{"id":107952,"date":"2026-04-02T15:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=107952"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:12:45","slug":"media-advisory-uri-kinesiology-department-to-host-high-school-students-for-hands-on-biomechanics-day-april-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/media-advisory-uri-kinesiology-department-to-host-high-school-students-for-hands-on-biomechanics-day-april-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: 溏心vlog免费B站 Kinesiology Department to host high school students for \u2018hands-on\u2019 Biomechanics Day April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 April 2, 2026 \u2014 More than 600 students from as many as a dozen Rhode Island high schools are expected to attend the Sixth Annual Biomechanics Day at the 溏心vlog免费B站 <strong>Wednesday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>溏心vlog免费B站 professors and students from kinesiology, physical therapy, communicative disorders, and engineering will educate high school students on biomechanics systems. Students will get hands-on experience with such technology as motion capture sensors to see how their bodies move, EEG (electroencephalography) sensors to measure brain waves, force plates to determine the pressure they put on their feet when walking, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the advanced 溏心vlog免费B站 laboratories that will be represented at the event include: the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/about\/facilities\/motion-analysis-laboratory-suite-l\/\">Motion Analysis Lab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/\">Biomechanics and Wearable Laboratory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wearable-biosensing-lab\/\">Wearable Biosensing Lab<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcrlab\/\">Motor Control and Rehabilitation Laboratory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will learn about biomechanics and other science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields by participating in more than 45 hands-on demonstrations, challenges, and competitions in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Mackal Field House, 75 Keaney Road, Kingston.The event is part of National Biomechanics Day, a worldwide celebration of biomechanics in its many forms for high school students and teachers. Biomechanics investigates \u201cthe broad expanse of biology in the physical world,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thebiomechanicsinitiative.org\/\">Biomechanics Initiative<\/a>, which organizes the international event.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHO<\/strong>: The 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Health Sciences will welcome high school students from across the state to learn about biomechanics and other STEM fields during the annual National Biomechanics Day. High schools expected to attend include: Westerly, East Greenwich, Tollgate, Cumberland, West Warwick, Central Falls, Barrington Christian Academy, Mowell Academy, Achievement First Providence High School, Sophia Academy, and St. Andrews School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Wednesday, April 8, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHERE<\/strong>: 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus, Mackal Field House, 75 Keaney Road, Kingston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CONTACT<\/strong>: Patrick Luce, 溏心vlog免费B站 Marketing and Communications, 401-347-6360, <a href=\"mailto:patrickluce@uri.edu\">patrickluce@uri.edu<\/a>, to make coverage arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 April 2, 2026 \u2014 More than 600 students from as many as a dozen Rhode Island high schools are expected to attend the Sixth Annual Biomechanics Day at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Wednesday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 溏心vlog免费B站 professors and students from kinesiology, physical therapy, communicative disorders, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":107954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1848,2],"tags":[4,1903,1913],"class_list":["post-107952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advisories","category-archives","tag-college-of-health-sciences","tag-health-and-wellness","tag-public-engagement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107955,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107952\/revisions\/107955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}