USciences Combines Baseball and Math as Part of Philadelphia Science Festival
Published on April 10, 2019
Using a cell phone, app, iPad and Microsoft excel, students were able to calculate
how fast people can swing a baseball bat at the Philadelphia Science Festival’s Science
at the Ballpark Event.
Kelvin Sulima DPT'21, Tim Miller DPT'21 and Shane Neher DPT'21 teamed up with Dave Logerstedt PT, MPT, MA, PhD, director of the BTE lab and assistant professor of physical therapy
and Shelly Lewis PT, DPT, director of clinical education and assistant professor of physical therapy
for the project.
Together, they video recorded each participant’s swing before calculating the time
each swing took using the app Hudl. The numbers were then plugged into a formula to
figure out just how fast each person could swing.
Categories: Faculty, 2019, Physics, Mathematics, Students, Department of Physical Therapy, Event