The Engineering Wellness and Safety Lab (EWSL) is a biomechanics lab. But what does “biomechanics” mean? To understand biomechanics, it is useful to break the word into two parts: “bio” means anything that is living, and “mechanics” is the study of motion and its causes. From the combination of these two, we discover that biomechanics is the study of how different forms of life move. This type of movement can be anything from how a person walks, to how a fish swims, or even how an insect flies. However, in the Engineering Wellness and Safety Lab, the focus is solely on the movement of humans. Biomechanics can be used in all areas of life to improve athletic performance, predict falls in elderly adults, assist in the injury recovery process, learn more about the human body, and much more. Some recent biomechanical studies that we have conducted are the study of how groceries bags affect balance, creating standards for balance testing, and a flight simulator study. Biomechanics reveals much about how the human body works. - Chris Denzinger
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