Rachel Hybart, PhD

Making the lab more usable, one wall mounted camera and force plate pit at a time!

Things I’ve learned in my job. There is an art to writing an email and I am not an artist.

Making a folder in my inbox for kind words that people send me, so that when I inevitably feel like I don’t know what I’m doing I can be reminded of when people told me I was doing a great job 😊

Has anyone ever used an artificial athlete or advanced artificial athlete for testing? Having a strangely hard time finding one in the US

When you get overpaid by the university after graduation. Tell them about it immediately, then it takes 4 months for them to get back to you. And then they tell you if you don’t pay it back in 20 days it’ll be an extra $125 🙃 Lovely ❤️❤️

@ProfSchmitt2 Thanks! We are wanting to be able to switch out what type of floor is on top of and around the force plates, so hoping for something not permanent but secure

@HybartRachel We used permanent tile adhesive to secure tile over the force plates. So far (2.5yrs later) it's working great. IDK what I will do if I ever have to move them, though... let me know if you want details!

Does anyone have recommendations for securing different flooring to the top of an overground force plate (bertec)? Not sure best practices to make sure it is actually secure and will not affect the force readings.

What I have learned about Atlanta area traffic: My work is 15 minutes from my home, but if I leave at 8:15,8:30,or 8:45 I will get there at the same time. So might as well enjoy my coffee in the morning.

@dr_jlc Thank you this is very helpful! The one we have only goes around the chest and secures overhead. People were just lifting their feet up off the ground and putting a lot of pressure on the armpits rather than their COM moving forward at all like a real trip

@HybartRachel sciencedirect.com/science/articl… I put pictures in this article of the harness we used.

Does anyone have a recommended harness style for overground slip/trip and fall research? We have an overhead track but the current harness doesn’t allow free enough movement.

When you have to let the gps find signal outside for 15 minutes before you can record

@AmSocBiomech So sorry Dr. Ferris had to miss the last day. He was doing what he does best, being a great mentor and advisor!

Congratulations to the newly inducted Fellows of @AmSocBiomech ! #ASB2023

From ASB to PhD! What a whirlwind of a week!

@UFBME @Gator_ASB had a blast at #ASB2023

Photogenic ❌ Scientific ✅ #ASB2023

#ASB2023 found us a rooftop to watch the beautiful sunset here in Knoxville

Last conference of my grad career ❤️ so happy to finally go to @AmSocBiomech in person for the first time!

Watched 2001: a space odyssey for the first time a month ago. And then Barbie today. I did not expect them to be connected in anyway 😂

Mini @UFBME reunion in Minneapolis.