Kreg Gruben, PhD
Professor of Kinesiology
Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering
Email: kreg.gruben@wisc.edu
Office: 322 Medical Sciences Center,
1300 University Ave. Madison, WI 53706
Madison, WI, 53706
Jennifer Bartloff, DPT
Graduate Student in Kinesiology
DPT, Northwestern University, 2009
BS Cognitive Science, Indiana University, 2003
Email: bartloff@wisc.edu
Colin Grove, DPT
Doctoral Candidate, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
DPT, Temple University, 2016
MS Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2003
BS Physical Therapy, St. Louis University, 1994
Email: crgrove@wisc.edu
Current Position: Research Assistant, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Clinical Practice: Dr. Grove has practiced vestibular rehabilitation for more than 25 years.
Research Focus: Colin's research interests include translating discoveries in basic science related to vestibular perception and multisensory integration into novel methods for the assessment and treatment of persons with dizziness and balance disorders.
Each semester, many undergraduate students from various scientific and engineering disciplines engage with the lab on a volunteer or for-credit basis. Students have opportunities to engage in many levels of the research process and outreach efforts. Students train as investigators to perform ongoing laboratory human subject research, as well as participate in the design and execution of their own studies. The lab’s machine shop provides students with experience in fabricating custom instrumentation and encourages learning of design techniques.
Aude Lefranc, MS Biomedical Engineering 2019
Thesis: Comparison and Validation of zIP to Traditional Balance Characterization Measures
Kieran Nichols, MS Kinesiology, 2016
Thesis: The characterization of foot force vector control in human standing
Wendy Boehm, PhD Biomedical Engineering, 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017
Dissertation: Lower-Limb Neuromuscular Coordination Post-Stroke: Evidence of Force Misdirection and Development of an Associated Theraputic Device
Kecia Doyle-Greene, MS Kinesiology, 2012
Thesis: Differential Effects of Exercise on Parkinson Symptoms in the Most & Least Impaired Upper Limbs: RCT Comparing Pilates to General Exercise
Wendy Boehm, MS Biomedical Engineering, 2011
Thesis: Mechanics and neural contributions to control of whole-body angular momentum in human walking
Anthony Gutierrez, MS Kinesiology, 2010
Thesis: The influence of center of pressure on angular stability during walking
Nate Oats, MS Kinesiology, 2009
Thesis: Foot force control during walking tasks in humans
Farshad Fahimi, MS Biomedical Engineering, 2008
Robert Giachetti, PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2008
Dissertation: Preferred, Isometric Foot Force in Healthy Humans: The Influence of Newtonian Mechanics and Postural Goals on the Center of Pressure
Micah Brown, MS Biomedical Engineering, 2008
Matthew Schmidt, PhD Kinesiology, 2008
Dissertation: The control of simple pushing efforts with the leg
Liming Tan, MS Biomedical & Mechanical Engineering, 2005
Lynn Rogers, MS Kinesiology & Biomedical Engineering, 2003
Thesis: Force direction control during leg pushes against fixed and moving pedals in persons post-stroke
Matthew Schmidt, MS Biomedical Engineering, 2002
Pam Barrett, MS Kinesiology, 2001
Thesis: Force path linearity in human lower limb pushing efforts
Citlali López-Ortiz, PhD Kinesiology, 2001
Dissertation: Emergent linearity of the foot force paths in kinematically constrained motion of the lower limb
Julie Côté, MS Kinesiology, 1997
Thesis: Foot forces during exercise against varied resistance and motion sense on the Cross-Trainer™ exercise machine