UTS undergraduate student, Zoe Cross, is the recipient of a prestigious ACAM award for her research on the risk of injury in female gymnasts when landing backward somersaults under repetitive conditions.
Zoe Cross presents her research findings at ACAM 2024
UTS School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering student, Zoe Cross, was awarded the Engineers Australia 'Best Early Researcher Presentation' at the 11th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 2024) in Brisbane this month.
Zoe's presentation focused on the ground reaction forces of somersault landings and their implications on performance and injuries in female gymnasts. Her research is a cross-faculty collaboration with Professor David Eager from the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT and Professor Mark Watsford from the UTS School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health at the University of Technology Sydney.
The ACAM Best Researcher Early Researcher Presentation award, usually bestowed upon researchers with a PhD or postgraduate qualifications, is an amazing achievement by Zoe.
ACAM brings together engineers, academics, postgraduate scholars and industry managers to share development and research in all aspects of applied mechanics.
Read the full paper: A Preliminary Study of Ground Reaction Forces of Summersault Landings: implications for performance and injury risk