Monday, September 10, 2012

Upcoming Event - Tour of Dr. Bir's Lab @ Wayne State

Event: Tour of Dr. Cynthia Bir’s Impact Biomechanics Lab at Wayne State University
Date: October 23, 2012
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: Wayne State University, Biomedical Engineering Building, 818 W. Hancock, Detroit, MI 48201
Cost: $5
Parking: Map and parking information will be provided to those that RSVP
Point of contact: Faith Kurily faith.kurily@swe.org
Other info:

Please RSVP by October 17.

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS ONLY OPEN TO SWE-DETROIT MEMBERS.

Come tour the impact biomechanics lab at Wayne State University!  Dr. Cindy Bir is a professor of Biomedical Engineering at Wayne State.  She also stars on ESPN’s “Sports Science”, which won one of the two Sports Emmy Awards for which it was nominated this year.  Dr. Bir will discuss her background and also give us a tour of her lab.  Her research interests include: Biomechanical Analysis of MTBI Associated with Football, Evaluation of the Cumulative Concussive Effect of Heading in Youth Soccer, The Biomechanics of Wakeboarding, Evaluation of Acceleration Techniques for Measuring Head Impact Biomechanics, Correlation Between Punch Dynamics and Risk of Injury: Biomedical Analysis of a Boxer's Punch, Assessment of MTBI in Female Boxers. 


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