Benjamin J. Fregly - Biomedical Engineering - University of Florida
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<strong>Benjamin</strong> J. <strong>Fregly</strong><br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Mechanical and Aerospace <strong>Engineering</strong> Tel: (352) 392-8157<br />
231 MAE-A Building, P.O. Box 116250 Fax: (352) 392-7303<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Florida</strong><br />
E-mail: fregly@ufl.edu<br />
Gainesville, FL 32611-6250<br />
Web: www.mae.ufl.edu/~fregly<br />
EDUCATION<br />
1982-1986 Princeton <strong>University</strong>, Mechanical and Aerospace <strong>Engineering</strong> Department, Princeton, NJ.<br />
B.S. (Magna Cum Laude) in Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong>.<br />
1986-1987 Stanford <strong>University</strong>, Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> Department (Design Division), Stanford, CA.<br />
M.S. in Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong>.<br />
1987-1993 Stanford <strong>University</strong>, Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> Department (Design Division), Stanford, CA.<br />
Ph.D. in Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong>.<br />
Emphasis: Dynamics, design, and control <strong>of</strong> mechanical and biomechanical systems.<br />
1993-1994 <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lyon, Center for Mechanics, Lyon, France.<br />
Chateaubriand Post-doctoral Fellowship in Biomechanics.<br />
Emphasis: Three-dimensional kinematic analyses <strong>of</strong> human movement.<br />
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<br />
1987-1993 Research Assistant, Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> Department (Design Division), Stanford <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Stanford, CA and Rehabilitation Research and Development Center, Veterans Administration<br />
Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA.<br />
1993-1994 Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Mechanics, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lyon, Lyon, France.<br />
1994-1995 Consultant, Motion Analysis Corporation, Santa Rosa, CA.<br />
1995-1996 Project Group Leader, Mechanica Division, Parametric Technology/Rasna Corporation, San<br />
Jose, CA.<br />
1996-1999 Research and Development/S<strong>of</strong>tware Engineer, Mechanica Division, Parametric Technology<br />
Corporation, San Jose, CA.<br />
1999-present<br />
Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Mechanical & Aerospace <strong>Engineering</strong>, Department <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Biomedical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> (joint), and Department <strong>of</strong> Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation<br />
(courtesy), <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Florida</strong>, Gainesville, FL.<br />
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS<br />
1986-present<br />
1988-present<br />
Member, American Society <strong>of</strong> Mechanical Engineers<br />
Member, American Society <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics<br />
HONORS<br />
1986 Tau Beta Pi National <strong>Engineering</strong> Honor Society.<br />
1986-1987 Graduate Student Fellowship, Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> Department, Stanford <strong>University</strong>.<br />
1993-1994 Chateaubriand Post-doctoral Fellowship, Dept. <strong>of</strong> Science and Technology, French Government.<br />
2000-2001 Teacher <strong>of</strong> the Year Award, Dept. <strong>of</strong> Mechanical & Aerospace <strong>Engineering</strong>, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Florida</strong>.<br />
2003 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers<br />
2003-2008 NSF CAREER Award
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GRANT REVIEWER<br />
NIH Special Emphasis Panel - Biomechanical Modeling <strong>of</strong> Human Movement, NICHD/NCMRR, Nov 19-20, 2003.<br />
NIH Neuroprosthesis Bioengineering Research Partnership Study Section ZRG1 (Invited), Jul 11, 2003.<br />
NSF <strong>Biomedical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> and Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities Unsolicited Panel, Jan 14-15, 2003.<br />
NSF <strong>Biomedical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> and Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities CAREER Panel, Nov 6-7, 2001.<br />
JOURNAL REVIEWER<br />
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research<br />
Gait and Posture<br />
Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics<br />
Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanical <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise<br />
RESEARCH SUPPORT<br />
<strong>Fregly</strong>, B.J. (PI), Surgery Simulation <strong>of</strong> High Tibial Osteotomy, Whitaker Foundation <strong>Biomedical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Research Grant, 9/1/2001 - 8/24/2004, $239,979.<br />
<strong>Fregly</strong>, B.J. (PI), Contact Stress Testing <strong>of</strong> Artificial Knees, Exactech Corporation, 9/18/2001 - 12/15/2002,<br />
$22,500.<br />
<strong>Fregly</strong>, B.J. (PI), A Computational Framework for Simulating Joint Mechanics, NIH National Library <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
