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Department of
Mechanical Engineering
2009 Fall Biomechanics Seminar Series
Seminar Coordinator: Randal P. Ching, Ph.D.
Course No: ME 598/C (SLN 15410)
Meeting Time and Location:
Thursdays 3:30 - 4:20, MEB 238
Seminar Schedule:
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Foot Biomechanics: Robotic Gait Simulation, Finite Element Modeling and Mechanical Testing"
10/08/09 -- Ming-Shaung Ju, Ph.D. [**NOTE: ROOM CHANGE - MEB 242 FOR THIS WEEK!!!**]
Department of Mechanical Engineering (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
"In Situ Transverse Biomechanics of Sciatic Nerve"
10/15/09 -- Tom Matula, Ph.D.
Applied Physics Laboratory
"Mechanically-Induced Bioeffects Due to Cavitation from Ultrasound Pulses"
10/22/09 -- Peter Johnson, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
"Biomechanics and its Application to Egronomics"
10/29/09 -- Wendy Thomas, Ph.D.
Department of Bioengineering (Prosthetic and Tissue Engineering)
"Nano- and Micro-Mechanics of Biological Adhesion"
11/05/09 -- Alex Veress, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
"Soft-Tissue Finite Element Modeling: Tissue Compression to Cardiac Modeling"
11/12/09 -- Nathan Sniadecki, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanobiology/BioMEMs)
"Cardiovascular Cell Mechanics"
11/19/09 -- Kevin McQuade, Ph.D.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
"Development of a "Clinically Friendly" Tool for Quantifying Manual Examinations & Treatments of Joints"
12/03/09 -- Emily Carrington, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
"Living in a Material World: Ecomechanics of Mussel Attachment on Wave-Swept Shores"
12/10/09 -- Michael Hahn, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
"Joint Mechanical Energy Expenditure and Compensation During Locomotion"
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