Track Chairs
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Taeyoon Kim
Purdue University, USA
Taeyoon Kim
Purdue University, USA
Track: Molecular and Subcellular Biomechanics
Dr. Taeyoon Kim received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University in 2004. He then received his SM and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Then, he held a postdoctoral position in the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics at the University of Chicago until 2013. At Purdue University, Dr. Kim is the principal investigator of the Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue (MCT) Biomechanics Laboratory, which studies diverse mechanical behaviors of biological matters, using cutting-edge computational models that span subcellular levels to the cell and tissue levels. -
Natalya Kizilova
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Natalya Kizilova
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Track: Biofluid and Transport 1: Modeling and Simulation
Prof. dr hab. Natalya Kizilova, professor of Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics.
DSc and PhD degree in fluid mechanics (Kharkov National University, Ukraine).
Topics of research interest: biofluid rheology, cardiovascular biomechanics, biothermodynamics, nanofluidics, biomimetic design optimization. -
Alberto Leardini
Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy
Alberto Leardini
Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy
Track: Orthopaedic Biomechanics
He is Director of the Movement Analysis Laboratory, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli - Bologna (Italy). He received the Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Orthopaedic Engineering at the University of Oxford. His initial research focused on methodological issues and clinical applications of human motion analysis. His interests evolved then to three-dimensional videofluoroscopy, radiostereometry, and computer assisted surgery. He also made fundamental progresses on the mechanical modelling and prosthesis design of the ankle joint, and his original total ankle replacement is implanted with successful clinical and functional outcomes. He is now exploiting medical imaging, including modern weight-bearing CT, and additive manufacturing and for custom-design of orthotics and orthopaedic implants. He is author of 220 papers in peer-review journals (H-index 43; 11500 citations – SCOPUS April 2021) and of 4 international patents.
He has served on many national and international scientific communities: he has been President of the Società Italiana di Analisi del Movimento in Clinica (SIAMOC), of the Technical Group 3-D Analysis of Human Movement (3DAHM) and of the Italian Digital Biomanufacturing Network (IDBN), and in the Research Committee of the European Foot and Ankle Society (EFAS). He is in the Steering Group of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics community (i-FAB) since the foundation, and more recently in the Scientific Board of the International Weight Bearing CT Society (IWBCTS). He is now President-elect of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB). -
Cecile Legallais
Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
Cecile Legallais
Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
Track: Organ Biomechanics
Dr Cécile Legallais (DR1 CNRS) is Head of the CNRS/UTC joint laboratory “Biomechanics & Bioengineering. She coordinates research on “Bioartifical liver”. The multidisciplinary nature of her work reveals her expertise in biomedical engineering and tissue engineering for the design of bio-artificial organs, fluid mechanics and microfluidics, transport phenomena, and the interactions between cells and tissues with the biomaterials. Bronze Medal of CNRS in 2003, she published more than 100 papers in peer reviewed journals. She has supervised 25 PhD thesis. She is Past-President of the European Society of Artificial Organs. -
Chia-Ying James Lin
University of Cincinnati, USA
Chia-Ying James Lin
University of Cincinnati, USA
Track: Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Dr. Chia-Ying “James” Lin is the Mary S. and Joseph S. Stern Jr. Professor of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He has been crafting new innovations for skeletal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Dr. Lin has developed a number of platform technologies including 3D biofabrication/printing to augment tissue repairs. His invention in 3D bioprinting with decellularized human tissues sheds a new hope to repair injured joints of children and young adolescents. He was the recipient of 2017 Angela S.M. Kuo Memorial Award from the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, as well as the awardee of 2019 James Russell Neff MD Award. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.
Before directing the basic science research at Orthopaedic Surgery, Lin was the Dane A. and Mary Louise Miller Chair in Biomedical Engineering at College of Engineering and Applied Science of UC. He received his BS in Civil Engineering (Structural Mechanics) from National Taiwan University and earned both his MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he also started his academic career as the Founding Director of Spine Research Laboratory at the Department of Neurosurgery.