R03 Grant, 5/1/2002 - 4/30/2005, $206,874.<br />
<strong>Fregly</strong>, B.J. (PI), Virtual Testing <strong>of</strong> a Total Knee Replacement Design, Stryker Howmedica Osteonics, 4/1/2003 -<br />
12/1/2004, $12,500.<br />
<strong>Fregly</strong>, B.J. (PI), Virtual Prototyping <strong>of</strong> Artificial Knees, NSF BES CAREER Award, 5/1/2003 - 4/30/2008,<br />
$400,000.<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
*Graduate student supervised by Dr. <strong>Fregly</strong><br />
† Corresponding author<br />
Journal Articles - Published or Accepted for Publication<br />
1. Banks, S. A. † , <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Boniforti, F., Reinschmidt, C., and Romagnoli, S. (2004) Comparing in vivo<br />
kinematics <strong>of</strong> unicondylar and bi-unicondylar knee replacements. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, and<br />
Arthroscopy (accepted).<br />
2. Bei, Y.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , Sawyer, W. G., Banks, S. A., and Kim, N. H. (2004) The relationship between contact<br />
pressure, insert thickness, and mild wear in total knee replacements. Computer Modeling in <strong>Engineering</strong> &<br />
Sciences (accepted).<br />
3. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , Sawyer, W. G., Harman, M. K., and Banks, S. A. (2004a) Computational wear prediction <strong>of</strong> a<br />
total knee replacement from in vivo kinematics. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics special issue on the knee (accepted).<br />
4. Koh, B. I.*, Reinbolt, J. A.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , and George, A. D. (2004) Evaluation <strong>of</strong> parallel decomposition<br />
methods for biomechanical optimizations. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and <strong>Biomedical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
(accepted).<br />
5. Reinbolt, J. A.*, Schutte, J. F.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , Haftka, R. T., George, A. D., and Mitchell, K. H. (2004)<br />
Determination <strong>of</strong> patient-specific multi-joint kinematic models through two-level optimization. Journal <strong>of</strong><br />
Biomechanics (accepted).<br />
6. Sawyer, W. G. † , Hamilton, M. A., Sucec, M. C., <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , and Banks, S. A. (2004) Quantifying<br />
multidirectional sliding motions in total knee replacements, Journal <strong>of</strong> Tribology (accepted).
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7. Schutte, J. F.*, Reinbolt, J. A.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , Haftka, R. T., and George, A. D. (2004a) Parallel global<br />
optimization with the particle swarm algorithm. International Journal for Numerical Methods in <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
(accepted).<br />
8. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , Bei, Y.*, and Sylvester, M. E.* (2003) Experimental evaluation <strong>of</strong> an elastic foundation model to<br />
predict contact pressures in knee replacements. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics 36, 1659-1668.<br />
9. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † and Sawyer, W. G. (2003) Estimation <strong>of</strong> discretization errors in contact pressure measurements,<br />
Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics 36, 609-613.<br />
10. Sawyer, W. G. † , Hamilton, M. A., <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , and Banks, S. A. (2003) Temperature modeling in a total knee<br />
joint replacement using patient-specific kinematics. Tribology Letters 15, 343-351.<br />
11. Hansen E. A. † , Jorgensen L. V., Jensen K., <strong>Fregly</strong> B. J. , Sjogaard G. (2002) Crank inertial load affects freely<br />
chosen pedal rate during cycling. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics 35, 277-285.<br />
12. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , Zajac, F. E., and Dairaghi, C. A. (2000) Bicycle drive system dynamics: theory and experimental<br />
validation. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> 122, 446-452.<br />
13. Chèze, L. † , <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , and Dimnet, J. (1998) Determination <strong>of</strong> joint functional axes from noisy marker data<br />
using the finite helical axis. Human Movement Science 17, 1-15.<br />
14. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. and Zajac, F. E. † (1996) A state-space analysis <strong>of</strong> mechanical energy generation, absorption, and<br />
transfer during pedaling. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics 29, 81-90.<br />
15. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Zajac, F. E. † , and Dairaghi, C. A. (1996) Crank inertial load has little effect on steady-state<br />
pedaling coordination. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics 29, 1559-1567.<br />
16. Chèze, L. † , <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , and Dimnet, J. (1995) A solidification procedure to facilitate kinematic analyses based<br />
on video system data. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics 28, 879-884.<br />
Journal Articles - Conditionally Accepted Pending Revisions<br />
