Biomedical Engineer & Prosthetics Expert Witness | Colorado

Expert Qualifications

This expert is a world renowned Biomedical Engineer specializing in prosthetics. He received a BA in mathematics and a BAI in microelectronics and electrical engineering from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, in 1983. After working as a control engineer in England, he moved to the USA and obtained his MS and PhD degrees in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He has extensive experience working with lower and upper limb prosthetics research. His recent research is focused on the development an artificial hand replacement capable of true dexterous manipulation for use by persons with upper-limb loss. He covers all aspects of the problem ranging from neural control and sensing, mechatronic design and development, novel actuator technologies, and clinical deployment of these systems. He is currently the Director of the Biomechatronics Development Laboratory at a university in CO. He is also a Research Healthcare Scientist for a VA Health Care System, and holds Research Associate Professor appointments in the Departments of Bioengineering and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Bio Snapshot

Location: CO

BA, Mathematics, Trinity College

BAI, Microelectronics & Electrical Engineering, Trinity College

MS, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Member, Robotics & Automation Society

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Member, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO)

Member, Institute of Engineers of Ireland

Former, Control Engineer, APV Automation

Former, Research Associate, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School

Former, Research Associate, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Medical School

Former, Biomedical Engineer, Northwestern University Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center and Prosthetics Research Laboratory

Former, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Former, Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Former, Adjunct Faculty, Northwestern University Prosthetics & Orthotics Center (NUPOC)

Former, Research Healthcare Scientist, Veterans Administration, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Lakeside CBOC

Former, Research Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Former, Senior Research Scientist, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Former, Director, Biomechatronics Development Laboratory, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Former, Associate Clinical Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Former, National Director for Research and Development, Advanced Arm Dynamics

Current, Adjunct Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, major CO University

Current, Associate Research Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, major CO University

Current, Associate Research Professor, Department of Bioengineering, major CO University

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