Department of Mechanical Engineering
2003 Fall Biomechanics Seminar Series

Seminar Coordinator: Randal P. Ching, Ph.D.
Course No: ME 598/RC (SLN 5146)

Meeting Time and Location:

Thursdays 3:30 - 4:20, MEB 238

Seminar Schedule:

10/02/03 -- Glenn Klute, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Comfortable and Adaptive Prosthetic Components for the Lower Limb Amputee"

10/09/03-- William Ledoux, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"The Biomechanics of the Human Foot"

10/16/03 -- Michael W. Chang, M.D., Ph.D., C.M.D.
University of Washington, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
"Engineering and Clinical Medicine"

10/23/03 -- David Nuckley, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
"The Biomechanics of Spinal Cord Injury"

11/06/03 -- Jon O. Jacobson, Ph.D.,P.E.
Jacobson Engineering
"Bioengineering Design for Head and Neck Protection During Automobile Racing"

11/13/03 -- Brian Hafner, Ph.D and Douglas Smith, M.D.
Prosthetics Research Study (PRS), Seattle, WA
"Osseointegrated prosthetic limbs: challenges in next-generation prosthetic design"

11/20/03 --  Sundar Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Department of Orthopaedics (Orthopaedic Sciences Lab)
"Exploring Bone Mechanotransduction as an Emergent Adaptive Phenomenon"