17. Bei, Y.* and <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † (2004) Multibody dynamic simulation <strong>of</strong> knee contact mechanics. Medical<br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> & Physics (conditionally accepted).<br />
18. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , Rahman, H.*, and Banks, S. A. (2004b) Accuracy analysis <strong>of</strong> model-based shape matching for<br />
measuring natural knee kinematics with single-plane fluoroscopy. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanical <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
(conditionally accepted).<br />
19. Schutte, J. F.*, Koh, B.-I.*, Reinbolt, J. A.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. † , Haftka, R. T., and George, A. D. (2004b)<br />
Evaluation <strong>of</strong> the particle swarm algorithm for biomechanical optimization. Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomechanical<br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> (conditionally accepted).<br />
Conference Papers – Podium Presentations<br />
1. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. and Reinbolt, J. A.* (2004) Estimation <strong>of</strong> body segment parameters from three-dimensional gait<br />
data using optimization. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Eighth International Symposium on the 3D Analysis <strong>of</strong> Human<br />
Movement, pp. 13-16, Tampa, FL.<br />
2. Koh, B. I.*, Reinbolt, J. A.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , and George, A. D. (2004) Parallel decomposition methods for<br />
biomechanical optimization. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Eighth International Symposium on the 3D Analysis <strong>of</strong><br />
Human Movement, pp. 69-72, Tampa, FL.<br />
3. Lin, Y.-C.* and <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. (2004) Experimental evaluation <strong>of</strong> a three-dimensional knee contact model using<br />
response surface optimization. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Eighth International Symposium on the 3D Analysis <strong>of</strong><br />
Human Movement, pp. 29-32, Tampa, FL.<br />
4. Rooney, K.* and <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. (2004) An inverse dynamics optimization approach for predicting human<br />
movement. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Eighth International Symposium on the 3D Analysis <strong>of</strong> Human Movement, pp.<br />
85-88, Tampa, FL.<br />
5. Banks, S. A.., <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Reinschmidt, C., Boniforti, F., and Romagnoli, S. (2004) In vivo gait and stair<br />
kinematics in patients with uni- and bi-unicondylar knee arthroplasty. <strong>of</strong> unicondylar and bi-unicondylar knee<br />
replacements. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 50th Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Orthopaedic Research Society, Paper #0243,<br />
San Francisco, CA.
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6. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Rahman, H.*, and Banks, S. A. (2004) An automated image matching procedure for measuring<br />
natural knee kinematics with single-plane fluoroscopy. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 50th Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Orthopaedic Research Society, Paper #0086, San Francisco, CA.<br />
7. Banks, S. A., Romagnoli, S., Boniforti, F., Canciani, J. P., <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Reinschmidt, C., and Muenchinger, M.<br />
(2003) Revisiting the bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 16th Annual Symposium <strong>of</strong><br />
the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, San Francisco, CA.<br />
8. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Sawyer, W. G., Harman, M. K., Banks, S. A., and Hodge, W. A. (2003) Knee arthroplasty wear<br />
prediction from in vivo kinematics. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 16th Annual Symposium <strong>of</strong> the International Society<br />
for Technology in Arthroplasty, San Francisco, CA.<br />
9. Rahman, H.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , and Banks, S. A. (2003) Accurate measurement <strong>of</strong> three-dimensional natural knee<br />
kinematics using single-plane fluoroscopy. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 2003 Summer Bionengineering Conference<br />
(Edited by Soslowsky, L.J., Skalak, T.C., Wayne, J.S., and Livesay, G.A.), pp. 465-466. The American Society<br />
<strong>of</strong> Mechanical Engineers, New York.<br />
10. Reinbolt, J. A.*, Schutte, J. F.*, Haftka, R. T., George, A. D., Mitchell, K. H., and <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. (2003)<br />
Determination <strong>of</strong> patient-specific functional axes through two-level optimization. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 2003<br />
Summer Bionengineering Conference (Edited by Soslowsky, L.J., Skalak, T.C., Wayne, J.S., and Livesay,<br />
G.A.), pp. 317-318. The American Society <strong>of</strong> Mechanical Engineers, New York.<br />
11. Sawyer, W. G., Hamilton, M. A., Sucec, M. C., <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , and Banks, S. A. (2003) Analysis <strong>of</strong> in vivo<br />
