Fall 2007
August 2007
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Rebecca Fellin
Thesis Defense
Title: A 3D Comparison of Lower Extremity Kinematics During Overground and Treadmill Running
CCM 106 - 9AM |
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Randall Duncan, Ph.D. (Host: BIO )
Biological Sciences and Mechanical Engineering
Title: Cytomechanics: Cellular control of mechanotransduction
Additional Readings: Zhang, PTH-Induced Actin Depolymerization increases Mechanosensitive Channel Activity to Enhance Mechanically Stimulate Ca2+ Signaling in Osteoblasts |
| 14 |
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Dr. Seok Hun Kim (Host: PT)
Title: Advances in robot-assisted gait training at UD |
| 19 |
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PH.D. PROPOSAL
Trisha Kesar
Title: "Effects of Novel Functional Electrical Stimulation Strategies on Post-Stroke Gait"
Location: 2pm at Center for Composite Materials (CCM) Rm 106 |
| 21 |
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Todd Royer, Ph.D. (Host: HNES)
Title: Ethical Issues in Research and Graduate Education
No Additional Readings
009 Townsend |
| 28 |
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PH.D. PROPOSAL
Joe Zemi (Host: ME)
Title: Decreased Functional Ability and Altered Joint Loading with the Progression of Medial Compartment Knee Osteoarthritis
CCM 106 |
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October 2007
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Chris Knight, Ph.D. (Host: HNES)
Title: Phase advance in motor unit discharge behavior: .3, .6 and .9 Hz sinusoidal isometric contractions
Additional Reading: Motor unit firing behavior in human arm flexor muscles during sinusoidal isometric contractions and movements
009 Townsend |
| 12 |
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Erin Delaney, MS (Host: HNES)
Title: The Exercise Pressor Reflex in Hypertension.
Additional Readings: Exercise pressor reflex function is altered in spontaneously hypertensive rats
009 Townsend
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| 19 |
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Chris Modelesky, Ph.D (Host: HNES)
009 Townsend |
| 26 |
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FALL BREAK |
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November 2007
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Jinger Gottschall, PhD (Host: PT)
Penn State |
| 9 |
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| 16 |
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Pam Beehler, Ph.D (Host: HNES)
Wichita State University
Time: 3:30-4:30 pm
Title: Baseline Human Performance Testing and Assessment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) in Sport: Neurocognitive and Neuromotor Considerations
009 Townsend |
| 30 |
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Paulo de Freitas (Ph.D proposal)
12:20 - 1:20 pm
002 Townsend Hall
Jae Shim
3:30 - 4:30 pm
009 Townsend Hall
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December 2007
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Joaquin A. Barrios, (Ph.D. proposal)
8:30 - 9:20 am
Title: A BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG, ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS
WITH GENU VARUS ALIGNMENT: CAN GAIT RETRAINING BE BENEFICIAL?
060 McKinley
Kay Crossley
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Title: VASTI AND HIP MUSCLE FUNCTION IN PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN
104 Colburn
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Therese Johnston
3:30 - 4:30 |
| 11 |
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Speaker: Nicole Chimera
Time: 10:00 am
Title: GASTROCNEMIUS RECESSION: A TREATMENT FOR FOOT PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH ISOLATED CONTRACTURE
Location: SPENCER 114 |
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NOTE SPECIAL DATE
Dr. Lynda Bonewald (Host: BIO)
4:00 PM |
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| Spring 2008
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| January 2008 |
18 |
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Speaker: Gregory M. Gutierrez, MS
Time: 10:00 am
Title: Kinematics and Muscle Activity During Landing on a Supinating Platform in Persons with Ankle Instability
Location: Townsend Hall 009
Speaker: Gabriel Ng
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 (refreshments prior)
Title: Ligament healing: How can the process be facilitated?
Location: 003 CSB* |
25 |
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Speaker: Amy Lynch, MS, OTR/L
BIOMS PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense
Time: 3:30 pm
Title: Robot assisted mobility for Very Young Infants
Location: Sharp Lab 103 refreshments and robot stunt
driving prior
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30 |
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Special Seminar
Speaker: Scott Lynn, PhD
University of Waterloo
Time: 2:00 pm
Title: Relieving the Stress: Can joint loads be modified to slow the progression of knee osteoarthritis?
Location: TBA |
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February 2008
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| 8 |
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Dr. Chet Ray from Penn State-Hershey |
15
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Liyun (Leann) Wang, Ph.D. (Host: ME)
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 (refreshments prior)
Title: Investigating solute transport in bone: implications on cell-to-cell signaling and drug delivery
Location: 333 McKinley |
| 22 |
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Tom Buchanan
Time: 3:30
Location: CCM 106
Nick Stergiou from the University of Nebraska
Time: 3:30-4:30 (refreshments prior)
Title: Human Movement Variability: Applications in Robotic Surgery and Motor Development
Location: 333 McKinley |
| 29 |
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John E. Novotny, Ph.D. (Host: ME)
Time: 3:30-4:30 (refreshments prior)
Title: Dynamic Imaging and Modeling of Skeletal Muscle
Location: TBA |
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March 2008
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| 7 |
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No seminar this week
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| 14 |
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Edward J. Zambraski, Ph.D. (Host: HNES)
Division Chief, Military Performance Division
US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Time: 3:30-4:30 (refreshments prior)
Title: The Kidney and Exercise. Two important Issues: Acute Renal Failure and Hyponatremia
Location: 009 Townsend |
| 20 |
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Brian Noehren (Ph.D. Proposal)
Time: 10:30
Committe: Irene Davis Ph.D., PT (advisor), John Scholz Ph.D., PT, Kurt Manal Ph.D., Pete Barrance Ph.D.
Title: A Mechanistic Approach to the Etiology and Treatment of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Location: CCM 106 |
| 21 |
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Greg Hicks, Ph.D., PT (Host: PT)
Time: 3:30
Title: Correlates and Consequence of Low Back Pain in Older Adults
Location: 337 McKinley
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April 2008
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SPRING BREAK |
| 11 |
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Thomas S. Buchanan, Ph.D. (Host: ME)
Mechanical Engineering
Rick Neptune, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Univ of Texas at Austin
Time: 3:30
Title: Experimental and Theoretical Analyses of Below-knee Amputee Walking
Location: CCM 106 |
| 18 |
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Dave Edwards, Ph.D. (Host: HNES)
Time: 3:30-4:30
Title: Endothelial function in chronic kidney disease
Location: 009 Townsend |
| 25 |
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Bill Rose, Ph.D. (Host: HNES)
Time: 3:30-4:30
Title: Computational and experimental studies of pressure and flow in systemic arteries
Location: 009 Townsend |
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May 2008
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Howard J Hillstrom, Ph.D.
Director, Leon Root, M.D. Motion Analysis Laboratory
Time: 3:30-4:30
Title: The Role of the Foot and Ankle in Lower Extremity Pathomechanics
Location: 009 Townsend
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Ann Tokay
Dissertation proposal defense
Time: 11:00 am
Title: The Development of a Functional Electrical Stimulation Assisted Cycling Intervention to Increase Fitness and
Strength in Children with Cerebral Palsy - A Pilot Study
Location: 106 CCM |
| 9 |
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No seminar currently scheduled
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| 16 |
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Rick Neptune, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Time: 3:30
Title: Experimental and Theoretical Analyses of Below-knee Amputee Walking
Location: CCM 106 |
| 23 |
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5th Annual CBER Research day
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Hugh Herr, MIT
Kurt Manal, Ph.D. (Host: ME) |
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