Time Event
9:00am Welcoming and Opening Remarks
9:10am Keynote Address: Dennis Carter, Ph.D.

"The Mechanobiology of Skeletal Development"

10:00am - 10:45am Student Presentations
  • 10:00AM Mechanical Testing to Characterize the Performance of Shock Absorbing Pylons used in Transtibial Prostheses - Jocelyn Berge
  • 10:15AM Objective Evaluation of Laparoscopic Surgical Skills - Jeffrey Brown
  • 10:30AM Spatial Profiles of Wing Stiffness in Hawkmoths and Dragonflies - Stacy Combes
10:45am Break (poster session)
11:00am - 12:45pm Student Presentations
  • 11:00AM Nonlinear, Anisotropic, Shell for Biologic Tissue - Daniel Einstein
  • 11:15AM Gravitational Sensing and Control of Aquatic Flight in Clione Limacina - Kevin Flick
  • 11:30AM Amputee Gait Adaptation: Adjusting Residual Limb Compliance in Bouncing Gaits - Brian Hafner
  • 11:45AM An Investigation of Global Coordination of Gaits in Animals with Simple Neurological Systems using Coupled Oscillators - Lesley Low
  • 12:00PM Visual-Motor Feedback in the Tracking Behavior of Hovering Manduca Sexta - Carlos Moreno
  • 12:15PM Developmental Biomechanics of the Cervical Spine: Compression and Tension - David Nuckley
  • 12:30PM Quasi-Linear Viscoelastic Model of Foot and Ankle Ligaments for Stress Relaxation - Chimba Mkandawire
12:45pm Lunch (provided) and Poster Session
1:45pm Biomechanics Application Address: Thomas Feller
2:00pm

Workshop: Modeling Efforts in Biomechanics

3:30pm Closing Remarks