Faculty
Laboratory activities are directed by Dr. James Ashton-Miller, Senior Research Scientist, an internationally-recognized authority on the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system.
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James A. Ashton-Miller
Research Professor
MS: MIT, 1974; Ph.D: University of Oslo, 1982
phone: (734) 763-2320
fax: (734) 769-1145
e-mail: jaam@umich.edu
Homepage
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Arthur Kuo
Associate Professor
MS: Stanford, 1989; Ph.D.: Stanford, 1993
phone: (734) 647-2505
fax: (734) 763-9332
e-mail: artkuo@umich.edu
Staff
A highly qualified staff of technicians, electronics engineers, computer systems specialists, and medical personnel work full-time in the laboratory to foster research activities.
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Anita English
Contracts and Grants Specialist
3216 GG Brown
(734) 936-0366
email: aenglish@umich.edu
Janet A. Kemp
Supervisor of Laboratory Services
3220 GG Brown
(734) 936-3693
email: jaankemp@umich.edu
Connie Raymond-Schenk
Senior Secretary
3216 GG Brown
(734) 936-0366
email: craymond@engin.umich.edu
Students
GSRAs - under Dr. James Ashton-Miller
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Luyun Chen
Email: luyunc@engin.umich.eduResearch Area: Mechanics of Genital Prolapse
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Dejun Jing
Email: djing@engin.umich.eduResearch Area: Effect of Pregnancy on Pelvic Floor Tissue Mechanical Properties
Hogene Kim
Email: hogenek@engin.umich.edu
Research Area:
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Kuo-Cheng Lien
Email: kclien@engin.umich.eduResearch Area: Mechanics of Vaginal Birth
GSRAs - under Dr. Art Kuo
Jingru Wang
Email: jingruw@engin.umich.eduResearch Area: Control of Human Gait
Previous Students (website under construction)
Post-Docs - under Dr. James Ashton-Miller
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Sibylle Thies
Email: sthies@gmx.netResearch Area: Effect of Age and Peripheral Neuropathy on Locomotion on Uneven Surfaces
Graduate Students - under Dr. James Ashton-Miller
Eric Battjes
Email: ebattjes@engin.umich.edu
Research Area: A Prospective Study of Two Types of Progressive Resistance Training on Fall Recovery in Young and Old Adults
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Lisa Case
Email: lcase@engin.umich.edu
Research Area: Kinetics and Kinematics of the Forward Fall Arrest in Women
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Bing-Shiang Yang
Email: bsyang@umich.eduResearch Area: Bipedal Balance on Compliant Structures
Other Students - Under Dr. James Ashton-Miller
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Maya
Email:
woofwoof@umich.edu
Ms. Kelly Ton
Email: expired
GSRA- under Dr. Edward Woyjtys
Thomas
Withrow
Email: withrow@med.umich.edu
Research Area: Mechanics of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury



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