crossing motion in total knee replacements. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 2003 Summer Bionengineering Conference<br />
(Edited by Soslowsky, L.J., Skalak, T.C., Wayne, J.S., and Livesay, G.A.), pp. 549-550. The American Society<br />
<strong>of</strong> Mechanical Engineers, New York.<br />
12. Schutte, J. F.*, Koh, B.*, Reinbolt, J. A.*, Haftka, R. T., George, A. D., and <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. (2003) Scaleindependent<br />
biomechanical optimization. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 2003 ASME Bionengineering Conference<br />
(Edited by Soslowsky, L.J., Skalak, T.C., Wayne, J.S., and Livesay, G.A.), pp. 55-56. The American Society <strong>of</strong><br />
Mechanical Engineers, New York.<br />
13. Romagnoli, S., Boniforti, F., Banks, S., <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. , and Reinschmidt, C. (2003) Deep flexion kinematics in bicruciate<br />
retaining uni and bi-uni knee arthroplasty. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 6 th<br />
Congress <strong>of</strong> the European<br />
Federation <strong>of</strong> National Associations <strong>of</strong> Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), p. 282, Helsinki, Finland.<br />
14. Schutte, J. F.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Haftka, R. T., and George, A. (2003) A parallel particle swarm algorithm. In<br />
Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fifth World Congress <strong>of</strong> Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Venice, Italy.<br />
15. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. (2000) Effect <strong>of</strong> femoral component malrotation on contact stress in total knee replacements. In<br />
Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 24th Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the American Society <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics, pp. 101-102. <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Illinois at Chicago.<br />
16. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. (1999) A three-dimensional compliant contact model for dynamic simulation <strong>of</strong> total knee<br />
replacements. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the VIIth International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics,<br />
pp. 10-13. <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.<br />
17. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. (1997) A measurement procedure to reduce pedaling inverse dynamics errors due to linkage model<br />
inaccuracies. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 1997 Summer Bioengineering Conference (Edited by Chandran, K. B.,<br />
Vanderby, R., and Hefzy, M. S.), BED-vol 35, pp. 449-450. The American Society <strong>of</strong> Mechanical Engineers,<br />
New York.<br />
18. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. and Whalen, R. T. (1995) Simulated changes in control strategy during altered gravity pedaling. In<br />
Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Nineteenth Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the American Society <strong>of</strong> Biomechanics, pp. 67-68. Stanford<br />
<strong>University</strong>, Stanford, CA.<br />
Conference Papers – Poster Presentations<br />
19. Bei, Y.*, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J ., Sawyer, W. G., and Banks, S. A. (2004) Predicted sensitivity <strong>of</strong> knee implant wear to<br />
insert thickness and body mass. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 50th Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Orthopaedic Research<br />
Society, Paper #1465, San Francisco, CA.<br />
20. <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Sawyer, W. G., Harman, M. K., and Banks, S. A. (2003) Computational prediction <strong>of</strong> in vivo wear<br />
in total knee replacements. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 2003 Summer Bionengineering Conference (Edited by<br />
Soslowsky, L.J., Skalak, T.C., Wayne, J.S., and Livesay, G.A.), pp. 1171-1172. ASME, New York.
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21. Banks, S. A., Boniforti, F, <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. , Rahman, H.*, Reinschmidt, C., and Romagnoli, S. (2003) The<br />
kinematics <strong>of</strong> deep flexion in bi-cruciate retaining resurfacing knee arthroplasty. In Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 49 th<br />
Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Orthopaedic Research Society, Paper #1323, New Orleans, LA.<br />
22. Goede, T. E.* and <strong>Fregly</strong>, B. J. (2001) Computational Modeling <strong>of</strong> Musculskeletal Mechanics. NASA Human<br />
Systems 2001 Conference: Exploring the Human Frontier, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, June 20-22.<br />
INVITED SEMINARS<br />
Georgia Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology, <strong>Biomedical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> Department, Atlanta, GA. April 24, 2004.<br />
Cornell <strong>University</strong>, Mechanical and Aerospace <strong>Engineering</strong> Department, Ithaca, NY. April 8, 2004.<br />
