Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratories

Undergraduate Student Alumni

  1. David Michelin, 1987 NIH Summer Trainee, College of Human Medicine. Effects of sex and age on the mechanical properties of irradiated patellar tendon allografts.

  2. Jeffrey Bonner, Materials Science-Engineering (Senior Thesis: Fracture fixation of the canine lumbar spine). Co-investigator: A. Shores, D.V.M., Small Animal Clinical Sciences. Report: 6/89.

  3. Peter Curcione, 1989 NIH Summer Trainee, College of Osteopathic Medicine. Structural and material properties of the canine femur in juvenile onset diabetes mellitus.

  4. Thad Ide, Mechanical Engineering (Senior Project: Mechanical properties of traumatized articular cartilage), Report dated 8/90.

  5. Colleen Kennedy, 1990 NIH Summer Trainee, College of Osteopathic Medicine. Cleavage of proteoglycans from collagen in articular cartilage following blunt impact.

  6. Scott Hannum, 1991 NIH Summer Trainee, College of Osteopathic Medicine. Effects of surgically removing the central and medial thirds of the PT on PF joint pressure distributions.

  7. Robert Roth, 1992 NIH Summer Trainee, College of Human Medicine. The influence of stress on rehabilitation of the patellar tendon after femoval of the central third for ligament reconstruction.

  8. Scott Camphausen, Materials Science (Senior thesis: Analysis of ASTM standard tests on materials used in athletic footware), 6/92.

  9. Keith Sultana, Mechanical Engineering (Senior Project: Mechanical properties of the central third of the rabbit patellar tendon), 6/92.

  10. Brenda Kenty, (Senior Thesis: The influence of cross-linking and diameter on the mechanical properties of reconstituted collagen fibers), 8/93.

  11. Debbra Spanos, (Senior Thesis: Characterization of materials used in the athletic midsole), 5/93.

  12. William Newbury,.(Senior Thesis: Feasibility study using electro-rheological fluids in athletic shoe designs), 8/93.

  13. James D. Windon, (Senior Thesis: Design considerations for a Patellar Tendon augmentation device after removal of the central one-third for the reconstruction of the ACL), 8/94.

  14. Antoinette Coles, B.S. G.E. Summer Research Program. The effects of impact location and energy on damage in the knee from impact. 6/1/94-8/15/94.

  15. Tammy Cummings, (Senior Thesis: A comprehensive study on iliac crest blocks), 12/95.

  16. Kurt Gardener, (Senior Thesis: Tensile properties of the human femur anterior cruciate ligament-tibia complex. The effects of strain rate and hydration), 1/97.

  17. Veronica Robertson, (Senior Thesis: The design of a composite heel insert for a shoe insole), 1/97.

  18. Glenys Thorensten, (Senior Thesis : The development and design of a device for non-destructive compressive testing of iliac crest blocks), 8-97.

  19. David Raymond, ( Senior Thesis: A study of injury, decompression, and subsequent reconstruction of cervical spine lesions in the canine) 12/98

  20. Hasnin Ali, ( Senior Project: The development of a stress based injury criterion for the human knee) 5/98

  21. Tete Eshiyonzo Oniango, ( Senior Thesis: Blunt impacts on the human tibio-femoral joint) 12/98.

  22. Melissa Baetz, (Senior Thesis: Structural properties of the bovine patellar tendon and the effect of twisting the structure) 5/99

  23. Brian Weaver, (Senior Thesis: The analysis of the trochlear wedge recession technique versus the trochlear block recession technique for a canine stifle suffering from medial patellar luxation) 5/99

  24. Raelynn Deller, (Senior Thesis: The effects of twisting bovine patellar tendons and its relationship to human ACL reconstruction) 8/00

  25. Jill Krueger, ( Senior Thesis: Determination of tensile strength of various concentrations of fibrin glue in vitro) 12/99

  26. Alex Rucker, (Senior Thesis: Determination of the material properties of bone grafts in a rabbit radius subjected to torsion) 8/00

  27. Eric Clack, (Senior Thesis: Design of a bicycling shoe flexural stiffness test and preliminary test results) 12/00

  28. Masaya Kitagawa, (Senior Thesis: Injury patterns and internal loads in the human knee during tibial-femoral joint loading at various flexion angles) 8/01

  29. Phillip Thisse, (Senior Thesis: A comparison of mechanically traumatized cartilage explants with and without underlying bone) 05/02

  30. Noah Bartsch, (Senior Thesis: A transversely isotropic hypo-elastic biphasic model of articular cartilage under impact loading II- Updating the finite element software and expanding the applicability of the model) 8/01

  31. Eric Meyer, (Senior Thesis: Effect of intramedullary pin-plate combination on the mechanical properties of pantarsal arthrodesis: A comparative in vitro functional analysis in dogs) 8/02.

  32. Robin Weerts, (Senior Thesis: Biomechanical Comparison of Interlocking Nail and Intramedullary Pin-Plate Combination in an in vitro Canine Tibial Fracture Model) 5/03.

  33. Michael Sinnott, (Senior Thesis: The effect of an axial load in the tibia on the response of the 90 degree flexed knee to blunt impacts with a deformable interface) 8/04.

Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratories
Attn: Dr. Roger Haut
A-407 East Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
phone:(517) 355-0320
email: haut@msu.edu


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