Interested in joining the lab?
Shoot Prof. Wheatley an email with a brief statement of why you want to do research in the MMOT lab – b.wheatley@bucknell.edu
Principal Investigator – Ben Wheatley
education – BS, Trinity College (Hartford, CT) 2011, & PhD, Colorado State University 2017
employment – Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
expertise – Orthopaedic and Computational Biomechanics
Current Personnel
Mahmood Rashedi (MS MECH ’26) – computational and experimental biomechanics
Akinkunmi Peter-Koyi (BS Biochem ’27) – material properties of muscle
Adrina Iachini (BS MECH ’26) – material properties of muscle
Chiara Vesicchio (BS MECH ’26) – bighorn sheep bioinspired design
Gianni Valentine (BS Biochem ’27) – material properties of muscle
Kailey Granger (BS MECH ’27) – gait biomechanics
Maddie Lehker (BS BME ’26) – muscle fatigue & wearable devices
Nihad Jafarov (MECH ’28) – gait biomechanics
Obianuju Obumneme-Akaneme (MECH ’28) – muscle mechanics
Abysinnia Shiferaw (MECH ’28) – bighorn sheep bioinspired design
Bernard Iringire Nkusi (MECH ’26) – muscle fatigue & wearable devices
Paige Jackson (BME ’27) – material properties of aponeurosis
Celsey Johnson (Biochem ’27) – material properties of muscle
Kelsey Brennan (BS BME ’29) – orthopaedic biomechanics
Lab Alums
Bryce Reimer, BS MECH ’24 & MS MECH ’25
Amelia Boyd, MECH ’25
Juliana Capizzi, BME ’25
Ally Clarke, BME ’24
Jake Schaefer, MECH ’24
Kyle Young, MECH ’24
Ally Clarke, BME ’24
Marianne Voigt, BME ’24
Hunter Vestal, MECH ’24
Jose Juarez, MECH ’24
Minhaj Bhuiyan, BME ’23
Sabrina Lorza, MECH ’23
Jack Calisi, Psych ’23
Anthony Zamarra, BME ’23
Olivia Dyer, Biochem ’22
Thomas Matsumura, Neurosci ’22
Keith Grega, BME ’21
Anurag Vaidya, BME ’21
Ruth Segall, Biochem ’21
Emily Tully, MECH ’21
Kristen Fu, MECH ’20
Elyssa Penson, MECH ’21
Margo Yancey, MECH ’19
Joelle Andres-Beck, MECH and Comparative & Digital Hum ’20
Sai Pranav Rallabhandi, MECH ’21
Christine Bendzinski, Biochem ’18
Collaborators
Dr. Mark Seeley, Associate Program Director for Orthopaedic Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center
Dr. Chulhyun Ahn, Staff physician, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Geisinger Health System
Dr. Brecca Gaffney, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver
Dr. Pierre-Yves Rohan, Assistant Professor, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, France
Dr. Seth Donahue, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Aaron Drake, Human Performance Engineer, KBR, Inc. (NASA Contractor)