Scott L. Delp, Ph.D.

Administrative Appointments

• Chairman, Bioengineering Department (2002 - 2007)
• Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Computation (2001 - present)
• 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

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Biomechanical Engineering
• Neurosciences
• Bioengineering

Web Site Links

• Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab

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

• Knee muscle forces during walking and running in patellofemoral pain patients and pain-free controls. Besier TF, Fredericson M, Gold GE, Beaupré GS, Delp SL. J Biomech. 2009; 42 (7): 898-905
• Mechanisms of improved knee flexion after rectus femoris transfer surgery. Fox MD, Reinbolt JA, Ounpuu S, Delp SL. J Biomech. 2009; 42 (5): 614-9
• Predicting outcomes of rectus femoris transfer surgery. Reinbolt JA, Fox MD, Schwartz MH, Delp SL. Gait Posture. 2009; 30 (1): 100-5
• Multiecho IDEAL gradient-echo water-fat separation for rapid assessment of cartilage volume at 1.5 T: initial experience. Chen CA, Lu W, John CT, Hargreaves BA, Reeder SB, Delp SL, Siston RA, Gold GE. Radiology. 2009; 252 (2): 561-7
• Engineered myosin VI motors reveal minimal structural determinants of directionality and processivity. Liao JC, Elting MW, Delp SL, Spudich JA, Bryant Z. J Mol Biol. 2009; 392 (4): 862-7