Consulting and Forensic Engineer
System Engineering And Laboratories (SEAL)
EDUCATION
Post Doctorate, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1996
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1994
Masters of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1990
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, El Paso, Texas, 1986
CERTIFICATIONS
P.E., Professional Engineer, Texas
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (past and present)
ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASB, American Society of Biometrics
ISB, International Society of Biometrics
BES, Biomedical Engineering Society
SHPE, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
TSPE, Texas Society of Professional Engineers
ASEE, American Society of Engineering Education
COURSES TAUGHT
Northwest University, Evanston, IL: Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas: Dynamics, Mechanical Vibrations, Statics, Mechanics of Materials, Robotics and
Manufacturing Applications, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Biomechanics, Biomedical Research, Biomedical Engineering,
Mechanisms, and Kinematics, Engineering Project Management, Design, Robotics, Vibration, ASME Design.
University Of Texas, Austin, Texas: Dynamics, Biomechanics of Human Movement, Biosignal Analysis.
University of Guanajuato at Salamanca:(in Spanish) Biomechanics.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Manufacturing Engineering- Management Professional Corporate Program, General Electric Company, June, 1988
Post Doctoral Fellow: Depts. of Physiology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Northwest University Medical School
Post Doctoral Fellow: Sensory Motor Performance Program (Focus: Neuromuscular Control, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics,
Neuroscience) Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS & ACTIVITIES
Virtual Human Arm, Upper Extremity Biomechanics, Control of Artificial Muscle, Pneumatic Artificial Muscles,
Intelligent Prosthetic Arm, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Biomechanical Arm, ACL Deficient Knee, Low Cost Prosthetics,
Musculoskeletal Models (Upper Extremity, Forearm, Elbow) Computational Biomechanics & Motor Control, Elbow Joint
Research, Wrist Joint Strength, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Motion Analysis and EMG,
Knee Ligament Forces, Human Joint Movement and Torques
QUALIFICATIONS
Failure analysis and Forensic Engineering, Dynamics, Biomechanical Systems, Kinematics, Vibration Analysis, Mechanical
Engineering-Mechanics, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Artificial Muscles, Prosthetics, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis,
Biomechanics of Synovial Joints, Muscle Fatigue.
EXPERIENCE
2005 - Present Consulting Engineer, System Engineering and Laboratories (SEAL)
1998 - Present Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
1996 - Present Professor, Biomedical & Mechanical Engineering, LeTourneau Univ., Longview, TX
1994 - 1996 Post-Doctoral Research Scientist & NIH-HRSA Fellow with joint appointments in Sensory Motor
Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
1989 - 1994 Research Assistant & NASA-JSC Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX
1989 - 1989 Design Engineer, Aircraft Engine Division, General Electric, Cincinnati, OH
1988 - 1989 Senior Engineering Project Manager & Design Engineer, Electric Motors Division, General Electric, El Paso, TX
1986 - 1988 Production - Manufacturing Management Engineer, Aircraft Engine Division, Albuquerque. NM
and Major Appliance Division, Louisville, KY General Electric
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