Program

Friday, May 9, 2008
12:00pm – 12:30pm	Registration – Engineering Technology Bldg (ET) Lobby
12:30pm – 12:40pm	Introductory Remarks – ET 110
12:45pm – 2:00pm	Session I – Locomotion – ET 110
2:00pm – 2:30pm	Round Table Discussions – Engineering Quad
2:30pm – 2:45pm	Coffee Break – ET Lobby
2:45pm – 4:00pm	Session II – Spine – ET 110
4:00pm – 5:00pm	ASB Keynote Address by Scott Delp, PhD – ET 110
5:00pm – 6:30pm	Poster Session I (odd numbers) Allen Noble Hall of Fame
7:00pm	Banquet Allen Noble Hall of Fame
Saturday, May 10, 2008
9:00am – 9:15am	Registration – ET Lobby
9:15am – 10:30am	Session III – Sport – ET 110
10:30am – 11:00am	Round Table Discussions Engineering Quad
11:00am – 11:15am	Coffee Break – ET Lobby
11:15am – 12:30pm	Session IV – Musculoskeletal – ET 110
12:15pm – 1:15pm	Boxed Lunch – Engineering Quad
1:15pm – 2:45pm	Poster Session II (even numbers) – ET Lobby
2:45pm – 4:00pm	Session V – —Human Factors – ET 110
3:30pm – 4:00pm	Round Table Discussions
4:00pm – 4:15pm	Closing Remarks – ET 110

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Digital Humans: From Biomechanical Models to Simulated Surgery
Abstract of Presentation
The outcomes of surgeries performed to improve musculoskeletal function are unpredictable. This problem exists, in part, because the development and testing of new surgical techniques rely almost entirely on clinical trials (i.e., trying surgeries on patients), in which the means to quantify surgical changes or predict postoperative results do not exist. I believe that the design and analysis of surgeries will proceed more effectively if computer models are developed that predict the functional consequences of surgical interventions. My students and I have developed computer graphics models to simulate the biomechanical consequences of bone reconstructions, muscle-tendon surgeries, and joint replacements. This presentation will review the results of our dynamic simulations of movement that have been used to design surgical procedures used in the management of cerebral palsy and osteoarthritis. I also will outline some of the major challenges that arise in development of biomechanical simulations of individual subjects.