Journal of Biomechanical Engineering: Recent submissions
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Assessing Learning of Computer Programing Skills in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude have recently become a concern in the delivery of engineering education. For courses focused on computer coding, such tools are capable for ... -
Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Content Into Bioengineering Curricula: A Program-Level Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are interconnected with bioengineering, yet have historically been absent from accreditation standards and curricula. Toward educating DEI-competent bioengineers and meeting evolving ... -
A Review of Kinematic Theories and Practices Compiled for Biomechanics Students and Researchers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The topic of kinematics is fundamental to engineering and has a significant bearing on clinical evaluations of human movement. For those studying biomechanics, this topic is often overlooked in importance. The degree to ... -
Special Issue: Education in Biomechanics and Bioengineering—Ever Evolving, Ever Learning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Higher education in biomechanics and bioengineering, and by extension, all engineering fields, continues to innovate and evolve over time. Educators and students navigate teaching and learning of interdisciplinary topics ... -
Flow Rate and Wall Shear Stress Characterization of a Biomimetic Aerosol Exposure System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Current in vitro emissions and exposure systems lack biomimicry, use unrealistic flow conditions, produce unrealistic dose, and provide inaccurate biomechanical cues to cell cultures, limiting ability to correlate in vitro ... -
A Comparative Study of Machine Learning and Algorithmic Approaches to Automatically Identify the Yield Point in Normal and Aneurysmal Human Aortic Tissues
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The stress–strain curve of biological soft tissues helps characterize their mechanical behavior. The yield point on this curve is when a specimen breaches its elastic range due to irreversible microstructural damage. The ... -
A Novel Gait Event Detection Algorithm Using a Thigh-Worn Inertial Measurement Unit and Joint Angle Information
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper describes the development and evaluation of a novel, threshold-based gait event detection algorithm utilizing only one thigh inertial measurement unit (IMU) and unilateral, sagittal plane hip and knee joint ... -
An Integrated Experimental-Computational Study of Vocal Fold Vibration in Type I Thyroplasty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Subject-specific computational modeling of vocal fold (VF) vibration was integrated with an ex vivo animal experiment of type 1 thyroplasty to study the effect of the implant on the vocal fold vibration. In the experiment, ... -
Differences in Glenohumeral Joint Contact Forces Between Recovery Hand Patterns During Wheelchair Propulsion With and Without Shoulder Muscle Weakness: A Simulation Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The majority of manual wheelchair users (MWCU) develop shoulder pain or injuries, which is often caused by impingement. Because propulsion mechanics are influenced by the recovery hand pattern used, the pattern may affect ... -
Enhancing Inhalation Drug Delivery: A Comparative Study and Design Optimization of a Novel Valved Holding Chamber
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper presents an innovative approach to the design optimization of valved holding chambers (VHCs), crucial devices for aerosol drug delivery. We present the design of an optimal cylindrical VHC body and introduce a ... -
A Systems Approach to Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, and Biotransport
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The human body represents a collection of interacting systems that range in scale from nanometers to meters. Investigations from a systems perspective focus on how the parts work together to enact changes across spatial ... -
Evaluation of an Elastomeric Honeycomb Bicycle Helmet Design to Mitigate Head Kinematics in Oblique Impacts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Head impacts in bicycle accidents are typically oblique to the impact surface and transmit both normal and tangential forces to the head, causing linear and rotational head kinematics, respectively. Traditional expanded ... -
The Influence of a Booster Seat on the Motion of the Reclined Small Female Anthropomorphic Test Device in Low-Acceleration Far-Side Lateral Oblique Impacts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Belt-positioning booster (BPB) seats may prevent submarining in reclined child occupants in frontal impacts. BPB-seated child volunteers showed reduced lateral displacement in reclined seating in low-acceleration lateral-oblique ... -
Impact Location Dependence of Behind Armor Blunt Trauma Injury Assessed Using a Human Body Finite Element Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Behind armor blunt trauma (BABT), resulting from dynamic deformation of protective ballistic armor into the thorax, is currently assessed assuming a constant threshold of maximum backface deformation (BFDs) (44 mm). Although ... -
Lower Extremity Injury Risk Curve Development for a Human Body Model in the Underbody Blast Environment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Computational human body models (HBMs) provide the ability to explore numerous candidate injury metrics ranging from local strain based criteria to global combined criteria such as the Tibia Index. Despite these efforts, ... -
Material Properties of Fiber Bundles of the Superficial Medial Collateral Ligament of the Knee Joint
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The superficial medial collateral ligament (sMCL) of the human knee joint has functionally separate anterior and posterior fiber bundles. The two bundles are alternatively loaded as the knee flexion angle changes during ... -
Small Female Occupant Response in Reclined and Upright Seated Postures in Frontal Impacts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The objective of this study was to compare the kinematics of the head-neck, torso, pelvis, and lower extremities and document injuries and their patterns to small female occupants in frontal impacts with upright and reclined ... -
Special Issue: Current Trends in Impact and Injury Biomechanics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This special issue highlights current trends within the field of impact and injury biomechanics. This interdisciplinary domain combines the principles of mechanics and motion, with knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and ... -
Evaluating Pelvis Response During Simulated Underbody Blast Loading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)In recent conflicts, blast injury from landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has been the main mechanism of wounding and death. When a landmine or IED detonates under a vehicle (an under-body blast), the seat ... -
Analysis of the Suitability of an Effective Viscosity to Represent Interactions Between Red Blood Cells in Shear Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Many methods to computationally predict red blood cell damage have been introduced, and among these are Lagrangian methods that track the cells along their pathlines. Such methods typically do not explicitly include cell–cell ...