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Biomechanics and Movement Science Faculty

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LYNN SNYDER-MACKLER, P.T., Sc.D., F.A.P.T.A. (Boston University), Academic Director; also Professor, Physical Therapy: Neuromuscular physiology, applied anatomy, anterior cruciate ligament injury.

SUNIL AGRAWAL, Ph.D. (Stanford University), Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Control of mechanical systems, robotics, optimization.

DAVID A. BARLOW, Ph.D. (Indiana University), Associate Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Sport biomechanics, equine biomechanics, anatomy.

KENNETH E. BARNER, Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering: Biomedical signal and image processing, human-computer interaction systems, and universal access design.

STUART A. BINDER-MACLEOD, P.T., Ph.D., F.A.P.T.A. (Medical College of Virginia), Professor and Chair, Physical Therapy: Neurophysiology, relationship between activation frequency and force output of skeletal muscle, muscle fatigue.

THOMAS S. BUCHANAN, Ph.D. (Northwestern University), Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering: Musculoskeletal modelling, EMG-driven biomechanical models, neural control of arm postures, neuromuscular mechanisms of knee joint stability.

IRENE DAVIS, P.T., Ph.D., FACSM (Pennsylvania State University), Professor, Physical Therapy: Biomechanics, relationship between lower extremity structure, mechanics and injury, running injuries, foot orthotics, gait retraining.

JUN DING, Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Research Scientist, Physical Therapy: Mathematical modeling of muscle force and fatigue, identify optimal activation scheme for functional electrical stimulation.

Randall Duncan

DAVID G. EDWARDS, Ph.D. (University of Florida), Assistant Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Cardiovascular physiology, endothelial function, arterial stiffness, inflammation and oxidative stress as they relate to vascular function.

MARY C. FARACH-CARSON, Ph.D. (Medical College of Virginia), Director, Center for Translational Cancer Reasearch, Professor, Biological Sciences: Skeletal biology, cancer biology, bone and cartilage regeneration.

WILLIAM FARQUHAR, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University), Assistant Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Integrative/exercise physiology of the cardiovascular system, fluid-regulatory control mechanisms and autonomic reflexes with application to hypertension.

JAMES C. (Cole) GALLOWAY, P.T., Ph.D. (University of Arizona), Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy: Development of motor behaviors in early infancy, assessment and training of motor learning and coordination in high risk infants, normal and dysfunctional control of arm movements in adults.

NANCY GETCHELL, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), Assistant Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Development of interlimb coordination in multilimb tasks, motor coordination and control in children with learning disabilities.

GEOFFREY GUSTAVSEN, M.D. (University of Washington), Associate Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Sports medicine, electroacupuncture and ankle instability.

SUSAN J. HALL, Ph.D. FACSM (Washington State University), Professor and Chair, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Low back pain prevention, clinical biomechanics.

GREGORY HICKS, MPT, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh), Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy: Clinical epidemiology; Aging; Low back pain - prognosis and interventions, particularly in older adults; Trunk muscle funcion and mobility performance/fall risk in older adults.

JILL HIGGINSON, Ph.D. (Stanford University), Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Neuro-musculo-skeletal biomechanics, simulation of human movement, optimization, normal and pathological gait.

SLOBODAN JARIC, Ph.D. (University of Belgrade), Associate Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Motor control and biomechanics of human movements; relationship among muscle strength, functional movement performance, and body size; coordination of the hand grip-force with external forces, movement variability; relationship between visually perceived external space, movement planning and programming.

THOMAS W. KAMINSKI, Ph.D., A.T.C. (University of Virginia), Associate Professor and Director of Athletic Training, Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Ankle instability, mild traumatic brain injuries in women's soccer, functional performance assessment for the lower extremity.

MICHAEL KEEFE, P.E., Ph.D. (University of Minnesota), Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Geometric modeling of complex biological surfaces.

CHRISTOPHER A. KNIGHT, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts), Assistant Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Motor unit discharge behavior as it relates to the control of muscular force, the aging neuromuscular system.

SAMUEL C.K. LEE, PhD, PT. (University of Delaware), Research Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy: Applied physiology, specific to children with cerebral palsy and spinal cord injuries neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for both rehabilitation and for functional electrical stimulation (FES) applications.

SHANNON LENNON-EDWARDS, Ph.D., R.D. (University of Florida) Assistant Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Cardiovascular physiology, aging, oxidative stress, nutritional interventions, and exercise.

KURT MANAL, Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering Research; Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Musculoskeletal modeling; biomechanical analysis of movement; assistive technology.

FREEMAN MILLER, M.D. (University of Colorado), Department of Orthopedics, A.I. duPont Institute: Pediatric biomechanics, bone density, gait analysis of children with cerebral palsy.

CHRIS MODLESKY, Ph.D. (University of Georgia): Assistant Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Tissue growth and development; physical activity, nutrition and bone; physical disabilities and tissue development; bone structure assessment.

JOHN E. NOVOTNY, Ph.D. (University of Vermont), Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering: Orthopaedic biomechanics: shoulder and spine, kinematic and material testing and analytical modeling; tissue mechanics: analysis of mechanical behavior of ligaments, tendon and cartilage, study of the effects of injury and healing.

AJAY K. PRASAD, Ph.D. (Stanford University), Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Biofluid mechanics: flow and dispersion in the nasal passage and the upper respiratory airway.

Michelle Provost-Craig

DARCY REISMAN, P.T., Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy; Academic Director, Neurologic and Older Adult Clinic: Movement disorders in persons with neurologic conditions, treatment development and implementation.

JAMES G. RICHARDS, Ph.D. (Indiana University), Professor and Associate Dean, College of Health Sciences: Device design, measurement technique optimization, gait analysis, sport biomechanics.

ROBERT F. ROGERS, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering: Cardiovascular and respiratory control, in vivo neurophysiology, spike train encoding.

WILLIAM C. ROSE, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University), Adjunct Professor: Biomedical Signal Processing; cardiovascular and respiratory control systems.

TODD ROYER, Ph.D. (Arizona State University), Assistant Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Biomechanics and energetics of gait.

KATHERINE S. RUDOLPH, P.T., Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy: Automated movement analysis, electromyography, neuromuscular control of the knee.

MICHAEL H. SANTARE, Ph.D. (Northwestern University), Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Orthopedic Biomechanics, Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues.

KAUSIK SARKAR, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University), Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Bio-fluid mechanics: microbubbles for contrast ultrasound and drug delivery, computation of interactions and deformation of cells and vesicles.

JOHN P. SCHOLZ, P.T., Ph.D. (University of Connecticut), Associate Professor, Physical Therapy: Coordination of functional movements, movement dysfunction, regulation of limb stiffness.

STEVEN STANHOPE, PhD. (University of Maryland). Professor, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences and Mechanical Engineering: Rehabilitation Biomechanics, Chronic Conditions, Human Movement Analysis, Orthotics and Prosthetics

JIAN-QIAO SUN, P.E., Ph.D. (University of California at Berkeley), Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Suppression of abnormal tremor, stability of human movement, intelligent rehabilitation devices, Smart knee brace for early gait training of stroke patients.

C. BUZ SWANIK, Ph.D., A.T.C. (University of Pittsburgh), Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences: Knee instability and the sensorimotor or neurocognitive characteristics related to unintentional injuries.

LIYUN (LEANN) WANG, Ph.D.(City University of New York), Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering: biomechanics of connective tissues (bone and cartilage), bone adaptation and mechanotransduction, fluid and solute transport in normal and diseased tissues, drug delivery, cellular imaging, and mathematical and computational modeling.