May 12, 2009
Charles Beaman, a mechanical engineering honors senior at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a 2009 University Co-op George H. Mitchell Student Award for Academic Excellence. The award is in recognition of undergraduate students who have demonstrated unparalleled dedication and achievement in their fields of study. Beaman conducted research in the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory to support his Engineering Honors thesis paper titled, “Differences in Self-Selected and Fastest Comfortable Walking in Post-Stroke Hemiparetic Persons.” The goal of his research is to help improve clinical rehabilitation strategies for survivors of stroke. Beaman’s research was supervised by Associate Professor Rick Neptune.
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