Current Members and Collaborators

Yusif Gurbanli

Ph.D. student

Mechanical Engineering

yusifgurbanli@miami.edu

Research Interest: Medical Imaging, Orthopaedics, Computational Dynamics.

Sergio Lemus

Ph.D. Candidate

Mechanical Engineering

sergiolemus@miami.edu

Research Interest: Occupational Biomechanics, Sports Biomechanics, Orthopeadics.

Gabi Schwartz

Ph.D. Candidate

Biomedical Engineering

Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab (Collaborator Lab. P.I. Dr. Alicia Jackson)

gxs1942@miami.edu

Research Interest: Tissue Biomechanics

Anthony El Kommos

Ph.D. Candidate

Biomedical Engineering

Orthopaedic BioEngineering Lab (Collaborator Lab. P.I. Dr. Fotios Andreopoulos)

axe627@miami.edu

Research Interest: Tissue Biomechanics

Avery Blasdale

Undergraduate student

Mechanical Engineering

arb314@earth.miami.edu

Research Interest: Occupational Biomechanics, Sports Biomechanics, Orthopeadics.

Jessica Dickson

Undergraduate student

Mechanical Engineering

jsd150@miami.edu

Research Interest: Occupational Biomechanics, Sports Biomechanics, Orthopeadics.

Jaron Mohammed 

Undergraduate student

Mechanical Engineering

jim4226@miami.edu

Research Interest: Machine Learning, Musculoskeletal modeling, Inertial Measurement Unit devices.

Ethan Le

Undergraduate student

Mechanical Engineering (Sports Medicine minor)

ell82@miami.edu

Research Interest: Full Body Biomechanics, Sports Biomechanics

Pablo Legaz

Undergraduate student

Health Science (pre med track, minor in sports medicine and public health)

pil12@miami.edu

Research Interest: Orthopaedics, Sports Biomechanics. 

Eden Pearson

Undergraduate student

Biomedical Engineering

eep955@miami.edu

Research Interest: Computational Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering. 

Chaunté Lewis

Undergraduate student

Mechanical Engineering

calewis@miami.edu

Research Interest: Occupational Biomechanics, Orthopaedics, Medical Robotics.

Chaiya Shah

Undergraduate student

Mechanical Engineering

cas533@miami.edu

Research Interest: Musculoskeletal modeling, Inertial Measurement Unit devices.

Nicholas Siman

High School volunteer researcher

nsiman26431@columbushs.com

Christopher Columbus High School

Research Interest: Orthopaedics, Sports Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering.

Previous Members

Raul Santamaria, MS

Mechanical Engineering - Class 24'

Andy Morejon, Ph.D.

Mechanical Engineering - Class 23'

Ph.D. Dissertation: Biomechanical Analysis of Knee Meniscus Fibrocartilage

Mallory Volz, MS

Biomedical Engineering - Class 23'

MS Thesis: Assesment of the Accuracy and Robustness of Five Velocity Based Training Devices in Olympic-Style Weightlifting.

Francisco Beron-Vera, MS

Mechanical Engineering - Class 23'

MS thesis: Kinematic Dominant/Nondominant Asymmetry in Central and Lateral Positioned College and Sub-Elite Soccer Players.

Massimiliano De Rosa, Ph.D.

Mechanical Engineering - Class 22'

Ph.D Dissertation: Computational Approaches to Further Knowledge of Meniscus Mechanics

Jorge Guzman, Ph.D.

Industrial Engineering - Class 22'

Ph.D Dissertation: Tibia Fracture Osteogenesis: Computational Simulation Studies

Christopher Norberg, MS

Biomedical Engineering - Class 21'

MS Thesis: A Biomechanical Analysis of Human Menisci and Electrospun Gelatin Scaffolds

Nojoud Al-Hakeem, Ph.D.

Ergonomics - Class 20'

Ph.D. Dissertation: Effects of Surgical Intervention for Spastic Upper Extremity on Gait in Spastic Adults