Thurmon Eddy Lockhart, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Industrial & Systems Engineering  
Director of Locomotion Research Lab

Virginia Tech
557 Whittemore Hall
Blacksburg, VA  24061

Phone:  540-231-9088
Fax:  540-231-3322
E-mail: lockhart@vt.edu

www.locomotion.ise.vt.edu


EDUCATION:

	B.S., Texas Tech University, Industrial Engineering, 1992
	M.S., Texas Tech University, Industrial Engineering, 1997
	Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Industrial Engineering, 2000

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

	Locomotion Research Lab
	Gait biomechanics, postural control, and slips and falls - for young and elderly population

RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Theoretical and applied research on development of interventions to reduce fall accidents and improve health of the elderly and workforce.  Development of in-vehicle design attributes to reduce traffic accidents among the elderly.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

	Liu, J., Lockhart, T.E., Jones, M., and Martin, T., (In press), Local Dynamic Stability Assessment of Motion Impaired Elderly using Electronic Textile Pants. IEEE Transactions in Automation Science and Engineering, accepted, January, 2008.
	Parijat, P., and Lockhart, T.E., (In press), Effects of quadriceps fatigue on the biomechanics of gait and slip propensity. Gait and Posture, accepted September, 2007.
	Kim, S., Lockhart, T.E., (2008), The Effects of 10% Front Load Carriage on the Likelihood of Slips and Falls. Industrial Health, 46, 32-39.
	Granata K.P., and Lockhart T.E., (2008), Dynamic stability differences in fall-prone and healthy adults. J. Electromyography & Kinesiology, 18, 172-178.
	Lockhart T.E., (2008), An integrated approach towards identifying age-related mechanisms of slip initiated falls. J. Electromyography & Kinesiology, 18, 205-217.
	Lockhart T.E, Spaulding J., and Park, S. H., (2007), Age-related slip avoidance strategy while walking over a known slippery floor surface. Gait & Posture, 26:1, 142-149.
	Parijat P, Lockhart T (2007). Effects of quadriceps fatigue on knee joint kinetics during slip induced falls. Journal of Biomechanics 40: Supplement 2: pg S112
	Lee, M., Roan, M. andLockhart, T. (2007), Principal component analysis for gait temporal waveform data between loaded and unloaded walking. Biomedical Engineering SocietyConference, 9-26~29, Los Angles, CA USA.
	Liu, J, and Lockhart, T.E., (2006), Comparison of 3D joint moments using local and global inverse dynamics approaches among three different age groups. Gait and Posture, 23:4, 480-485.
	Granata, K.P., and Lockhart, T.E., (2006), Group differences among fall-prone individuals and healthy old and younger counterparts utilizing nonlinear stability measures [Abstract]. Journal of Biomechanics, 39, S1 89.
	Lockhart, T.E., and Kim, S.W., (2006), Relationship Between Hamstring Activation Rate and Heel Contact Velocity: Factors Influencing Age-Related Slip-Induced Falls. Gait and Posture, 24:1, 23-34.
	Lockhart, T.E., and Liu, J., (2006), Effects of aging on lower extremity join torque and muscle activation patterns during slip-induced falls [Abstract]. Journal of Biomechanics, 39, S1 87.