De Luca Foundation Announces Sponsorship of 4-Month Co-Op Position
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce their sponsorship of a 4-month Co-Op position, beginning May 2021 and subsequently operating on a rolling basis. Selected candidates will have the opportunity to work with leading scientists and engineers of the movement sciences field at Altec Inc. The position will immerse research-minded engineering students into an active, […]
Final 3 Winners of Mobile Equipment Donation Initiative to Receive Avanti Mobile Systems (Round 5)
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Charalambos Charalambous (University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus), Dr. Francois Hug (University of Nantes, France), and Dr. Ganesh Bapat (Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India) as the final recipients of Mobile EMG equipment, as part of our 2020 Mobile Equipment Donation Initiative. Dr. Charalambous will be receiving a 2-Sensor Trigno Avanti […]
2020 Year in Review
2020 was a year unlike any other. Due to the global health pandemic caused by COVID-19, people and organizations around the world had to adapt to an ever-changing landscape of shutdowns and health guidelines, while attempting to maintain “normal” operations. Recognizing this, the De Luca Foundation had to be flexible in its own respect – […]
2 New Winners of Mobile Equipment Donation Initiative to Receive Avanti Mobile Systems (Round 4)
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Ms. Elissa Embrechts (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Dr. Pablo Iturralde (Universidad Catolica del Uruguay, Uruguay) as the latest recipients of Mobile EMG equipment, as part of our ongoing Equipment Donation Initiative. Ms. Embrechts will be receiving a 2-Sensor Trigno Avanti Mobile System, for investigating the relationship between spatial neglect and motor […]
Happy 100th Birthday to Giuseppina De Luca
The De Luca Foundation, Delsys, Inc. and Altec, Inc. join the families in Canada and Italy in expressing sincere gratitude to Ms. Giuseppina De Luca in shaping the life and the legacy of her cherished son Professor Carlo J. De Luca (Boston, MA). We are indebted to her sacrifices that have laid the foundations of our success today, and […]
Prof. Karl Zelik: Inspiring Bioscience Entrepreneur
On the eve of the anniversary of Prof. Carlo De Luca’s passing, Delsys and the De Luca Foundation are proud to recognize the academic and entrepreneurial accomplishments of Prof. Karl Zelik. Like Prof. De Luca, Prof. Zelik represents a rare breed of movement scientist cum entrepreneur, whose work features in prestigious scientific and business journals […]
2 New Winners of Mobile Equipment Donation Initiative to Receive Hand Performance Monitors (Round 3)
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Lisa MacFadden (Sanford Health, USA) and Dr. Nicholas Coker (Springfield College, USA) as the latest recipients of Mobile EMG equipment, as part of our ongoing Equipment Donation Initiative. Dr. MacFadden will be receiving a Hand Performance Monitor, to use as an evaluation tool in sport biomechanics studies, as well as to […]
Winners of the De Luca Foundation’s Covid-19 Donation Initiative
De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce the winners: $30k in COVID financial aid awarded to Graduate and Post-doctoral students worldwide
To strengthen the hands of future MOVEMENT SCIENTISTS during these difficult times, the De Luca Foundation is supporting 30 graduate students and post-docs each with $1,000.00 USD. While researchers worldwide have been affected by the COVID-19 situation, those experiencing the largest strains are graduate students and post-docs who rely solely on grants and stipends to progress both science and […]
Congratulations to Michael Twardowski, research engineer at Delsys/Altec Inc, for defending his PhD dissertation
We are proud to announce that Michael Twardowski, research engineer at Delsys and Altec Inc, defended his dissertation yesterday. Michael’s doctoral research has made substantial contributions in the field of human machine interfaces, translating motor unit firings and action potentials measured from NeuroMap technology for proportional, multi-DOF control of prosthetic, robotic or exoskeleton devices. Committee members including Dr. Zhi (Jane) […]