People
Principal Investigator
Anne K. Silverman, Ph.D.
Associate 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
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
Affiliated Researchers
Brieuc Panhelleux, M.S.
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
Undergraduate Researchers
Claire Beebe
Pursuing 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
Kagan Giltinan
Pursuing 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
Madeline Inge
Pursuing 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
Ava Watson
Pursuing B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2026
Honors:
- Presidential Scholarship, 2021-2025
- Thorson First-Year Honors, 2021
Alumni
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
Cameron Shelley
Degree: B.S.E. in Design Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, expected Spring 2024
Honors:
- Boettcher Scholarship, 2020
- Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2021
Jeeva Senthilnathan
Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, expected Spring 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
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: Researcher, Xsens
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
Degrees:
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