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Carolyn Sparrey

Associate Professor, Graduate Student Supervisor
Mechatronic Systems Engineering

Areas of interest

Biomechanics

Education

  • Postdoctorate, University of California at San Francisco, United States, 2010
  • Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, United States, 2008
  • M.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2004
  • B.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2001

Research Interests

  • Injury Biomechanics
  • Computational models of injury
  • Tissue mechanics and materials

Teaching Interests

  • Biomechanics
  • Kinematics and Dynamics
  • Experimental and Research Methods

Recently Taught Courses

  • MSE 222: Kinematics and Dynamics of Rigid Bodies and Mechanisms
  • MSE 420/720: Introduction to Biomechanical Engineering
  • MSE 312: Mechatronics Design II
  • MSE 410: Capstone Design
  • MSE 895: Engineering Research Methodology

Selected Recent Publications

  • Dr. Shervin Jannesar, Dr. Ernesto Salegio, Dr. Michael S. Beattie, Dr. Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, and Prof. Carolyn J. Sparrey.Journal of Neurotrauma.ahead of print 
  • Merry K, MacPherson M, Macdonald E, Ryan M, Park EJ, Sparrey CJ. Differentiating Sitting, Standing, and Walking Through Regional Plantar Pressure Characteristics. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2020 Apr 1;142(4). 
  • Thomas L, Borisoff J, Sparrey CJ. Manual wheelchair downhill stability: an analysis of factors affecting tip probability. Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation. 2018 Dec 1;15(1):95. 
  • Jannesar S, Allen M, Mills S, Gibbons A, Bresnahan JC, Salegio EA, Sparrey CJ. Compressive mechanical characterization of non-human primate spinal cord white matter. Acta biomaterialia. 2018 Jul 1;74:260-9. 
  • Carolyn J. Sparrey, Ernesto A. Salegio, William Camisa, Horace Tam, Michael S. Beattie, and Jacqueline C. Bresnahan.Journal of Neurotrauma.Jun 2016.1136-1149.