Stanford <strong>University</strong>, Departments <strong>of</strong> Bioengineering and Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong>, Stanford, CA. March 5, 2004.<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California at Davis, Mechanical and Aeronautical <strong>Engineering</strong> Dept., Davis, CA, March 4, 2004.<br />
National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Bethesda, MD. December 12, 2003.<br />
Johns Hopkins School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab, Baltimore, MD. December 11, 2003.<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Tennessee, Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> Department, Knoxville, TN. October 30, 2003.<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> South <strong>Florida</strong>, Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> Department, Tampa, FL. March 4, 2003.<br />
Colorado State <strong>University</strong>, Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> Department, Ft. Collins, CO. November 22, 2002.<br />
Smith & Nephew Orthopedics, Research Division, Memphis, TN. May 1, 2002.<br />
SERVICE ACTIVITIES<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Mechanical & Aerospace <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
1999-2002 Member, Biomechanics Minor Curriculum Ad Hoc Committee<br />
1999-2004 Member, Dynamics PhD Qualifying Exam Ad Hoc Committee<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Biomedical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
2003-2004 Member, Facilities/Web Committee<br />
2003-2004 Coordinator, Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend<br />
College <strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
200-2002 Graduation Marshall<br />
2001 Grant Reviewer, Research Opportunity Fund
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GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION<br />
Role Student Research Topic Dept Grad Date<br />
Chair, Ph.D.<br />
Committee<br />
Bei, Y.<br />
Dynamic simulation <strong>of</strong> knee joint contact during<br />
human movement<br />
AE Dec 2003<br />
Dong, Z. Virtual prototyping <strong>of</strong> artificial knees ME May 2006*<br />
Reinbolt, J. A.<br />
Patient-specific musculoskeletal models for<br />
predicting post-treatment functional outcome<br />
ME May 2006*<br />
Co-Chair, Ph.D.<br />
Committee<br />
Koh, B.-I.<br />
Parallel algorithms for biomechanical<br />
optimization problems<br />
ECE May 2005*<br />
Schutte, J. F.<br />
Decomposition and optimization <strong>of</strong> large scale<br />
systems with the particle swarm algorithm<br />
AE May 2005*<br />
Chair, M.S.<br />
Committee<br />
Bei, Y.<br />
Multibody contact model formulations for<br />
simulating human joints<br />
AE Dec 2001<br />
Dy-Liacco, I. A.<br />
Creation <strong>of</strong> kinematic models <strong>of</strong> human<br />
movement from video motion data<br />
BME Aug 2001<br />
Goede, T. E<br />
Quantification <strong>of</strong> patell<strong>of</strong>emoral osteoarthritis<br />
severity using high field-strength MRI<br />
BME Dec 2001<br />
Lin, Y.-C.<br />
Experimental evaluation <strong>of</strong> a natural knee<br />
contact model using response surface<br />
optimization<br />
ME Aug 2004<br />
McDowell, M.<br />
Piezoresistive sensor equilibration for contact<br />
pressure measurements<br />
ME May 2005*<br />
Prasad, P. R.<br />
Determination <strong>of</strong> patient-specific inertial<br />
parameters through two-level optimization<br />
BME Aug 2002<br />
Rahman, H. A.<br />
Accurate measurement <strong>of</strong> three-dimensional<br />
natural knee kinematics using single-plane<br />
fluoroscopy<br />
BME Aug 2004<br />
Reinbolt, J. A.<br />
Determination <strong>of</strong> patient-specific functional axes<br />
through two-level optimization<br />
BME Aug 2003<br />
Rooney, K. L.<br />
Human movement prediction using inverse<br />
dynamic optimization<br />
BME Dec 2004*<br />
AE = Aerospace Eng., ME = Mechanical Eng., ECE = Electrical and Computer Eng., BME = <strong>Biomedical</strong> Eng.<br />
* = Estimated graduation date
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TEACHING EVALUATIONS<br />
Instructor Evaluation (Mean)<br />
Instructor Overall (Mean)<br />
Term Course Dr. <strong>Fregly</strong> Dept CoE Course Dept CoE<br />
Fall 1999 EGM 5430 4.64 3.87 3.93 4.73 3.90 3.97<br />
Spring 2000 EGM 4590 4.61 3.85 3.97 4.71 3.87 4.01<br />
Fall 2000 EGM 5430 4.21 3.96 3.95 4.36 3.98 3.99<br />
Spring 2001 EGM 4590 4.83 3.89 3.96 4.91 3.92 4.01<br />
Fall 2001 EGM 5430 4.79 4.04 4.20 4.82 4.05 4.26<br />
Spring 2002 EGM 4590 4.70 3.73 3.93 4.79 3.72 3.96<br />
Fall 2002 EGM 6341 4.24 4.10 4.18 4.31 4.16 4.22<br />
Spring 2003 EGM 4590 4.69 3.72 3.90 4.82 3.70 3.92<br />
Fall 2003 EML 5595 4.91 4.09 4.22 5.00 4.16 4.34<br />
Spring 2004 EGM 4344 4.43 3.95 4.01 4.62 4.03 4.07<br />
Scale:<br />
5 = High, 1 = Low<br />
Course Titles: EGM 5430 = Intermediate Dynamics (F99, F00, F01, F04) – Graduate<br />
EGM 4590 = Biodynamics (S00, S01, S02, S03) - Undergraduate<br />
EGM 6341 = Numerical Methods <strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> Analysis I (F02) - Graduate<br />
EML 5595 = Mechanics <strong>of</strong> the Human Locomotor system (F03) - Graduate<br />
EGM 4344 = Introduction to Numerical Methods <strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> Analysis (S04) - Undergraduate