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Keynote Speaker

"The Mechanobiology of Skeletal Development"

Dennis R. Carter, Ph.D.
	Dr. Carter, a professor of mechanical engineering and co-chair of the Biomechanical Engineering Division at Stanford, is involved in theoretical and experimental work on connective tissue mechanobiology. He is most well known for his work on the role of mechanical stresses in skeletal development, adaptation, aging, and evolution. Dr. Carter currently serves as the director of the Rehabilitation Research and Development Center at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, and he is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. The book, "Skeletal Function and Form: Mechanobiology of Skeletal Development, Aging and Regeneration", is a very recently published work compiling much of Dr. Carters research.

Dennis R. Carter, Ph.D.

Dr. Carter, a professor of mechanical engineering and co-chair of the Biomechanical Engineering Division at Stanford, is involved in theoretical and experimental work on connective tissue mechanobiology. He is most well known for his work on the role of mechanical stresses in skeletal development, adaptation, aging, and evolution. Dr. Carter currently serves as the director of the Rehabilitation Research and Development Center at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, and he is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. The book, "Skeletal Function and Form: Mechanobiology of Skeletal Development, Aging and Regeneration", is a very recently published work compiling much of Dr. Carters research.

Biomechanics Application Address Speaker

Thomas Feller
	Thomas Feller is a transtibial amputee who has watched the field of biomechanics from a very personal perspective in the 28 years since his amputation. The proud father of three girls, Mr. Feller also is the Executive Director of the United States Amputee Soccer Association, the Vice-President of the International Amputee Football Federation, and a National Team Coach for the US Amputee Soccer Team. An enthusiast skier, Thomas serves the Professional Ski Instructors of America as a Level II Adaptive Ski Instructor and SKIFORALL Race Coach. His love of the outdoors extends even to mountain climbing and Thomas has successfully reached the summit of Mt. Rainier on two separate occasions. When not otherwise occupied, Thomas coaches girl’s soccer and works as a research subject and student patient here at the University of Washington. And all this is just in his free time as Thomas is also employed as a prosthetic and orthotic technician with Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics in Seattle and Renton, WA.

Thomas Feller

Thomas Feller is a transtibial amputee who has watched the field of biomechanics from a very personal perspective in the 28 years since his amputation. The proud father of three girls, Mr. Feller also is the Executive Director of the United States Amputee Soccer Association, the Vice-President of the International Amputee Football Federation, and a National Team Coach for the US Amputee Soccer Team. An enthusiast skier, Thomas serves the Professional Ski Instructors of America as a Level II Adaptive Ski Instructor and SKIFORALL Race Coach. His love of the outdoors extends even to mountain climbing and Thomas has successfully reached the summit of Mt. Rainier on two separate occasions. When not otherwise occupied, Thomas coaches girl’s soccer and works as a research subject and student patient here at the University of Washington. And all this is just in his free time as Thomas is also employed as a prosthetic and orthotic technician with Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics in Seattle and Renton, WA.

Modelling Workshop Panelists

Santosh Zachariah, Ph.D.

Dr. Zachariah is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering. Dr. Zachariah received a B. Tech. Degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras, India) in 1987 and a Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, U.K.) in 1995. His principal research interest is in the application of finite-element (FE) modeling to soft tissue interface mechanics. Current projects include the quantification of residual limb interface stresses during transtibial amputee ambulation, characterization of transtibial residual limb shape over time, and the development of an FE model that will enable linkage of these two measures.

William R. Ledoux, Ph.D.

Dr. Ledoux is a recent graduate from the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently a Research Health Scientist at the Rehabilitation Research and Development Center for Excellence in Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering at the VA Puget Sound. Dr. Ledoux's research interests include finite element modeling of the human foot and mechanical testing of the soft tissues in the foot, in particular, ligaments and plantar soft tissue. He is also interested in further quantifying the relationship between foot structure (e.g., arch height) and foot function (e.g.. plantar pressure). He is a member of the International Society of Biomechanics, the American Society of Biomechanics as well as the Gait and Clinical Movement Society.

Jonathan Alberts, Ph.D.

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