Biodynamics Lab

People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Carl Luchies
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Director of Biodynamics Laboratory
(785) 864-2993
Learned Hall, Room 3135B

Collaborators

Dr. Paul Cheney
Professor Emeritus, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
(913) 588-7400
HLSIC, Room 3901
Dr. Cuncong Zhong
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(785) 864-8825
2026 Eatong Hall
Dr. Huazhen Fang
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(785) 864-8126
Learned Hall, Room 3165C

PhD Students

Victoria Blackwood
GTA, Bioengineering, PhD Student, Bioengineering
Learned Hall, Room 2110
Eryn Gerber
Madison & Lila Self Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Bioengineering
Learned Hall, Room 2110
Camilo Giraldo
Engineering Assistant Professor, Olivet Nazarene University, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Reed Hall, Room 247
Zaccur Nkrumah
GTA, Bioengineering, PhD Student, Bioengineering
Learned Hall, Room 2110
Scott Ring
GTA, Mechanical Engineering, PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Learned Hall, Room 2110
Alex Wilson
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering, Madison & Lila Self Graduate Fellow
Learned Hall, Room 2110

MS Students

Di Bin
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Learned Hall, Room 2110
Jessica Kirchner
GTA, Mechanical Engineering, MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Learned Hall, Room 2110

Undergraduate Students

Volunteers

Alumni
PhD Students

Annaria Barnds, PhD BioE
Business Development Engineer
360 Energy Engineers | Wildman
annaria.barnds@gmail.com

Sommer Amundsen, PhD BioE
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neurology
University of Minnesota
slamunds@umn.edu

Molly McVey, PhD ME
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, School of Engineering
University of Kansas
mollymcv@ku.edu

Gregory W. King, PhD, PE
Associate Professor, School of Computing and Engineering
University of Missouri-Kansas City
kinggr@umkc.edu

Antonis Stylianou, PhD ME
Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Engineering
University of Missouri-Kansas City
stylianoua@umkc.edu

Yongseok Won, PhD ME

Jeffrey Schiffman, PhD HSES
Director, Center for Physical Ergonomics
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
Jeffrey.Schiffman@LibertyMutual.com

MS Students (Thesis unless noted)

Brett Whorley, MS BioE
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Technical Service Engineer
bwhorley14@gmail.com

Paris Nichols, MS ME
paris.nichols@outlook.com

Logan Sidener, MS BioE
Application Engineer
Smith & Loveless Inc.
lsidener6@gmail.com

Melanie Weilert, MS BioE
Bioinformatician
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
mlweilert@gmail.com

Camilo Giraldo, MS ME
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
University of Kansas
c318g339@ku.edu

Joshua Harper, MS ME
PhD Student, Neural Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
jrh69@psu.edu

Chandrashekara Kaushik Gandur Balagangadhara, MS ME
Research Engineer, R&D
ELGi, India
chandra11.kaushik@gmail.com

Corbin Reagan, MS ME
Systems Test Engineer Manager
RBC Medical Innovations
reagancorbin@gmail.com

Eshwar Lakkappa, MS ME (Project)

Srisha Mahur, MS ME (Project)

Michael Haines, MS ME

Molly McVey, MS ME
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, School of Engineering
University of Kansas
mollymcv@ku.edu

Gregory W. King, MS ME
Associate Professor, School of Computing and Engineering
University of Missouri-Kansas City
kinggr@umkc.edu

Antonis Stylianou, MS ME
Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Engineering
University of Missouri-Kansas City
stylianoua@umkc.edu
 

Undergraduate Students

Bryson Brown
University of Kansas, ME
bryson_brown96@ku.edu

Luke Lindemann
University of Kansas, ME
lindemannluke@ku.edu