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Dr. Youngwook Kim (Electrical and Computer Engineering) was recently named recipient of the 2016 Claude C. Laval Jr. Award for Innovative Technology and Research for his proposal of “Hand Gesture Recognition using Multiple Antennas for Hand Held Devices.”

He was awarded $5,000 for the proposal, which would monitor hand and finger motions and be applied in human computer interfacing, virtual control, computer gaming and biomechanics research.

Following receipt of the Laval award, Dr. Kim was recognized with the “Lyles College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award” for his accomplishments in research, presentations, publications, externally funded research, collaborations and student mentoring.

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Luke Pryor (Kinesiology) was the lead author for the article "Coach-led preventive training program in youth soccer players improves movement technique," which was published in the January edition of the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.