Department of Mechanical Engineering
2007 Fall Biomechanics Seminar Series


Seminar Coordinator: Randal P. Ching, Ph.D.
Course No: ME 598/C (SLN 14909)

Meeting Time and Location:

Thursdays 3:30 - 4:20, MEB 238

Seminar Schedule:

09/27/07 -- Glenn Klute, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Balance and Preventing Falls by Lower Limb Amputees"


10/04/07 --  Peter Johnson, Ph.D. (Room Change: MEB 234 -- This week only!)
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
"Occupational Biomechanics"


10/11/07 -- Nathan Sniadecki, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanobiology/BioMEMs)
"Mechanotransduction and Cell Mechanics at the Micro- and Nano-Scale"


10/18/07 -- Blake Hannaford, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering (BioRobotics Lab)
"Biomechanics in Surgery"


10/25/07 -- William Ledoux, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"The Concept of Foot Type"


11/01/07 --
Sundar Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Sciences Lab)
"Bone Mechanotransduction and Age-Related Degradation of Function"


11/08/07 -- Ian Lau Ph.D.
General Motors Corporation (Retired)
"Traffic Safety – the Driver, the Environment and the Vehicle"


11/15/07 -- Michael Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
"Development of Personalized Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatments"


11/29/07 -- Alex Veress, Ph.D.
Department of Bioengineering (University of Utah)
Visiting Scholar (UW Dept. of Bioengineering)
"Quantifying Diastolic Function of the Left Ventricle Using a
Finite Element Model with Hyperelastic Warping"



12/06/07 -- Wendy Thomas, Ph.D.
Department of Bioengineering (Molecular Biomechanics)
"Mechanical Regulation of Biological Adhesion"


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