Research

Faculty

Laboratory Director
Boyle C. Cheng, PhD

Laboratory Clinical Co-Director
Donald Whiting, MD

Staff

Laboratory Manager
Daniel Cook, MS

Laboratory Technician
Matthew Yeager, BS

Daniel Cook, MS

Laboratory Manager
Daniel Cook, MS

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering – West Virginia University – May 2007
MS Bioengineering – University of Pittsburgh – May 2009

Select Publications

Refereed Articles

Cook, D.J. and B.C. Cheng, Development of a Model Based Method for Investigating Facet Articulation. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2010. 132(6): p. 064504.

Mathieu Cuchanski, Cook, DJ, Donald M. Whiting, Boyle C. Cheng Measurement of occlusion of the spinal canal and intervertebral foramen by intervertebral disc bulge. SAS Journal, 2011. 5 (9-15)

Mithulan Jegapragasan, Cook DJ, Dave A. Gladowski, Adam S. Kanter, Boyle C. Cheng, Characterization of articulation of the lumbar facets in the human cadaveric spine using a facet-based coordinate system. The Spine Journal. 2011 11(4) p. 340-346

Cook, DJ, M.S. Yeager, and B.C. Cheng, Interpedicular Travel in the Evaluation of Spinal Implants: An Application in Posterior Dynamic Stabilization. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 15;37(11):923-31.

Amy M. Fuller, Jennifer M. Chui, Cook, DJ, Matthew S. Yeager, David A. Gladowski,, and Boyle C. Cheng, Verification of Pure Moment Testing in a Multi-Degree of Freedom Spine Testing Apparatus. SAS Journal. Available online 8 December 2011

Book Chapters

Cheng, B. C., Gladowski, D. A., Jegapragasan, M., Cook, D. J., Whiting, D. M. “Facet Joint Complex Considerations for Biomechanics of the Lumbar Functional Spinal Unit: An Improved Model Based Method for Investigating Facet Articulation”, in 6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010). August 1-6, 2010 Singapore, R. Magjarevic and J.H. Nagel, Editors, Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 358-361.

Daniel J. Cook, Matthew S. Yeager, Shamik Chakraborty, Donald M. Whiting and Boyle C. Cheng (2012). The Performance Envelope of Spinal Implants Utilizing Thermoplastic Materials, Thermoplastic Elastomers, Prof. Adel El-Sonbati (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0346-2, InTech, Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/thermoplastic-elastomers/the-performance...

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