J. Wallace Grant, Ph.D.

Professor, Engineering Science & Mechanics
Director, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

313 ICTAS Building
Stanger Street (MC 0298)
Blacksburg, VA  24061

Phone:  540-231-4573
Fax:  540-231-4574
jgrant@vt.edu


EDUCATION:

• B.S., WV Inst. of Tech., Montgomery, WV, Mechanical Engineering, 1965

• M.S., Tulane U., New Orleans, LA, Mechanical Engineering, 1970

• Ph.D., Tulane U., New Orleans, LA, Mechanical Engineering, 1974

RESEARCH:

• Mathematical modeling of inner ear

• Encoding of linear and angular acceleration of head

• Mechanotransduction aspects of receptor cells

• Theoretical and experimental work on vestibular mechanics

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• W .T. Cook, M. M. Smith, M.D. Markel, J. W. Grant, 2001. "Influence of an interdental full pin on stability of an acrylic external fixator for rostral mandibular fractures." Am J Vet Res, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 576-580.

• J. R. Cotton, J.W. Grant, 2000. "A Finite Element Method for mechanical response of Hair Cell ciliary bundles." J. Biomechanical Engr., Vol. 122, pp.44-50.

• M.C. Barrett, E.H. Peterson, and J.W. Grant, 1999. "Extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer for measuring the stiffness of ciliary bundles on hair cells." IEEE Trans. in Bio. Med. Engr., Vol.46, No. 3, pp.331-339.

• Fajardo, A.B., B.L. Luke, J. W. Grant, 1998. "A technique for determining convergence in human subjects undergoing rotational acceleration using a binocular eye-tracking system." Aviation, Space, and Env. Med. Vol 69, No. 8, pp. 750-754.

• Duncan, R. K., J. W. Grant, 1997. "Finite element model of the vestibular stereocilia bundle."  Hearing Research, Vol. 104, pp. 15-26.

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