<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">We
are pleased to announce our Pilot Project Program Awardees for 2014. We also have news on several upcoming events and programs.<br></span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font><b>Pilot Project Awards</b></font><br>We
got an outstanding response to our call for proposals this year. Given
the high caliber of the applicant pool, we carefully reviewed the
applications with the NCSRR Scientific
Advisory Board. </div><div>
<br></div><div><div class="im">We selected two projects for Pilot Awards: <br><ul><li>Frank
Sup, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. An improved musculoskeletal
model of below-knee amputees to aid in prosthetic design</li><li>Katherine
Steele, University of Washington. Evaluating the theoretical and
functional impacts of a synergy-based control strategy using OpenSim</li></ul>We also granted a dozen Outstanding Researcher Awards and Travel Awards, which
include funds to attend an OpenSim workshop. <br></div><ul><li>Outstanding Researcher Award Winners: Dennis Anderson, Ray Browning, Dominic Farris, Bradley Davidson, Jill Higginson</li><li>Travel
Award Winners: Ajit Chaudhari, Carrie Peterson, Stacie Ringleb, Ricardo
Matias, Gina Bertocci, Nils Hakansson, Thomas Sugar</li></ul><div class="im">See the full list
of <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/pilot.html#Awardees" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">2014 Pilot Project Program Awardees</a> on our website. Congratulations to all the winners!<br>
<br></div></div><div class="im"><div><b>Upcoming OpenSim 3.2 Software Release</b><br></div><div>We've
started preparing for our next release of OpenSim, which includes more
scripting capabilities and examples, GUI usability enhancements, and
several performance and bug fixes. <a href="https://simtk.org/mailman/listinfo/opensim-testers" target="_blank">Sign up to become a beta tester and get early access</a>.<br>
</div><br clear="all"><div><b>OpenSim Webinar Series</b><br></div><div>Our webinar series will resume in January. Until then, you can check out any of the recordings you missed on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGBiefGDmSuR5NbZFuGOrjnTBx--H-H3C" target="_blank">OpenSim YouTube Channel</a>.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><b>Coming Soon: Visiting Scholars and March Workshop Applications</b><br></div><div>Within the next week or two, we will post application materials for the 2014 NCSRR <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/scholars.html" target="_blank">Visiting Scholars Program</a> and the March 2014 Advanced User Workshop. Keep an eye out for news in your inbox and on our website.</div>
</div><br>-- <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>
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