Staff

JACK WASSERMAN, Ph.D.,
Institute Director

Dr. Jack Wasserman has worked on vibration problems for more than 40 years. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a biomedical option in 1975 with the application of vibration and acoustics to medical diagnosis. After eight years of association with the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, he became a biomedical faculty member in the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee. He has taught vibrations and biomechanics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He began working with vibration effects on the human body 12 years ago and has been involved in numerous projects, graduate student research and course work. He has received numerous university awards for both his teaching and research activities, and he has received four patents which have resulted in new industrial products.

E-Mail: jack-wasserman@utk.edu

DONALD E. WASSERMAN, M.S.E.E., M.B.A.

Donald Wasserman was the Chief of the Occupational Vibration section of the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health for many years and was responsible for a number of studies during that time. He is considered a world expert in the field, having published more than 100 papers, book chapters and books (Human Aspects of Occupational Vibration, Hand-Arm Vibration: A Comprehensive Guide for Occupational Health Professionals) on the subject. He is currently a private human vibration and biomedical engineering consultant, lecturer and consulting scientist. He is an adjunct professor of industrial engineering at the University of Tennessee. During the past 28 years, he has been actively involved in human vibration health and standards safety committees. He is a scientific reviewer for numerous occupational medicine, industrial hygiene and engineering journals.

PETER PELMEAR, M.D.

Dr. Pelmear is an internationally known medical expert in the area of hand-arm vibration syndrome. He and his late colleague, Dr. William Taylor, developed the first medical classification scale for persons afflicted with HAVS, known as the Taylor-Pelmear Scale; this scale is utilized world-wide. Dr. Pelmear is the author of two HAVS books as well as numerous publications and book chapters on HAVS. Dr. Pelmear serves as medical consultant for ISHV.

LOGAN MULINIX, M.S.E.S.

Logan Mulinix is completing his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee, and is specializing in human body vibrations. He is currently a senior engineer in private industry. Mr. Mulinix has extensive experience in the measurement and analysis of whole body and hand-arm vibration. He has worked on the design and evaluation of air-ride truck seats and has also worked in the areas of controls using experts systems, fuzzy logic and neural networks. He has worked with Dr. Wasserman for the last 10 years making measurements on numerous vehicles and tools.