People

Primary Faculty

Xiaoli Zhang

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Affiliated Faculty

Cynthia Norrgran

Teaching Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Current Students

PhD Candidates

• Jeff Armstrong, “A Computational Model to Predict Dexterous Hand Movements from Sparse Muscle Activation Data” (in collaboration with Denver VA)
• J. Quinn Campbell, “Computational Modeling for Population-Based Evaluation of Spine Procedures” (in collaboration with Panorama Orthopaedics)
• Anton Filatov
• Songpo Li
• Rui Liu
• Nathan Pickle, “Muscle Function During Sloped Walking: Effects of Using a Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis”
• M. Hossein Saadatzi

MS Candidates

• Brendan Casias
• Amy Hegarty, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. “The Effects of Physical Therapy on Individual Muscle Force Production and Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy”
• Jeremy Webb

Undergraduate Research Fellows

• Rima Baliga, “Musculoskeletal Modeling of Child Amputees who have Undergone Rotationplasty”
• Trey Hulbert, “Development of a Method to Scale Muscle Strength for Biomechanical Analyses of Children with Cerebral Palsy”
• Devin Jorstad,
• Spencer Tryba

Undergraduate Student Researchers

• Jeremy F. Guiley
• Yejin (Jenny) Lee
• David C. Long
• Mitchell McCarty
• Andre Montes
• Barath Murali
• Emily Schroeder, “Assessment of Arm Motion During Uphill and Downhill Walking”

Former Students

Master of Science

• Eric T. Hansen, ’04. “Development, Calibration, and Evaluation of a Telemetric Transducer for Patellofemoral Force Measurement in a Human Knee”
• Kerry Jones, ’06.”Development of a Soft Tissue Analog for Use in Cadaveric Knee Brace Testing”
• Katherine Peeke, ’07. “Study of Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty Around a Single Flexion Axis Evaluated for Helical and Conical Axes”
• Tara N. Holz, ’07. “The Extensor Mechanism, Patellofermoral Contact Mechanics, and Kinematics of the Knee in Four Conditions; Healty, ACL Deficient, Implanted PCL Sparing and Sacrificing.”
• Sara L. Lewandowski, ’07. “Development of a Pelvic Reference Frame for Image-Guided Computer-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty”
• Heather E. Hoops, ’07.”The Neruomuscular Response of the Lumbar Spine to Varying Rest Durations Between Cyclic Flexion Periods”
• Anthony J. Babb, ’07. “A Comparative Study of the Anteroposterior, Cylindrical, Posterior Condylar, and Transepicondylar Axes for Femoral Implant Positioning in Total Knee Arthroplasty”
• Kelly Desens, ’08. “In Vivo Prediction of Modular Component Sizing, Orientation, and Range of Motion, for Total Hip Arthroplasty”
• Jennifer Smith, ’08. “A Simulation Study of Electromagnetic Coupling in a UHF Biotelemetry Link For An Artificial Hip Joint”
• Kelli Huls, ’10. “Development of a Probabilistic Model of Lumbar Spine Biomechanics”
• Jeff Armstrong, ’10. “A Generalized Model for Cross-Shear Wear in Total Joint Replacements”
• Julie VanLaanen, “Validation of a Novel Algorithm to Predict Cross-Shear Wear in Total Joint Replacements” (in collaboration with U Nebraska Medical Center)
• Daniel Chin, “Development of a Novel, Multi-Scale Biomechanical Model to Reduce Low Back Pain Among Lower Limb Amputees” (in collaboration with Denver VA and UCD)
• Nathan Pickle, ’12. “Whole-Body Angular Momentum During Walking on Stairs Using Passive and Powered Lower-Limb Prostheses”
• Daniel Cano, ’13. “Miniaturization and Validation Testing of a Mechanically Variable Stiffness Device for Application in Prosthetic Joints” (in collaboration with Denver VA)
• Matt Adams, ’14.“Multi-Scale Modeling and Analysis Via Surrogate Modeling Techniques for In Vivo Knee Loading Predictions”
• Michelle Deem, ’14. “Effects of Muscle Weakness on Musculoskeletal Model Estimates of Metabolic Cost in Children with Cerebral Palsy”
• Adam Yoder, ’14. “Low Back Biomechanics During Walking of Individuals With  a Lower-Limb Amputation”

Bachelor of Science

• Lauren Sepp, ’14. “Development of Biomechanics Active Learning Modules for K-12 Outreach”

Research Collaborators

• Amit Agarwala, M.D., Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center
• Bradley Davidson, Ph.D. University of Denver
• Dr. Kim Fernando, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center
• Deanna Gates, University of Michigan
• Romano Giannetti, Ph.D, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, http://www.icai.upcomillas.es/
• Alena Grabowski, University of Colorado – Boulder
• Travis Heare, University of Colorado – Denver, Children’s Hospital Colorado
• Adam Hebb, Colorado Neurological Institute
• Dr. Wilians Heinric,Geisinger Medical Center
• Max Kurz, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Dr. Carl Nelson, University of Nebraska Lincoln
• Dr. Dmitry Oleynikov, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Dr. Mark Rentschler, University of Colorado Boulder
• Paul Rullkoetter, Ph.D., University of Denver, Computational Biomechanics Lab
• Jeremy Smith, University of Northern Colorado
• Ryan Stephenson, D.O., Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Kelly Waugh, PT, MAPT, ATP, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center
• Jason Wilken, Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center