Department of Mechanical Engineering
2002 Fall Biomechanics Seminar Series

Seminar Coordinator: Randal P. Ching, Ph.D.
Course No: ME 598/RC (SLN 1195)

Meeting Time and Location:

Thursdays 3:30 - 4:20, MEB 238

Seminar Schedule:

10/03/02 -- David Nuckley, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
"Biomechanics of the Spine"

10/10/02 -- Per Reinhall, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
"Transient Acoustics of the Human Mitral Valve"

10/17/02 -- Blake Hannaford, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering (BioRobotics Lab)
"The Healing Touch:  Haptics and Biomechanics of Surgery"

10/24/02 -- Glenn Klute, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Bio-mimetic Lower Limbs for the Amputee"

10/31/02 -- William Ledoux, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Amputation Prevention and the Biomechanics of the Human Foot"

11/07/02 -- Sundar Srinivasan, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics (Orthopaedic Sciences Lab)
"Functional Adaptation in Bone: Modeling, In Vivo Manifestations and Back"

11/14/02 -- Jacob Rozen, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering, Biorobotics Lab
"Neural Control of an Upper Limb Powered Exoskeleton System"

11/21/02 -- Santosh Zachariah, Ph.D.
Department of Bioengineering, Prosthetic Engineering Lab
"Shape, Interface Mechanics, and Things to come"

12/05/02 -- Tom Daniel, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Zoology
"Mechanics and Control of Flight in Insects"