Department of Mechanical Engineering
2008 Fall Biomechanics Seminar Series


Seminar Coordinator: Randal P. Ching, Ph.D.
Course No: ME 598/C (SLN 15259)

Meeting Time and Location:

Thursdays 3:30 - 4:20, MEB 238

Seminar Schedule:

09/25/08 -- William Ledoux, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Quantifying In-Vivo and In-Vitro Bone-to-Bone Relationships: CT, MRI, Biplane Fluoroscopy and Gait Simulation"


10/02/08 --  Randy Ching, Ph.D.  [**NOTE:  ROOM CHANGE - MEB 243 FOR THIS WEEK!!!**]
Department of Mechanical Engineering (Applied Biomechanics Lab)
"Disc (Nucleus) Replacement in the Lumbar Spine"


10/09/08 -- Peter Johnson, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
"Biomechanics of Computer Input Devices"


10/16/08 -- OPEN



10/23/08 -- Joan Sanders, Ph.D.
Department of Bioengineering (Prosthetic and Tissue Engineering)
"Measurement of In-Socket Residual Limb Volume Change"


10/30/08 --
Michael Hahn, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Effects of Ankle Osteoarthritis on Gait Mechanics"


11/06/08 -- Glenn Klute, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Biomechanics of Turning"


11/13/08 -- Sundar Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Sciences Lab)
"Bottom-up Exploration of Bone Mechanotransduction and its Age-Related Degradation"


11/20/08 -- Nathan Sniadecki, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanobiology/BioMEMs)
"Cell Force Sensors: Mechanics and Mechanotransduction of Cells at the Micro- and Nano-Scale"


12/04/08 -- Tom Matula, Ph.D.
Applied Physics Laboratory



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