I am a research associate in the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab (NMBL) directed by Scott Delp. I have a BA in Physics, an MA in Kinesiology, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, and I have about five years of experience as a software engineer in industry.  Currently in NMBL, I develop computational techniques for generating coordinated simulations of human movement.  The focus is on developing faster, more accurate control algorithms and also on adapting existing algorithms to run in distributed computing environments.  Additionally, I develop analyses for interpreting simulations once accurate simulations have been obtained.  Related to Simbios, I will play a role both in support of the Neuromuscular Driving Biological Problem (DBP) and also as a core software engineer of SimTK.  To support the goals of the Neuromuscular DBP, we are currently using an extensible object-oriented simulation framework initially developed by me but now the product of valuable contributions made by several others. Together with Ayman Habib (another core SimTK software engineer), I will be responsible for porting our framework, and the applications built on top of it, into the emerging SimTK architecture.  The porting process is expected to contribute to the design of SimTK and ensure that SimTK will support the simulation needs of the Neuromuscular DBP.

E-mail: fca@stanford.edu