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Martin L. Tanaka, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1070
EDUCATION:
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B.S., Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
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M.S., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
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Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia& Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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mathematical modeling & nonlinear analysis
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dynamics of cellular migration and cancer
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human movement experiments
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device design & industrial collaboration
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS :
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Tanaka ML, Ross SD, “Separatrices and basins of stability from time series data: an application to biodynamics”, (Submitted to Nonlinear Dynamics)
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Tanaka ML, Granata KP, “Methods & Nonlinear Analysis for Measuring Torso Stability”, ASCE 18th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, June 3-6, Blacksburg, VA, 2007
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Tanaka ML, Nussbaum MA, Ross SD, "Evaluation of the Threshold of
Stability for the Human Spine", Journal of Biomechanics, 42(8),
1017-1022, (2009)
PMID: 19345355
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Tanaka ML, Debinski W, Puri IK, "Hybrid Mathematical Model of Glioma
Progression", Cell Proliferation, in press, PMID: 19624684
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Tanaka ML, Ross SD, "Separatrices and Basins of Stability from Time
Series Data: An Application to Biodynamics", Nonlinear Dynamics, in
press
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Tanaka ML, "Biodynamic Analysis of Human Torso Stability using Finite
Time Lyapunov Exponents," Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, (2008)
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Smith CW, Wang L, Tanaka M, "Measurement of Non-Linear Effects in
Cracked Particulate Composites," Mechanics of Composite Materials
---Non-linear Effects, M.W. Hyer, Ed., ASME Applied Mechanics Division,
V. 159, pp. 263-272, (1993)
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