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) […]
2 Winners Selected to Receive Delsys Hand Performance Monitors (Round 2)
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Jose Manresa of the National University of Entre Rios (Argentina), and Dr. Leonardo Elias of the University of Campinas (Brazil) as the latest recipients of Mobile EMG equipment, as part of our ongoing Equipment Donation Initiative. Dr. Manresa will be receiving a Hand Performance Monitor to assess quantitative […]
18th Annual Delsys Prize
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce the 18th Annual Delsys Prize – Promoting Innovation in Electromyography. The Delsys Prize is an annual competition established in 2003 by Professor Carlo J. De Luca to promote innovative uses of Electromyography. It recognizes advancements in the understanding, techniques/technologies or applications of the Electromyographic signal. The winner […]
3 Winners Selected to Receive Mobile EMG Equipment (Round 1)
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Irene DiGiulio of King’s College London, Dr. Thomas Engleder of the University of Applied Sciences Ulm, and Dr. Brendan O’Brien of St. Vincent’s Private Hospital as the first 3 recipients of Mobile EMG equipment, as part of our ongoing Equipment Donation Initiative. Dr. DiGiulio will be receiving a Hand Performance Monitor, for studying […]
Feeding Learning & Discoveries in Movement Sciences Through EMG Equipment Donation
De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce the 2020 Equipment Donation Initiative of 12 Mobile EMG + Force Assessment systems valued @ 42,000 USD. The purpose of the initiative is to encourage future generations of Biomechanists, Ergonomists, Exercise Physiologists, and Physiotherapists to develop their area of expertise using simple, yet powerful, mobile tools and technologies. […]
2019 Year in Review
2019 was yet another successful year for the De Luca Foundation, as we continued to diversify our means of support to the biomechanics community. We established a new App Development Competition that provides cash and lab equipment for developing EMG-centric applications for mobile devices with real-world viability in the areas of rehabilitation, sport, ergonomics, education […]
Prof. Bart Jansen (Belgium) Wins Phase II of DLF App Development Competition
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Phase II App Development Competition is Prof. Bart Jansen of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Using a 2-Sensor Trigno Avanti Mobile System kindly provided by Delsys, Inc., Prof. Jansen and his team developed “Ghostly,” a game-based rehabilitation app for patients with motor and neuromuscular disorders. […]
Winner of the 17th Annual Delsys Prize – Ms. Shriya Srinivasan (Harvard-MIT)
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce that the 17th annual Delsys Prize for innovation in electromyography was awarded to Ms. Shriya Srinivasan of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology. Ms. Srinivasan’s winning proposal, titled, “‘Empowering the EMG Signal Source’: Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interfaces for Neuroprosthetic Control,” was selected from a field of 182 entries […]
Winner of the 2019 Carlo De Luca Emerging Scientist Award
On behalf of ISB, we have the great pleasure to announce that the winner of the 2019 Carlo De Luca Emerging Scientist Award sponsored by the De Luca Foundation is Dr. Adrian Ka Ming Lai, Simon Fraser University, Canada, for his work titled “Reverse engineering motor unit recruitment: A framework for studying motor unit recruitment during […]
De Luca Foundation Thanks ISB Prof. Joseph Hamill
Natick, Mass. Aug. 2, 2019—The De Luca Foundation thanks Prof. Joseph Hamill, ISB President 2017-19, for his long-standing support of the Motor Control Group initiative and the vision of the De Luca Foundation. On July 31, 2019 the Motor Control Group was officially recognized as a Technical Group of the ISB; Prof. Hamill was the driving force behind […]