04/23/2026
Double play! Ejay Aguirre and Simeon Tanner receive the Summer 2026 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Award to continue their work on NOBL research projects. Read more here.
02/09/2026
Dr. Pliner receives a Trailblazer Award from the NIH - National Insitute on Aging for her proposal entitled, "Cognitive-Motor Processes of Volitional Stepping." This work is in colloberation with Drs. Fino and Dibble.
12/09/2025
Dr. Pliner's research entitled, "Strategies to Reduce Fall Severity after a Perturbation during Ladder Climbing," highlighted in the ISE Magazine. Read more here.
12/05/2025
NOBL hat-trick! Ejay Aguirre, Emily Roberts, and Simeon Tanner receive the Spring 2026 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Award. Read more here.
08/18/2025
New students! Carson Davis transitions from an undergraduate researcher in NOBL to a MS-thesis student. Ian Briggs joins NOBL as a MS-thesis student. Logan Marks joins NOBL as a PhD student.
07/18/2025
Sophie Pearson receives the Dr. Paul S. Richards Safe Workplace Scholarship for her graduate studies. Read more here.
07/11/2025
Emily Roberts receives the Fall 2025 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Award to work on the NOBL research project entitled, "Perception of Falling Objects". Read more here.
07/09/2025
Cole Ward receives the NextGen Biomechanics Travel Award from the American Society of Biomechanics to attend the 2025 ASB meeting in Pittsburgh. Read more here.
05/29/2025
Ruba Alraqibah receives the Student Travel Grant from the American Society of Biomechanics to attend the 2025 ASB meeting in Pittsburgh. Read more here.
04/08/2025
Sophie Pearson receives Honorable Mention on her NSF Gradulate Research Fellowship Program application!
11/18/2024
Dr. Pliner selected for the Vice President's Clinical & Translational Research Scholars Program. Read more here.
08/16/2024
Ruba Alraqibah and Sophie Pearson join NOBL as PhD students.
08/06/2024
Carson Davis receives the Fall 2024 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Award to work on the NOBL research project entitled, "Effectiveness of Level Tools and Instruction on Optimal Ladder Setup". Read more here.
06/26/2024
Dr. Pliner's research entitled, "Ladder Use Ability, Behavior and Exposure by Age and Gender," selected as the cover issue of the Geriatrics journal. Read more here.
06/20/2024
Drs. Pliner and Fino receive Center on Aging Pilot Grant for their proposal entitled, "Electrocortical Activity of Effective Stepping." Read more here.
02/02/2024
Dr. Pliner's research entitled, "Situational factors that influence overreaching on a ladder during a gutter clearing task among older adults," nominated for the best publication in rehabilitation for 2022 from the International Conference on Aging, Innovation, and Rehabilitation. Read more here.
01/01/2024
The University of Utah Welcomes Dr. Erika Pliner as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering. Read more here.