Biomechanical Consultant: Whole Body Mechanics; Balance Recovery; Slips, Trips, Falls; Age Impairments

Technical Consultant #1432

Mechanical and biomedical engineering.
Analysis regarding injuries due to slips, trips, falls, recovery, and age related impairments that limit recovery.
Compensatory mechanisms of balance recovery.
Human balancing mechanism and relationship to slips, trips and falls.
Biomechanical and musculoskeletal impairments associated with aging.
Whole body biomechanics and impact related injury.
Design and implementation of rapid prototyping of molds and shapes for body replacement parts.
Machine and system design for patients.
Motion analysis using AMTI and Bertec force plates and load cells tools and related motion tracking systems and data acquisition methods.
CAD tools: IDEAS, ProEngineer, SolidWorks, Unigraphics and VisPlus.

Undisclosed Safety Research Center, 2004 - Present

Conducting research related to human slip and fall mechanisms and fall aversion.
Program Specialist, responsible for writing grants, setting up bio mechanics systems, data processing, and conducting research studies.

Undisclosed Florida University, Adjunct Instructor, 2005 - 2006

Instructor for bio mechanics class for undergraduates in the exercise science program.

University of Michigan, Graduate Student Research Assistant, 1999 - 2004

Mobility Research Center and Biomechanics Research Laboratory.
Responsible for the set up and validation of laboratory equipment and the design and execution of experiments.

Ford Motor Company, 1999 - 2001

Lead Global team to eliminate all water leak closures on a new car.
Assisted in systemic implementation of rapid prototyping technologies focused on the integration of various project teams with rapid prototyping suppliers.
Advanced Safety and Biomechanics Division: responsible for the validation of the latest MADYMO model of the Hybrid III child dummy in a rear seated frontal impact crash scenario.

SaluMedica, Research Technician, 1999

Responsible for the design and implementation of rapid prototyped molds to create samples of a revolutionary cartilage replacement material for material testing purposes.