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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'>>> Simbios Research Highlight <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'>Predictive Simulations of Walking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tim Dorn, a previous Simbios postdoctoral fellow, has developed simulation methods that can reproduce many of the salient changes observed in experimental studies of loaded and inclined walking. <a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu/">Watch the video </a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#C0504D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'>>> Simbios News<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://simtk.org/home/openmm"><span style='color:#943634'>OpenMM 6.1 Released</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>This latest version of our accelerated molecular dynamics code for GPUs includes support for the AMOEBA 2013 force field, the CHARMM polarizable force field, new types of virtual sites, and more.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'>>> Upcoming Events and Opportunities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu/support/event_details.html?id=113&title=Webinar-OpenSim-for-Open-Source-Musculoskeletal-Modeling-and-Simulation-Roadmap-for-the-Future"><span style='color:#943634'>Webinar: OpenSim for Open-Source Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation: Roadmap for the Future</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>October 30, 2014 at 10:00am PDT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://web.cs.uh.edu/~cosine/cosine5.html"><span style='color:#943634'>Annual International Conference in Computational Surgery</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>January 19-21, 2015 in Bethesda, MD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://www.asma.org/annual-meetings/call-for-papers"><span style='color:#943634'>Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace Medicine Association</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'>Session: Computational Modeling in Aerospace Medical Operations and Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>May 10-15, 2015 in Lake Buena Vista, FL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Abstract Deadline: October 31, 2014<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ceweb/ices/"><span style='color:#943634'>International Conference on Environmental Systems</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'>Session: Computational Modeling for Human Health and Performance Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>July 12-16, 2015 in Seattle, WA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Abstract Deadline: November 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/Mod4Sim15"><span style='color:#943634'>International Workshop on Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering (Mod4Sim)</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>April 12-15, 2015 in Alexandria, VA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Paper Deadline: November 10, 2014<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Job Opening:</span></b><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> </span><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/http:/www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/"><span style='color:#943634'>Mobility and Robotic Systems Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory</span></a> </span><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Openings at multiple levels. <span style='color:black'>Candidates with Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D.s are encouraged to apply. We will consider US persons (citizens or permanent residents) for Bachelors and Master level candidates. Foreign nationals with a Ph.D. are encouraged to apply. While the immediate emphasis is on computational engineering, candidates with technical expertise in different areas of robotics are encouraged to apply. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Desired traits: *General understanding and application of standard principles, theories, concepts and techniques in kinematics, dynamics and control of robotic systems. *High level of skill in use of C, C++ and Python programming languages. *Candidates with a Ph.D. should have a strong technical preparation and research interest in their respective field of expertise substantiated by a strong publication record. *Knowledge and experience with: modeling and simulation software development, analysis of robotics systems, use & development of high performance computing software. Email </span><a href="mailto:Rudranarayan.M.Mukherjee@jpl.nasa.gov">Rudranarayan.M.Mukherjee@jpl.nasa.gov</a> for more information.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu/">Simbios</a> is the NIH-funded center on physics-based simulations of biological structures, supported through grant U54 GM072970 as part of the <a href="http://ncbcs.org/">National Centers for Biomedical Computing</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>---<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Joy P. Ku, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Director, </span><a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Simbios</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Director of Communications & Training, </span><a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>NCSRR</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Stanford University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>(w) 650.736.8434, (f) 650.723.7461<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:joyku@stanford.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>joyku@stanford.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>