Lin is also a serial entrepreneur. He was one of the co-founders of Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. which was partially acquired by DePuy Synthes in 2017. He is also the founder of a biopharmaceutical company, Amplicore Inc. and was honored by the State of Ohio with the 2019 Ohio Faculty Council Technology Commercialization Award. He was also the recipient of the 2020 Emerging Entrepreneurial Achievement Award. -
Rui A. Lima
University of Minho, Portugal
Rui A. Lima
University of Minho, Portugal
Track: Biofluid and Transport 2: Experimental
Rui A. Lima is an Associate Professor at the Dep. of Mechanical Eng., Univ. of Minho (UMinho), and a researcher at MEtRICs/UMinho and CEFT/FEUP, Univ. of Porto. He received a Dipl. Eng. in Mechanical Eng. from UMinho (Portugal), a MSc-Eng from Sheffield Univ. (U.K.) and a PhD in Engineering from Tohoku Univ. (Japan). Currently he lectures several Master courses in Mechanical, Industrial and Biomedical Engineering and is the Director of the Doctoral program "Leaders for Technological Industries" (MIT Portugal program) and Master in Micro and Nanotechnologies. His main research interests include microfluidics, nanofluidics, microcirculation, organ-on-a-chip, biofabrication, blood analogue fluids and blood flow in biomedical microdevices. -
Banchong Mahaisavariya
Mahidol University, Thailand
Banchong Mahaisavariya
Mahidol University, Thailand
Track: Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Professor Banchong Mahaisavariya was previously Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University Thailand. He has served as the President of the Royal College of Orthopaedic Surgeon of Thailand (2016-2018). He obtained medical degree and residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre de Traumatologie et Orthopaedie Strasbourg, France (1990). He was a founding member of the Asian Association of Dynamic Osteosynthesis (AADO) in 1992. He was AO Fellow in 1995 at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto Canada. His special interests include: the biomechanics of fracture fixation, the development of new implant designs for fracture fixation, new surgical techniques for fracture fixations, etc. He has served on several committees in the Orthopaedic Societies both domestic (RCOST) and global levels such as ASEAN Orthopaedic Association (AOA), Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA), AADO, EFORT and SICOT etc. He is currently the President of Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand. -
Takeo Matsumoto
Nagoya University, Japan
Takeo Matsumoto
Nagoya University, Japan
Track: Cell Biomechanics 1: Methodology and Modeling
Takeo Matsumoto received his BS and MS from the Department of Precision Machinery Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1983 and 1985, respectively, and PhD from the Division of Biomedical Engineering at Hokkaido University in 1988. He then joined the Research Institute of Applied Electricity at Hokkaido University as a research associate and was a visiting scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1991-2. In 1993, he moved to the Department of Mechatronics and Precision Engineering at Tohoku University as a research associate and then an assistant professor. In 1996, he became an associate professor. In 2002, he moved to the Department of Mechanical and Systems Engineering at Nagoya Institute of Technology as a professor. After 14 years of professorship at Nagoya Institute of Technology, he moved to Nagoya University as a professor in 2016, and became a professor emeritus at Nagoya Institute of Technology. He has been a program officer at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2004-7), the chair of the Bioengineering Division of JSME (2010), a member of World Council of Biomechanics (2010-22), and the president of Asian-Pacific Association for Biomechanics (2013-21). His research interests lie in vascular, cellular, and developmental biomechanics especially on the aspects of mechanical adaptation and mechanotransduction, as well as development of new manufacturing techniques utilizing morphogenesis of biological tissues and development of diagnostic devices for atherogenesis. He is an author of more than 135 peer-reviewed articles and more than 20 book chapters, and is an associate editor of BioMedical Engineering OnLine. -
Andrew D. McCulloch
University of California San Diego, USA
Andrew D. McCulloch
University of California San Diego, USA
Track: Cardiorespiratory 1: Methodology and Modeling
Dr. Andrew McCulloch is the Shu Chien Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Engineering and Medicine at the University of California San Diego and Director of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine. He earned his bachelor (1981) and Ph.D. (1986) degrees in Engineering Science at the University of Auckland and joined the UC San Diego faculty in 1987. He directs the UCSD Interfaces Graduate Training Program and the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Specialization in Multi-Scale Biology. Dr. McCulloch served as Vice Chair of the Bioengineering Department from 2002 to 2005 and Chair from 2005 to 2008. He is also a member of Qualcomm Institute, the Center for Research on Biological Systems, and a Senior Fellow of the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Dr. McCulloch was educated at the University of Auckland, New Zealand in Engineering Science and Physiology receiving his Ph.D. in 1986. Dr. McCulloch was an NSF Presidential Young Investigator and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of the Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological Society. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Bio-Medical Engineering Society, and is currently Associate Editor of PLoS Computational Biology. He also serves on the Executive Council of the International Union of Physiological Sciences.
