Scott L. Delp, Ph.D.

Administrative Appointments

• Director, National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR) (2010 - present)
• Co-Director, NIH Center for Biomedical Computation at Stanford (Simbios) (2001 - present)
• Director, Biomechanical Engineering Program (BME) (2009 - 2010)
• Chairman, Bioengineering Department (2002 - 2007)
• Chairman, Biomechanical Engineering Division (2000 - 2002)

Honors and Awards

• James H. Clark Professor, Stanford University (2009-)
• Van C. Mow Medal, Am Soc. Mech. Eng (2008)
• Charles Lee Powell Professor, Stanford University (2006-2009)
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Colorado State University (2005)
• Maurice E Muller Award, Excellence in Computer Assisted Surgery (2004)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Matthew Millard,  Amy Silder,  Ian Stavness,  Jack Wang

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Biomechanical Engineering
• Neurosciences
• Bioengineering

Internet Links

• Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

Experimental and computational approaches to study human movement. Development of biomechanical models to analyze muscle function, study movement abnormalities, design new medical products, and guide surgery. Testing of new computational models of human movement with medical image data and experimental measurements.

Publications

• Comparison of MRI and (18) F-NaF PET/CT in patients with patellofemoral pain. Draper CE, Quon A, Fredericson M, Besier TF, Delp SL, Beaupre GS, Gold GE. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2012
• Patients with patellofemoral pain exhibit elevated bone metabolic activity at the patellofemoral joint. Draper CE, Fredericson M, Gold GE, Besier TF, Delp SL, Beaupre GS, Quon A. J Orthop Res. 2012; 30 (2): 209-13
• Predicting the metabolic cost of incline walking from muscle activity and walking mechanics. Silder A, Besier T, Delp SL. J Biomech. 2012
• Stabilisation of walking by intrinsic muscle properties revealed in a three-dimensional muscle-driven simulation. John CT, Anderson FC, Higginson JS, Delp SL. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2012
• Can biomechanical variables predict improvement in crouch gait? Hicks JL, Delp SL, Schwartz MH. Gait Posture. 2011; 34 (2): 197-201