Lecture Topics #1

	DAY	DATE	TOPIC	TEXT	RESERVE READINGS	Simulations
1	T	1/8	C		No Class Meeting. See Assignments #1 and #2. Attend SCCB Meeting on April 11/12, 2008.
2	R	1/11	Brief Review of Calculus - Derivatives/Integrals & Vector Algebra		Calculus Review, Derivatives and Integrals - Appendix C. In Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Nihat Özkaya & Margareta Nordin. Van Nostrand Reinhold Publisher: NY,NY, 1991. ERRATA	Equation Grapher at http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/simulation-pages/math-tools.htm
					Vector Algebra - Chapter 2. In Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Nihat Özkaya & Margareta Nordin. Van Nostrand Reinhold Publisher: NY,NY, 1991.	Vector Addition at http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/simulation-pages/math-tools.htm
3	T	1/15	Linear Kinematics	Ch.8, 278-295		The Moving Man at http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/simulation-pages/motion-simulations.htm
			Linear Kinematics		Lafortune, M.A. (1991). Three-dimensional acceleration of the tibia during walking and running. J. Biomechanics. 24(10), 877-886. E-RES	Motion in 2D at http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/simulation-pages/motion-simulations.htm
4	F	1/18	Uniform/Uniformly Accelerated Motion	Ch. 8, 295-306		Projectile Motion at http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/simulation-pages/motion-simulations.htm
			Uniform/Uniformly Accelerated Motion
5	T	1/22	Linear Kinetics	Ch. 10, 337-345, 350-360		Forces in 1 Dimension at http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/simulation-pages/motion-simulations.htm
6	F	1/25			Attend Celebration of Science, Scholarship & Students Symposium on 2/11/08.
7	T	1/29	Application-Linear Kinetics		Harman, E.A., Rosenstein, M.T., Frykman, P.N. & Rosenstein, R.M. (1990). The effects of arms and countermovement on vertical jumping. Med Sci Sports Exer, 22(6), 1825-833. E-RES
8	F	2/1	Catch-Up Day	Ch. 9, 309-312, 318-325
			Angular Kinematics	Ch. 9, 309-312, 318-325 & Ch. 9, 312-317, 325-331
9	T	2/5	Application-Angular Kinematics		Hrlejac, A. (1995). Determinants of the gait transition speed during human locomtion: kinematic factors. J. Biomechanics, 28,669-677. Download this Article in PDF format.
10	F	2/8	Angular Kinetics	Ch. 11, 381-389, 393-410
11	T	2/12	Angular Momentum	Ch. 11, 398-400
	T	2/12	Exam #1 in Laboratory
12	F	2/15	Angular Momentum		Herzog, W. (1986). Maintenance of body orientation in the flight phase of long jumping. Med Sci Sports Exer, 8(2), 231-241.
13	T	2/19	Angular Momentum		Frolich, C. (1980). The physics of somersaulting and twisting. Scientific American, 242(3), 154-165.
14	F	2/22	Catch-Up Day
15	T	2/26	Inverse Dynamics	Ch. 11, 401-410	Winter, D.A. (1990) Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, pages 75-84.
16	F	2/29	Inverse Dynamics
			Project Meetings
	M	3/3	*Last day to "W"*
		3/3 - 3/7	Spring Break
17	T	3/11	Application-Inverse Dynamics		Feltner, M.E. Fraschetti, D. & Crisp, R. (1999) Augmentation of lower extremity muscle force generation via arm motions during vertical jumping. Journal of Sports Science, 17, 449-466. Download this Article in PDF format.
18	F	3/14	Application-Inverse Dynamics		Effect of landing stiffness on joint kinetics and energetics in the lower extremity. Devita, P.; Skelly, W.A.; Medicine and science in sports and exercise (Indianapolis), Jan 1992: 24 (1). p. 108-115.
			Application-Inverse Dynamics		Michael J. Decker, Michael R. Torry, Douglas J. Wyland, William I. Sterett and J. Richard Steadman, Gender differences in lower extremity kinematics, kinetics and energy absorption during landing, Clinical Biomechanics, Volume 18, Issue 7, , August 2003, Pages 662-669. LINK
19	T	3/18	Mechanics of Materials	Ch. 1, 9-13	LeVeau, B.F. (1992). Williams and Lissner's Biomechanics of Human Motion, 3rd Ed. WB Saunders: Philadelphia, 29-59.
			Mechanics of Materials		Nordin, M. & Frankel, V.H. (2001). Basic Biomechanics of the Skeletal System, 3rd Ed., pages 2-16.
20	F	3/21	Mechanics of Tissues		Nordin, M. & Frankel, V.H. (2001). Basic Biomechanics of the Skeletal System, 3rd Ed., pages 26-58, 60-100 & 102-125.
	F	3/21	Good Friday
	Sun	3/23	Easter Sunday
21	T	3/25	Fluid Mechanics	Ch. 10, 346-348	Hay, J.G. (1985). The Biomechanics of Sports Techniques, 3rd Ed. Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 169-187.
22	F	3/28	Work/Energy	Ch. 10, 360-365; Ch. 11, 410-414;
23	T	4/1	Catch-Up & Review
	T	4/1	Exam #2 in Laboratory
24	F	4/4	Project Discussion
25	T	4/8	Project Discussion
	W	4/9	Projects Due @ 4 p.m.
26	F	4/11	SCCB
	F	4/11	*Last day to "WP" or "WF"*
27	T	4/15	Class Presentations
28	F	4/18	Class Presentations Class Summary Course Evaluations
	R	4/24	FINAL EXAM 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.