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Faculty - Jack F. Wasserman

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Jack F. Wasserman
Professor

322 Perkins Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2030
Office: (865)974-7678
Fax: (865)974-7663
Email: wasserma@utk.edu

Teaching ~ Education ~ Professional Experience ~ Professional Activities ~Selected Publications

TEACHING

• Dynamics
• Vibrations
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biomechanics
• Dynamic Data Acquisition

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. 1975, University of Cincinnati
• M.S. 1971, University of Cincinnati
• B.S. 1964, Purdue University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (back to top)

1995 - Present Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science Department, The University of Tennessee.
1986 - 1995 Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, The University of Tennessee.
1984 - 1986 Associate Professor with Tenure, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, The University of Tennessee.
1979 - 1984 Associate Professor without Tenure, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, The University of Tennessee.
1984 - 1993 Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Practice, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee.
1975 - 1979 Research Associate, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
1975 - 1979 Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati.
1973 - 1974
(Summers)
University of Cincinnati, Stroke Research Laboratory.
1972
(Summer)
University of Cincinnati, Department of Physiology Laboratory (neuromuscular).
1965 - 1972 Analytical Design Engineer, General Electric Company.
1964 - 1965 Associate Aircraft Engineer, Lockheed Georgia.
CONSULTING Zimmer Corporation
Environmental Systems Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Fort Rucker, Alabama
Surgical Appliance Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
Department of Orthopedics, University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, Fort Sanders Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (back to top)

Society of Automotive Engineers
American Society of Biomechanics
Orthopedic Research Society
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society for Engineering Education
Senior Member, Instrumentation Society of America
Society of Experiment Mechanics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (back to top)

Wasserman, J. F., T. A. Kress, J. Snider, and P. M. Fuller, "Impact Fracture Strength of the Human Tibia," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Vol. 26, Tullahoma, TN 1992.

Wasserman, J. F. and Joseph Weigel, "Vibration Evaluation of Swine and Canine Joints," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Vol. 16, II.2.1-6, Tullahoma, TN, 1992.

Wasserman, J. F., "The Effects of Underwater Impact on the Human Leg," 36th Stapp Car Crash Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 2-4, 1992 (to be submitted).

Weigel, Joseph P., and Jack F. Wasserman, "Biomechanics of the Normal and Abnormal Hip Joint," Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, Vol. 22, Number 3, May 1992.

M. Sun, L. Sekhar, R. J. Sclabassi, J. F. Wasserman, H. B. Blue, K. A. Luyckx, "Recording and Processing of Aneurysmal Vibrational Signals in Dogs," Journal of Biomedical Engineer, Vol. 10, pp. 336-342, 1988.

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