<div class="im" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div>OpenSim Community -</div><div><br></div>We have lots of news and upcoming events to share, as well as ways for you to get involved with the OpenSim project:<div>
<br></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Join the OpenSim Team at Stanford as a Biomechanics Research Assistant</b></div><div class="im" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<div>We are looking for a research assistant with a BS or MS and OpenSim experience to:</div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Help create educational materials, including videos, software examples, and online training manuals</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Conduct software testing and usability assessment</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Assist with OpenSim outreach and community building activities</li></ul><div><font color="#000000"><a href="http://stanford.io/1480QhG" target="_blank">Read the full job listing and apply here</a>.</font></div>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="im"><br><div><b>OpenSim Project Charts a Software and Community Roadmap</b></div><div>The reception to OpenSim 3.0 has been great, with nearly 2000 downloads so far. Our team just held an extensive round of planning to shape the next release, incorporating all the feedback we've gotten from the OpenSim community. Check out the <a href="http://simtk-confluence.stanford.edu:8080/display/OpenSim/OpenSim+Project+Roadmap" target="_blank">OpenSim Project Roadmap</a> which summarizes our plans. </div>
<div><br></div></div><div>We encourage you to send us feedback on the roadmap! Are we hitting key user needs? Are we missing any big opportunities? How else can we encourage community engagement? </div><div class="im"><div>
<br></div><div><b>2012 Visting Scholar Andrew Anderson Awarded NIH R21</b></div><div>We are pleased to announce that past NCSRR <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/scholars.html" target="_blank">Visiting Scholar</a>, <a href="http://medicine.utah.edu/orthopaedics/physicians/faculty/anderson.htm" target="_blank">Andrew Anderson</a>, has recently been awarded an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health for his project, "Musculoskeletal and Finite Element Modeling of Femoroacetabular Impingement." The project builds on his work with OpenSim as a scholar.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Download Our Muscle Model Review Paper and Benchmark Simulations</b></div><div>Matthew Millard and colleagues have published a paper reviewing the new muscle models in OpenSim. You can download their paper and the benchmark simulations from their <a href="https://simtk.org/home/opensim_muscle" target="_blank">Simtk Project Page</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Participate in Upcoming Events</b></div><div>We have several events coming up in the next few months:</div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">April 3 - <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/event_details.html?id=59&title=OpenSim-Workshop-at-CMBBE" target="_blank">OpenSim Workshop at CMBBE</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">June 10 - <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/event_details.html?id=61&title=OpenSim-Tutorial-at-Dynamic-Walking-Conference" target="_blank">OpenSim Tutorial at the Dynamic Walking Conference</a></li>
</ul></div></div><div><b>Webinar Series to Start Again Soon</b></div><div>Stay tuned for the return of the webinar series this spring. Email me if you're interested in giving a webinar. It's a great opportunity to get exposure for your research. Please include a potential topic.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Jen</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><span><b><font color="#333333">Jennifer Hicks, Ph.D.</font></b></span><div><font color="#333333">Associate Director | <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/about/index.html" target="_blank">NCSRR</a><br>
R&D Manager | <a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu/" target="_blank">OpenSim</a> </font></div><div><font color="#333333">Stanford University<br><a value="+16504984403">650-498-4403</a> | <a href="mailto:jenhicks@stanford.edu" target="_blank">jenhicks@stanford.edu</a></font></div>