Dr. McCulloch has published over 250 peer reviewed research article. His lab uses multi-scale engineering approaches to help understand, diagnose and treat heart diseases. They use experimental and computational models to investigate the relationships between the cellular and molecular structure of cardiac muscle and the electrical and mechanical function of the whole heart during ventricular remodeling, heart failure and arrhythmia. The lab is also developing new methods to generate patient-specific models for clinical use and has licensed technologies to startup companies. -
Mohammad R. K. Mofrad
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Mohammad R. K. Mofrad
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Track: Molecular and Subcellular Biomechanics
Mohammad R. K. Mofrad is a professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering at the University of California Berkeley. His research lab (URL: biomechanics.berkeley.edu) harnesses the power of theoretical and computational modelling approaches, ranging from molecular and multiscale biomechanics to bioinformatics and computational biology to statistical and machine learning, towards understanding human cardiovascular and neurological diseases. -
Wendy Murray
Northwestern University, USA
Wendy Murray
Northwestern University, USA
Track: Musculoskeletal 2: Joints and Whole Body
Wendy Murray is a Full Professor at Northwestern University, directs the Applied Research in Musculoskeletal Simulation (ARMS) laboratory at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and is a Research Scientist at the Edward Hines VA Medical Center. The foundation for her work is the development of biomechanical models that accurately represent the mechanical actions of the upper extremity muscles. The models and anatomical databases she has shared have been cited hundreds of times. Her research program aims to better understand and help improve function of the disabled upper limb. Her work has relevance for motor control, control systems for exoskeletons and prosthetics, restoration of function following cervical spinal cord injury, rehabilitation following stroke, orthopaedic interventions for osteoarthritis, and prevention of injuries in baseball pitching.
She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the American Society of Biomechanics, serves on the Executive Board of the US National Committee on Biomechanics, and served as President of the American Society of Biomechanics in 2018. -
Toshiro Ohashi
Hokkaido University, Japan
Toshiro Ohashi
Hokkaido University, Japan
Track: Cell Biomechanics 2: Mechanobiology
Hokkaido University, Japan
Toshiro Ohashi received B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Tsukuba University in Japan in 1991 and 1994, respectively. He then joined Tohoku University in Japan in 1994, serving as Research Associate from 1994 to 2002 and as Associate Professor from 2002 to 2009. During this period of time, he received Ph.D. from Tohoku University in 2000. He spent one-year at Queen Mary University of London in the UK from 2004 to 2005 and spent seven-months at Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden in 2008 as Academic Fellow. Since 2009, he has been Full Professor at Hokkaido University in Japan. He was also appointed as Visiting Professor at Kyushu University in Japan in 2010 and as Visiting Lecturer at Kyoto University in Japan from 2012 to 2013. His research interests involve cell/tissue biomechanics such as understanding of cell remodeling process in response to external mechanical stimuli and mechanical characterization of soft tissues in health and disease and bio-MEMS such as development of PDMS/glass/silicon-made microdevices towards high throughput single cell analysis. He has published more than 90 scientific journal papers and has been honored with 12 national and international awards. His editorial appointments include emeritus Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Biorheology, Associate Editor of Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering and Editorial Board Member of Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering. He has been a Vice President of Japan Society of Biorheology since 2019, a Representative Board Member of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (JSMBE) since 2009, an Executive Board Member of Asian-Pacific Association for Biomechanics (APAB) since 2010, a Council Member of World Council of Biomechanics since 2018 and a member of Engineering Academy of Japan since 2020. -
Noor Azuan Abu Osman
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Noor Azuan Abu Osman
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Track: Sports Biomechanics
N A Abu Osman (Azuan) graduated from University of Bradford, UK with a B.Eng. Hons. in Mechanical Engineering, followed by MSc. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. Azuan is the Professor of Biomechanics at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
His research interests are quite wide-ranging under the general umbrella of biomechanics. However, his main interests are the measurements of human movement, prosthetics design, the development of instrumentation for forces and joint motion, and the design of prosthetics, orthotics and orthopaedic implants.
