People

Principal Investigator

Anne K. Silverman, Ph.D.

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Core Faculty, Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering
Fellow, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Education:
B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University
M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Postdoctoral Researchers

Jordan Sturdy, M.S., Ph.D.

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, LeTourneau University, 2011
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2019
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2023

Honors:
Finalist, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2018
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Teaching Fellow, Fall 2020
Best Doctoral Poster Award, Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Conference, 2022
Moose Award, Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Conference, 2022
Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award, Spring 2023
Colorado School of Mines Rath Award Finalist, Spring 2023
Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society, 2023

Graduate Researchers

Anna Corman, M.S.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2016
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2021
Pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2025

Honors:
Best Poster Award, Biological and Life Sciences Division, Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium, 2023
Best Poster Award, Overall, Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium, 2023
Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, 2023
Finalist, Three Minute Thesis, Colorado School of Mines, 2025
Best Doctoral Podium Presentation, Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Meeting, 2025

William Feldman

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2024
Pursuing M.S./Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2026/2029

Honors:
Summa Cum Laude, 2024

Alicia Kanai

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Taylor University, 2024
Pursuing M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2026

Honors:
Summa Cum Laude, 2024
Outstanding Physics and Engineering Senior, 2024

Michael Miller, M.S.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of St. Thomas, 2020
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2023
Pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2026

Honors:
National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2017
Aquinas Scholar Honors Program, 2020
Summa Cum Laude, 2020
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2022
2nd Place Poster, Health and Life Sciences, Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium, 2022
Mines Graduate Student Government Conference Travel Grant, 2024
American Society of Biomechanics Student Travel Award, 2024

Undergraduate Researchers

Sabrina Kazi

Pursuing B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2027

Honors:
Starzer Service Scholarship
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2024-2025

Ava Watson

Pursuing B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2026

Honors:
Presidential Scholarship, 2021-2025
Thorson First-Year Honors, 2021
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2024-2025

Alumni

Kaiya Firor, B.S., M.B.A.

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Western Colorado University Partnership Program, 2023
M.B.A. Western Colorado University, 2024
Pursuing M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2026

Honors:
Summa Cum Laude, 2023
Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute, 2024

Yolanda Gomez

Pursuing B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, 2025

Honors:
Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute, 2024

Noel Sturtevant

Pursuing B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Florida Polytechnic University, 2025

Honors:
Florida Bright Futures Medallion Scholarship, 2021-2025
Florida Polytechnic University Provost List, 2021
Florida Polytechnic University 4+1 Graduate Program, 2024-2025
Mines Mechanical Engineering Future Innovators in Research and Engineering (FIRE), 2024
Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute, 2024

Claire Beebe

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2024
Honors:
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2022
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2023
Undergraduate Research Scholar Distinction, 2024
Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Graduating Senior, 2024
Summa Cum Laude, 2024
Post-Mines Position: Mechanical Engineer, Amentum

Kagan Giltinan

Madeline Inge

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2024
Honors:
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2022
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2023
Undergraduate Research Scholar Distinction, 2024
Post-Mines Position: R&D Engineer at Medtronic, Electrosurgery Team

Brieuc Panhelleux, Ph.D. (Affiliated Researcher)

Degrees:
B.S., Biomedical Sciences, King’s College London, 2017
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, 2019
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, 2024
Centre for Blast Injury Studies
Post PhD Position Innovation Manager, WithU

Brooklyn Vargas

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2023
Honors:
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2021
First Place Poster Presentation, Mines Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2022
Department of Mechanical Engineering John Steele Service Award, Spring 2023
Second Place Poster Presentation, Mines Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2023
Undergraduate Research Scholar Distinction, 2023
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2024
Post-Mines Position: PhD Student at the University of Utah

Tim Davis, M.S.

Degrees:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2009
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2022

Ava Segal, Ph.D.

Degrees:
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2000
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 2006
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2022
Honors:
Best Poster Award, Annual Meeting of the GCMAS, 2004
American Society of Biomechanics Student Travel Award, 2004
Whitaker Student Conference Award, Annual Meeting of the GCMAS, 2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2018
First place, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Colloquium, 2020
Colorado School of Mines Rath Award Finalist, Fall 2022
Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award, Fall 2022
Post-Mines Position:
Research Engineer in the M3 Robotics Laboratory
Founder and CEO, Steadi Systems

Luis Nolasco, Ph.D. (affiliated researcher)

Degrees:
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Wichita State University, 2014
M.S., Kinesiology, Movement Science, University of Michigan, 2017
Ph.D. Kinesiology, Movement Science, University of Michigan, 2022
Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory
Post PhD Position: Scientist, Explico

Cameron Shelley

Degree: B.S.E. in Design Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2024
Honors:
Boettcher Scholarship, 2020
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2021
Magna Cum Laude, 2024

Jeeva Senthilnathan

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, expected Fall 2024
Honors:
First-Year Innovation and Research Scholar Training (FIRST) Fellow, 2020
Diana Award Recipient, 2020

Allison Sander

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2022
Post-Mines Position: M.S. Student in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University
Current Position: Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering at University of California Riverside

Ryan Middle

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Fall 2021
Post-Mines Position: Research Engineer at CFD Research Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama

Fiona Richards

Honors:
First-Year Innovation and Research Scholar Training (FIRST) Fellow, 2021
Vanguard Scholarship, 2021
Post-Mines Position: Transferred to Colorado Mesa University to pursue B.S. in Applied Mathematics

Gabrielle Ferro

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2021
Post-Mines Position: PhD Student in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech

Henry Jenkins

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2021
Post-Mines Position: R&D Engineer with Medtronic

Jasmin Honegger, Ph.D.

