The focus of the seminar series is to call for experts related to academia and research in the areas related to biomechanics, variability, motor disorders, physical therapy, and related studies.

Presentation Title: Biomechanics: A success story

Presentation Abstract:

Dr. Stergiou will discuss how biomechanics has flourished at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in this seminar. He will also give a presentation on the broad background of biomechanics, as well as its general significance and distinctiveness as a field.

About the speaker:

Dr. Stergiou is the Distinguished Community Research Chair and Professor in Biomechanics, the Director of the Center for Research in Human Movement Variability at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), and the Assistant Dean and Director of the Division of Biomechanics and Research Development. He is the Founding Chair of the first ever academic Department of Biomechanics that graduates students with a BS, MS, and PhD in Biomechanics. He is also a Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece at the Department of Physical Education & Sport Science. His research focuses on understanding variability inherent in human movement and he is an international authority in the study of Nonlinear Dynamics. He has published 4 scientific textbooks, 250+ peer-reviewed papers with 17000+ citations and an H-index of 70+ in Google Scholar. He has been inducted as a Fellow to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Society of Biomechanics, and the National Academy of Kinesiology. His research spans from infant development to older adult fallers and has impacted training techniques of surgeons and treatment and rehabilitation of various neuromuscular pathologies. He has received more than 40 million dollars in funding from NIH, NASA, NSF, and many other agencies. He has received an NIH P20 grant that was worth more than 10 million dollars which allowed him to develop the Center for Research in Human Movement Variability. He was able to renew this grant by receiving another 10.3 million dollars. He also has several inventions and has procured a private donation of $6 million to build the 23,000 square feet Biomechanics Research Building that opened in August of 2013. This is the first building dedicated to biomechanics research in the world. It is also the first building on the UNO’s university campus exclusively dedicated to research. Lastly, he was able to procure 11.6 million in private donations to build a 30,000 square feet expansion to this building which opened in October of 2019.