Scott L. Delp

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Chairman, Department of Bioengineering
Co-director, Center for Biomedical Computation
Stanford Engineering

Degrees

B.S. Colorado State University - Mechanical Engineering (1983)

M.S. Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering (1986)

Ph.D. Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering (1990)

Research Interests

Neuromuscular biomechanics; dynamics, simulation, and animation of movement; muscle mechanics, biology, and remodeling; dynamic MRI, molecular machines, computational bioengineering, rehabilitation engineering; orthopaedic biomechanics.

Professor Delp joined the Stanford faculty in 1999. He was previously on the faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He worked at Hewlett Packard's Graphics Workstation Division from 1983-1985. He has authored over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers and is on the editorial boards of five major journals.

Honors/Awards

The Calgary Award, World Congress of Biomechanics (2002)
Best Paper of the Year Award, Gait and Posture (2000)
Powell Faculty Scholar (2000)
Dana Adams Griffin Award (1999)
David Morgenthaler II Faculty Scholar (1999)
National Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1992-97)
Falk Faculty Scholar (1995)
Honored at White House ceremony (1993)
Baxter Faculty Fellow, Northwestern University (1991)
Outstanding Young Scientist Award, American Society of Biomechanics (1991)

Teaching

Biomechanics of Movement
Modeling and Simulation of Movement
Neuromuscular Biomechanics
Design and Evaluation of Biomedical Devices
Form and Function: Anatomy and Biomechanics of Italian Art

Selected Publications

Arnold, A.S., Asakawa, D.J., Delp, S.L. Do the hamstrings and adductors contribute to excessive internal rotation of the hip in persons with cerebral palsy. Gait and Posture, Awarded Best Paper of 1999, vol. 11, pp. 181-190, 2000.

Arnold, A. S., Salinas, S., Schmidt, D.J., Delp, S.L. Accuracy of muscle moment arms estimated form MRI-based musculoskeletal models of the lower extremity. Computer Aided Surgery, vol. 5, pp. 108-119, 2000.

Delp, S. L., Loan, J. P. A computational framework for simulating and analyzing human and animal movement, IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 2, pp. 46-55, 2000.

Arnold, A.S., Salinas, S., Delp, S.L. Evaluation of a deformable musculoskeletal model: application to planning muscle-tendon surgeries for crouch gait. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 29, pp. 263-274, 2001

Delp, S.L, Suranarayanan, S., Murray, W.M., Uhlir, J., Triolo, R.J. Architecture of the rectus abdominis, quadratus lumborum, and erector spinae. Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 34, pp. 371-375, 2001

Piazza, S.J., Delp, S.L. Three-dimensional dynamic simulation of total knee replacement motion during a stepup task, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 123, pp. 599-606, 2001

Murray, W. M., Buchanan, T.S., Delp, S.L. Scaling of peak moment arms of elbow muscles with dimensions of the upper extremity, Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 35, pp. 19-26, 2002

Asakawa, D.J., Blemker, S., Gold, G, Delp, S.L., Motion of the rectus femoris after tendon transfer surgery, Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 35, pp. 1029-1037, 2002

Pappas, G, Asakawa, D.J., Delp, S.L., Zajac, F.E., Drace, J.E. Non-uniform shortening in the Biceps Brachii During Active Elbow Flexion, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 92, pp 2381-2389, 2002

Delp, S.L., What causes increased muscle stiffness in cerebral palsy?, Muscle & Nerve, vol. 26, 2002

Projects

NIH: Muscle Function in Deformed and Surgically Altered Limbs
NIH: Muscle Function after Tendon Transfer Surgery
NIH: Stanford Center for Biomedical Computation
Bio-X: How Myosin V Walks: 3D Simulation Brings Life to Atomic Structures of Motor Proteins
Bio-X: 3D graphics-based muscle model
Cerebral Palsy Foundation: Muscle Lengths in Crouch Gait
DARPA: Simulation-Based Training of Emergency Medical Procedures

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