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 – Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
expertise – Orthopaedic and Computational Biomechanics
Current Undergraduate Students
Jake Schaefer (MECH ’24) – bighorn sheep impact biomechanics
Minhaj Bhuiyan (BME ’23) – multi-axial skeletal muscle mechanics
Sabrina Lorza (MECH ’23) – biphasic skeletal muscle mechanics
Kyle Young (MECH ’24) – modeling the patellofemoral joint
Ally Clarke (BME ’24) – muscle fatigue and machine learning
Marianne Voigt (BME ’24) – modeling lower extremity joint loads
Jack Calisi (Psych’23) – upper extremity neuromuscular biomechanics
Hunter Vestal (MECH ’24) – upper extremity musculoskeletal modeling
Current Staff
Olivia Dyer (Biochem ’22, Bucknell) – Pediatric Orthopaedics Research Assistant, Geisinger
Previous Students
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
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Geisinger Commonwealth Medical School
Collaborative projects – characterization and modeling of pediatric gait and joint mechanics
Dr. Chulhyun Ahn
Staff physician, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Geisinger Health System
Assistant Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Collaborative project – neuromuscular synergies of upper limb function in stroke rehab patients
Dr. Pierre-Yves Rohan
Assistant Professor, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, France
Collaborative project – skeletal muscle structure-function mechanisms
Dr. Seth Donahue
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Collaborative project – bighorn sheep horn biomechanics