Pawel Kudzia Updates Research, publications, talks, and writing from Pawel Kudzia, PhD. https://pawelkudzia.com/ 2026-09-02T00:00:00Z Pawel Kudzia https://pawelkudzia.com/ Heel-mounted IMU stride-length paper submitted to PeerJ https://pawelkudzia.com/#update-2026-08-imu-peerj 2026-08-30T00:00:00Z "Criterion validity of heel-mounted inertial sensors for stride-length estimation during single- and dual-task walking in older adults with and without cognitive impairment" submitted to PeerJ. Three oral presentations in July 2026 https://pawelkudzia.com/#update-2026-07-wcb-talks 2026-07-12T00:00:00Z Two talks at the World Congress of Biomechanics (Vancouver, July 12) on lateral head impacts and ski mountaineering biomechanics, and one at the UBC Balance and Falls Research Centre Inaugural Research Symposium (July 10). 2nd place prize for "Biomechanics in the Wild" talk https://pawelkudzia.com/#update-2026-05-uvic-award 2026-05-01T00:00:00Z Won 2nd place prize for the talk "Biomechanics in the Wild" at the University of Victoria. Essay: Feedforward control, or why movement is less reactive than you think https://pawelkudzia.com/#writing-feedforward 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z The brain commits to a movement before it happens. That has quiet but large implications for anyone building wearables, rehab tools, or coaching software. Head-torso coupling paper revised and resubmitted https://pawelkudzia.com/#update-2026-02-torso-coupling 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z "Video-based analysis of head-torso coupling during lateral impacts under passive and co-contracted conditions" revised and resubmitted to Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Research Scientist at University of Victoria https://pawelkudzia.com/#update-2025-uvic-postdoc 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z Started a Research Scientist role at the University of Victoria working on wearable IMU systems for aging and fall risk. Started as Research Scientist & UXR Researcher at Meta https://pawelkudzia.com/#update-2025-05-meta 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z Joined Meta Reality Labs as a Research Scientist and UXR Researcher on the Advanced Concepts Team. Paper: Neuromuscular fatigue reduces force responsiveness https://pawelkudzia.com/#update-2025-physrep 2025-03-01T00:00:00Z "Neuromuscular fatigue reduces force responsiveness when controlling leg external forces" published in Physiological Reports. $15,000 MITACS Lab2Market grant for CoreMotion https://pawelkudzia.com/#update-2025-mitacs 2025-01-15T00:00:00Z Awarded a $15,000 MITACS Lab2Market grant for CoreMotion market research.