Carolyn Sparrey
Associate Professor, School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Area of expertise: Biomechanics
Education
Post-Doctorate, 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
Contact:
| Tel: |
778.782.8938 |
| Email: |
csparreyATsfu.ca |
| Fax: |
778.782.7514 |
| Office: |
SFU Surrey, SRYC 4116 |
| Personal webpage: www.sfu.ca/~csparrey/ |
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| Group webpage: NeuroSpine Lab | |
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 http://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2019.6840
- 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). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045049
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-018-0450-3
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2018.05.002
- Carolyn J. Sparrey, Ernesto A. Salegio, William Camisa, Horace Tam, Michael S. Beattie, and Jacqueline C. Bresnahan.Journal of Neurotrauma.Jun 2016.1136-1149. http://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2015.3974