Listen to this fun conversation between Prof. Diaz-Artiles and Jake Robins on WeMartians podcast about our spacesuit work!
https://www.wemartians.com/podcasts/101-smartsuit-feat-ana-diaz-artiles
News
New Publication
A new lab publication is out!
Diaz-Artiles A. and Karmali F. “Vestibular precision at the level of perception, eye movements, posture, and neurons.” Neuroscience (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.05.028
BHP undergraduates received the ISGP Young Investigator Award
Undergraduates Vani Vellore, Akash Karri, and Leah Davis received the ISGP 2021 Young Investigator Award for their presentation: “Cardiovascular effects during parabolic flight: Literature review”. Congratulations! Well deserved!
Large participation of the BHP lab in the ISGP 2021 conference
The BHP lab and collaborators will have an large presence in the upcoming International Society for Gravitational Physiology (ISGP 2021) conference (https://www.isgp2021.com/), with 7 presentations:
- R. Whittle, N. Keller, L.M. Stapleton, E.A. Hall, B.J. Dunbar, A. Diaz-Artiles. Acute gravitational dose-response curves in hemodynamic and ocular variables induced by tilt
- H. Vellore, L. Davis, A. Karri, A. Diaz-Artiles. Cardiovascular effects during parabolic flight: Literature review
- M. Davis, Y. Wang, R. Woodruff, T. Wright, B.J. Dunbar, A. Diaz-Artiles, D. Kennedy. The influence of perceptual constraints on bimanual force coordination in simulated microgravity
- D. Kennedy, M. Davis, R. Woodruff, Y. Wang, T. Wright, B.J. Dunbar, A. Diaz-Artiles. The influence of altered-gravity on bimanual force coordination
- Y. Wang, M. Davis, R. Woodruff, T. Wright, B.J. Dunbar, A. Diaz-Artiles, D. Kennedy. Integrated feedback displays to facilitate bimanual coordination in simulated microgravity
- R. Woodruff, M. Davis, Y. Wang, T. Wright, B.J. Dunbar, D. Kennedy, A. Diaz-Artiles. Effect of centrifuge generated altered-gravity on bimanual coordination
- L. Kluis, C. Gillaspie, A. Diaz-Artiles. A review of ambulation energy expenditure in hypogravity analogs
Make sure to check those out!
NSTGRO NASA Fellowship Recipient
Congratulations to Renee Woodruff for receiving a 4-year NASA NSTGRO Fellowship to investigate astronaut behavioral health using Virtual Reality technologies!
New Publication
Congratulation to Blaze and Kate for their new journal publication on npj Microgravity about EVA and spacesuits!
Belobrajdic B., Melone K., Diaz-Artiles, A. “Planetary Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Risk Mitigation Strategies for Long Duration Space Missions”. NPJ Microgravity 7, 16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-021-00144-w.
New Publication
Congratulation to PhD student Rich Whittle for his new journal publication!
Whittle R.S. and Diaz-Artiles A. “Modeling Individual Differences in Cardiovascular Response to Gravitational Stress using a Sensitivity Analysis“. Journal of Applied Physiology 2021 [In Press].
A New Frontier in Space Medicine Engineering
Ph.D. student Rich Whittle was recently awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize at Cranfield University (U.K.) following his M.Sc. in Astronautics and Space Engineering. In this short video, Rich talks about his time at Cranfield and his research on emergency life support systems for lunar EVA with Wing Commander (Dr.) Pete Hodkinson RAF, the U.K.’s first aviation and space medicine consultant physician.
New Website
Welcome to the website for the new Bioastronautics and Human Performance Research Group in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. Take a look around, some parts of the site are still under construction but we are working to get things up and running.
In the mean time, follow us on Twitter using the link at the bottom of the page, or @TAMU_BHP.