Debate over how prosthetics impact athlete's running speed places Dr. Peter Weyand, Simmons faculty member, in media spotlight. (see below) .

Christian Science Monitor:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0904/p09s02-coop.html

Sports Illustrated:

 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/david_epstein/11/19/oscar.pistorius/

 NY Times:

 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/sports/19runner.html

 Popular Science:

 http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-11/seriously-do-prosthetic-limbs-give-sprinters-advantage

 Discover Magazine:

 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/11/19/scientist-smackdown-are-a-sprinters-prostethic-legs-an-unfair-advantage/

 The Globe and Mail: 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bionic-supermen-of-sport/article1376569/ 

U.S. News and World Reports

http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2009/11/22/breaking-the-human-speed-limit.html