Human Dynamics and Controls Lab

Note: This is John’s profile while completing his MS degree with the HDCL

MS degree, General Engineering
Email: jang4@illinois.edu

Projects

• Balance changes during pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Investigation of balance fluctuations in young and healthy control subjects

Personal Interests

• Sketching
• Tennis

Conferences

• Jang, J. and Hsiao-Wecksler, E.T. Repeated quiet-stance stabilometric balance testing over a 15-month period. Submitted to the 18th meeting of the International Society of Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT, July 14-18, 2007.
• Jang, J., Hsiao, K.T., and Hsiao-Wecksler, E.T. Increasing stance width compensates for perceived degradation in balance during pregnancy. Submitted to the 18th meeting of the International Society of Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT, July 14-18, 2007.
• Hsiao-Wecksler, E.T., Jang, J., Ramachandran, A.K., Yang, Y., and Rosengren, K.S. Gait and obstacle crossing behaviors of older adults during five months of Tai Chi training. Presented at the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, July 29 – August 4, 2006. Invited Paper.
• Hsiao-Wecksler, E.T., and Jang, J. Effect of pregnancy on balance throughout nine months of pregnancy and six months post-partum. Presented at the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, July 29 – August 4, 2006.
• Jang, J. and Hsiao-Wecksler, E.T. Assessment of Standing Balance Throughout Pregnancy and 6 Months Postpartum. Presented at the Midwest Graduate Student Biomechanics Symposium. Milwaukee, WI, March 31-April 1, 2006.