Research The De Luca Foundation is spreading our passion for research and innovation across the globe. Through the Integrative Motion Award, we are providing funding and equipment to regions that have a young, but promising, research culture. For the first year of the Integrative Motion Award, the De Luca Foundation […]

10 Winners of the Inaugural Joseph Hamill Access to Science Award Have Been Selected

The Winners Have Been Chosen! The De Luca Foundation is excited to announce that 54 students have applied to the first ever Joseph Hamill Access to Science Award, and the top 10 have been selected! In partnership with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the De Luca Foundation is supporting student travel to international conferences. […]