A united framework for teaching engineering science
About the Presentation
Mechanical signals induced by exercise are non-invasive and non-pharmacological growth factors in bone and, therefore, have the potential to serve as a safe treatment for a number of clinical conditions. Unfortunately, the physical mechanisms by which bone senses and responds to changes in its mechanical environment are incompletely understood, hampering our ability to design efficacious interventions for poor bone quantity and/or bone quality. In this presentation, mechanical factors that may site-specifically promote bone growth are discussed. On the flip-side, a reduction in physical activity such as induced by a sedentary life-style, bedrest, or space-flight promotes bone loss. Interestingly, the magnitude of bone loss is highly dependent on the specific genetic make-up of the individual and efforts to identify the genes that either promote or attenuate bone loss will be presented.
Friday, December 7, 2018
About the Presenter
Dr. Phil Cornwell, Director of Leadership and Human Relations and Professor of Mechanical Engineering - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Phil holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University. He is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he has taught since 1989. He was one of the developers of the Rose-Hulman Sophomore Curriculum, an innovative approach to teaching engineering science. Phil has spent about 20 summers, and several sabbaticals, working at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he was a mentor in the Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School and did research in the area of structural health monitoring. In 2006, Dr. Cornwell joined the author team for one of the oldest and best-selling engineering mechanics texts, Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics by Beer and Johnston, and he is currently lead author on the book. He has received the two highest awards at Rose-Hulman: the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award and the Board of Trustees’ Outstanding Scholar Award. Dr. Cornwell was one of the professors featured in the Princeton Review’s book called The Best 300 Professors.