Collaboration with Computational Biomechanics Group
Degrees:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2015
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2017
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2020

Honors: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2017
Post-Mines Position: Biomechanics Researcher, XSens Corporation

Lauren Sepp, Ph.D.

Degrees:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2014
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 2016
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2019
Honors:
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2013, 2014
First Place Podium Presentation, Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium, 2018
Finalist, Three Minute Thesis Competition, 2018
World Congress of Biomechanics Diversity Travel Award, 2018
First Place Presentation, ME Graduate Colloquium, 2018
American Society of Biomechanics Student Travel Award, 2018
American Society of Biomechanics Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid, 2018
Best Doctoral Poster Presentation, RMASB Meeting, 2019
First Place Podium Presentation, Bioengineering, Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium, 2019
Post-Mines Position: Manager, Concept Testing at Adidas

Kate Wagner, M.S.

Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2019
Honors:
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2018
Finalist, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2018
First Place Poster Presentation, College of Engineering and Computational Sciences, Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium, 2018
Best Master’s Poster Presentation, RMASB Meeting, 2019
First Place Poster Presentation, Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium, 2019
American Society of Biomechanics Student Travel Award, 2019
Post-Mines Position: Intern at Brooks Running Research Laboratory
Current Position: Research Associate at Brooks Running Research Laboratory

Mali Glaister

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2019
Post-Mines Position: Gait Lab Engineer at the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis at Children’s Hospital Colorado

Kalie Sosdian

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Fall 2018
Post-Mines Position: Engineer at Ball Aerospace

Amy Hegarty, Ph.D.

Degrees:
B.S., Engineering – Mechanical Specialty, Colorado School of Mines, 2013
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2015
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2018
Honors:
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014
Best Poster Presentation Award, RMASB Meeting, 2014
Best Graduate Podium Presentation, RMASB Meeting, 2016
First Place Presentation, ME Graduate Colloquium, 2016
Student Travel Award, American Society of Biomechanics, 2016
Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program, 2017
Honorable Mention, DoD SMART Scholarship for Service Program, 2017
Mines Mechanical Engineering Graduate Teaching Fellow, 2017-2018
Post-Mines Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southern California Medical Center
Current Position: Research Associate at Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium at CU Boulder

Hossein Saadatzi, Ph.D.

Collaboration with Biomechatronics Research Lab
Degree: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2018
Honors:
Best Graduate Poster Presentation, RMASB Meeting, 2016
Post-Mines Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Louisville
Current Position: Senior Robotics Engineer at Path Robotics Inc.

Abigail Eustace

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2018
Honors:
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2016, 2017
Finalist, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2018
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2018
Finalist, Undergraduate Student Poster Competition, the American Society of Biomechanics, 2018
Post-Mines Position: M.S. student at the University of Denver / Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota
Current Position: Manufacturing Engineer, Phillips Corporation

Jason Actis, M.S.

Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Summer 2017
Honors:
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2016
Mines Teaching Fellow, 2016-2017
Best Graduate Poster Presentation, RMASB Meeting, 2017
First Place Presentation, ME Graduate Colloquium, 2017
Post-Mines Position: President and Co-Founder of The Explorious Company

David Delgado

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2017

Blake Beier

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Fall 2016
Post-Mines Position: M.S. student at the University of Nebraska Omaha

Trey Hulbert

Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2016
Honors:
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2014-2016
Dr. Gerald Smith Award – Undergraduate, RMASB Meeting, 2015
Post-Mines Position: Engineer at Epic Systems, Inc. in Madison, WI

Nathan Pickle, Ph.D.

Degrees:
M.S., Engineering Systems, Colorado School of Mines, 2012
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2016
Honors:
Conference Travel Award, American Society of Biomechanics, 2013
Top ME Presenter, Conference for Earth and Energy Research, 2014
Best Graduate Poster Award, RMASB Meeting, 2015
Second Place Presentation, ME Graduate Colloquium, 2015
Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2016
Post-Mines Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of Texas at Dallas
Current Position: Research Scientist at CFD Research Corporation

Emily Schroeder

Degree:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Fall 2015

Rima Baliga

Degree: B.S. in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2015
Honors:
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2013-2015
Best Undergraduate Poster Award, RMASB Meeting, 2015
Post-Mines Position: Medical student at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Matt Adams, M.S.

Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Fall 2014
Honors:
Bechtel Teaching Fellow, 2013-2014
Post-Mines Position: Ph.D. student at Arizona State University
Current Position: Engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Michelle Deem, M.S.

Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Fall 2014

Honors:
Best Poster Award, Annual Meeting of the GCMAS, 2015
Post-Mines Position: Engineer at Health Language in Denver, CO

Adam Yoder, M.S.

Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2014
Post-Mines Position: Researcher at the Naval Medical Center San Diego

Daniel Cano, M.S.

Degree: M.S. in Engineering Systems, Colorado School of Mines, Spring 2013