He is currently the President of Malaysian Society of Biomechanics. He has publications in books, conference proceedings and journals. He is also a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) and Fellow (FIMechE) with The Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK, Chartered Professional Engineer (C.PEng) and Fellow (FIEAust) with Engineers Australia and Fellow of Academy of Sciences Malaysia. -
Stephen Piazza
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Stephen Piazza
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Track: Locomotion and Human Movement 1: General
Stephen Piazza is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Penn State University where he has worked since 1998. At Penn State he also holds appointments in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation. He received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University and his undergraduate training in engineering sciences from Harvard University. Dr. Piazza is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Biomechanics, and previously has served as President of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Biomechanics and Foot & Ankle International. He was Program Chair for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Dr. Piazza’s research interests are in joint biomechanics and computer simulation of human movement, with a specific focus on how variation in joint structure in humans determines performance at the extremes of locomotor ability. In 2011, his research group won first prize in the Grand Challenge Competition to Predict In Vivo Knee Loads held at the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference. Dr. Piazza's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, private foundations, and industry sponsors. His work has been featured in media outlets such as the BBC World Service and the New York Times. -
Ellen Roche
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Ellen Roche
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Track: Cardiorespiratory 3: Materials and Prosthesis
Ellen Roche is currently an Associate Professor (W.M Keck Foundation Career Development Professor) at the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She directs the Therapeutic Technology Design and Development Lab. She completed her PhD at Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Her research focuses on applying innovative technologies to the development of cardiac devices. Her research includes development of novel devices to repair or augment cardiac function using disruptive approaches such as soft robotics, combination of mechanical actuation with delivery of cell therapy, and use of light activated biodegradable adhesives. Dr. Roche was employed in the medical device industry for over five years as a research and development engineer and employs her understanding of the medical device industry and the regulatory pathways to medical device commercialization in her academic research. She holds 5 issued patents, with ten pending and is the authors of over 40 conference/journal papers. She is the recipient of multiple awards including the Fulbright International Science and Technology Award, the Wellcome Trust Seed Award in Science, an American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Award, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, an NIH Trailblazer Award and a Charles H. Hood Award for Excellence in Child Health Research. -
Michelle B. Sabick
Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, USA
Michelle B. Sabick
Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, USA
Track: Biomedical Engineering Education and Outreach
Dr. Michelle Sabick assumed the role of Dean of the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Denver in March of 2021. Previously, she was Dean of Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology at Saint Louis University, Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University, and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Boise State University, where she started her academic career.
Sabick earned a BS degree in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and MS and PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa. Before moving to academia, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Orthopedics at the Mayo Clinic and worked as an upper extremity biomechanics researcher at the Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation in Vail, CO.
Dr. Sabick’s research areas are orthopedic biomechanics and sports medicine. Her primary focus is on how highly ballistic human movements affect the joints of the upper extremity. She is currently the Past-President of the American Society of Biomechanics. In her previous position, she co-chaired the Saint Louis University Science and Engineering Task Force, and she also led the team that designed the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building at SLU that opened in August, 2020.
