Time Event
9:30am Welcoming and Opening Remarks
9:45am Keynote Address: "Biomechanics: Molecules, Cells, Organs, and Man" - James B. Bassingthwaighte, MD, Ph.D. (Bioengineering)
10:30am - 11:30am Student Presentations, Session #1
  • 10:30AM "Preliminary assessment of human cadaver neck tolerance under dynamic tensile loading" - Eno Yliniemi
  • 10:50AM "Normative multi-speed ankle mechanics: implications on the design of a prototype variable-stiffness prosthesis" - Joel Perry
  • 11:10AM "Synchronous signaling within the osteocyte cell network underlies the osteogenic potency of rest-inserted loading" - Brandon Ausk
11:30am Lunch Break
12:30pm - 1:30pm Student Presentations, Session #2
  • 12:30PM "In-vivo and postmortem compressive properties of porcine abdominal organs" - Jeffrey Brown
  • 12:50PM "Investigating the relationship between the biochemistry and mechanics of actomyosin interactions in vitro" - Emilie Warner Clemmens
  • 1:10PM "Development of a finite-element heat transfer model of a human leg and prosthesis" - Jeffrey Peery
1:30pm Coffee Break
1:45pm - 2:45pm Student Presentations, Session #3
  • 1:45PM "An alternative to disc fusion: the Bryan Cervical Disc System" - Michael Dahl
  • 2:05PM "The strain rate sensitivity of the plantar soft tissue" - Joanna Blevins
  • 2:25PM "A flexible micromachined optical sensor for simultaneous measurement of pressure and shear force distribution on foot" - Reynold Panergo
2:45pm UW BIOMECHANICS: "Reloaded"
(Group discussion on future activities for the UW biomechanics community; moderated by Randy Ching)