During our annual conference two awards are presented:
"Vodovnik Award" for the best student papers: More information about Dr. Lojze Vodovnik
"Bohdan V. Olijnyk Research Participant Award": More information about Bohdan V. Olijnyk
"Vodivnik Award" for the best student papers
At the 2000 IFESS Meeting in Aalborg, Denmark, the Executive Board of IFESS instituted the Vodovnik Student Paper Competition in honor of the late Dr. Lojze Vodovnik, consisting of three prizes to be awarded to the best three papers submitted and presented at IFESS conferences by students.
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Third Prize: Cheryl L. Lynch (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Canada) et al Including non-ideal behaviour in simulations of functional electrical stimulation applications |
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First Prize: Ann M. Tokay - Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA
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First Prize: Milan Djilas (Demar Project)
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First Prize: Michael Russold (Liverpool UK) et al Paper A stomal sphincter configured from the rectus abdominis muscle in pigs. First results.
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First Prize: Thomas O'Halloran (Biomedical Electronics Laboratory, University of Limerick, Ireland) et al Paper "Effect of modifying stimulation profile on loading response during FES-corrected Foot Drop"
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First Prize: V. Vince (Neural Rehabilitation Engineering Unit, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium) et al. Paper "Biocompatibility Testing of Platinum Metallized Silicone Rubber" |
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First Prize: Dawn M. Taylor (Arizona State University) et al Paper "Using Virtual Reality to Test the Feasibility of Controlling an Upper Limb FES System Directly From Multiunit Activity in the Motor Cortex"
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First Prize: Schuettler Martin (Freiburg, Germany) Paper "18 polar Hybrid Cuff Electrodes for Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves“ |
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"Bohdan V. Olijnyk Research Participant Award"
The Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre (Northern Alberta) Society (SCITCS) approached IFESS to establish the Bohdan V. Olijnyk Research Participant Award to recognize the partnership between the researcher and the volunteer participants required to move research from the laboratory to the community.
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Roland Neuninger receives the award from Orysia Olijnyk |