Throughout her career, Sabick has been passionate about improving undergraduate engineering education. She has been highly involved in efforts to transform STEM teaching practices at both Saint Louis University and Boise State, where she helped mentor faculty members to infuse courses with more interactive and hands-on learning experiences. She is currently working on an externally funded project to encourage math and science faculty to adopt active learning techniques and entrepreneurially minded learning strategies in their courses. -
Anne K. Silverman
Colorado School of Mines, USA
Anne K. Silverman
Colorado School of Mines, USA
Track: Locomotion and Human Movement 2: Balance, Posture, and Motor Control
Dr. Anne Silverman is the Rowlinson Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Dr. Silverman’s research program centers on understanding musculoskeletal biomechanics and movement coordination to develop effective training interventions, prevent injury, and improve mobility. As director of the Functional Biomechanics Laboratory, she uses experimental movement analysis and computational whole-body modeling techniques to evaluate muscle action, joint loading and device function during movement. Recent projects have evaluated military service members, people with lower-limb amputations, and children with cerebral palsy. Her work has been funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense and has been published in the Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and Gait & Posture. She has served as an Associate Editor for Gait & Posture and is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. -
Merryn Tawhai
Auckland Bioengineering Institute, New Zealand
Merryn Tawhai
Auckland Bioengineering Institute, New Zealand
Track: Cardiorespiratory 2: Clinical Applications
Professor Merryn Tawhai is Deputy Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (University of Auckland). Her research is in the development of integrative computational models of the pulmonary system and their application in understanding structure-function interactions in normal physiology and in the pathophysiology of pulmonary disease. She has established novel methods for predictive modeling of structure-function relationships in the lung and has led international efforts to develop a quantitative description of lung anatomy, and accompanying multi-scale models that bring together cell function, tissue mechanics, and transport and exchange processes. Her research has been supported by multiple collaborative NIH and NSF projects, and awards from NZ’s blue skies and health research funding agencies. Professor Tawhai was awarded the 2016 MacDiarmid Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) Te Apārangi, for the potential impact of her research on human health. She is a Fellow of the RSNZ Te Apārangi, of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, and she is a member of the World Council for Biomechanics. -
Darryl Thelen
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Darryl Thelen
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Track: Musculoskeletal 3: Modeling and Simulation
Darryl Thelen is the Weideman Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also the John Bollinger Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Prof. Thelen’s neuromuscular biomechanics lab develops computational models, novel sensor technologies and dynamic imaging protocols to investigate the structure, mechanics and behavior of musculoskeletal tissues within the human body. Current projects are aimed at improving orthopedic treatments of gait disorders in children, enhancing the precision of total knee joint replacement, and investigating biomechanical factors that contribute to osteoarthritis. His research has been supported by the NIH, NSF, DOD and several private companies and foundations.
Dr. Thelen received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University in 1987 and his MSE and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1988 and 1992, respectively. He has been on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2002 and was the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering from 2017-20. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Biomechanics and served as President of the American Society of Biomechanics in 2014-15. -
Takashi Ushida
University of Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Ushida
University of Tokyo, Japan
Track: Tissue Engineering 1: Mechanobiology
Takashi Ushida received his BS and MS from the Department of Precision Machinery Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1979 and 1952, respectively, and PhD from the Faculty of Engineering at University of Tokyo in 1985. Then, he joined to Biomechanics Division of Mechanical Engineering laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan. He moved as associate professor to Mechanical Engineering Division, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, in 2000. Then, he became a professor of Division of Regenerative Medical Engineering, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo in 2003, and a professor of Division of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 2015. He retied from the University of Tokyo, and became a professor emeritus of University of Tokyo in 2021.
He is a member of World Council of Biomechanics(-2022), and emeritus Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering. He is a fellow of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), and was a chairman of steering commiittee of Bioengineering Division in JSME.
His research interests include tissue regeneration especially cartilage regenration, cellular effects of physical stimulation especially chondrocyte differentiation and cartulage tissue recnstruction under physiological hydrostaitc pressure loading, and noninvasive measurements of regenerated tissues. He has 160 peer reviewed scientific papers and 10 national / international awards.