Guido Pagnacco

Adjunct Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Office: EN 5068
University of Wyoming
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
gpagnacc [@] uwyo.edu(anti-spam version: humans should remove brackets and extra space)
Phone: 307-766-2279
Fax: 307-766-2248

Education:

• Laurea Mechanical Engineering (summa cum laude), Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 1992
• Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering),The Ohio State University, 2000

Areas of Expertise: Signal Processing, Software Design, Biomedical Instrumentation

Related Experience:

• Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Wyoming, 2010-present
• Associate Professor of Biomechanical Engineering, Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, Cape Canaveral, FL, 2005-present
• V/P Engineering, Vestibular Technologies, LLC, Cheyenne, WY, 2003-present
• V/P Engineering, Vestibular Technologies, Inc., Tampa, FL, 2001-2003
• Technical director, Human Performance Laboratory, division of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Medical Professions – The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2001-2003
• Technical co-director, Gait Analysis Laboratory – The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1997-1998
• Visiting Scholar, The Ohio State University, 1993-1996

Research area of interest are focused in the following areas:

• Biomechanics (human locomotion and postural control)
• Physiology (neuromuscular control)
• Computer Science (software design and engineering, data acquisition, signal analysis, numerical methods, mathematical modeling of biological systems)
• Biomedical Instrumentation (hardware and firmware design and optimization)

Publications and Presentations: see listing here

Professional Affiliations and Activities:

• Aug ’09 – today: Member of the Board of Examiners of the American Board of Vestibular Rehabilitation – American College of Functional Neurology, Cocoa, FL
• Nov '07 – today: Member of the Review Board for the journal: Biomedical Signal Processing and Control
• June '05 – today: Member of the Review Board for the journal: Medical Engineering & Physics
• Apr ’02 – today: Chair Student Contest, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium Inc. (the Symposium has been held annually since 1964, making RMBS the oldest continually held biomedical engineering conference in North America)
• Oct ’01 – Oct '03: Consultant and Collaborating Investigator, School of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
• Apr. ’01 – today: Member of the Board of Directors, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Inc.
• Mar. ’01 – today: Abstracts and Papers Reviewer, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation - Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Inc.
• June ‘02 – Oct. '03: Member of the Tampa Movement Analysis Society (TMAS)
• Jan ’97 - Dec. ’00: Research collaboration, TNO-MADYMO North America, Northville, MI
• July 8-12, ’96: Lecturer in the course “Modelling and Simulation of Human and Walking Machines Locomotion” - Advanced School Coordinated by A. Morecki and K. J. Waldron - C.I.S.M., Udine, Italy
• Nov. ’93 - Dec. ’00: Research collaboration, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• June ’93: Licensed Professional Engineer, Italy and European Union

Honors and Awards:

• President's Award for significant contributions to the RMBS - Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Apr. 18, 2009
• K.C. Rock Student Contest - First Place Poster, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Apr. 16, 2000
• K.C. Rock Student Contest - Second Place Poster, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Apr. 18, 1999
• K.C. Rock Student Contest - Travel Award, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Apr. 17, 1998
• University Fellowship – The Ohio State University, Sept. ’96 – Aug. '97
• Thesis Award, Associazione Tecnica dell’Automobile (ATA), Italy, 1993
• Borsa di studio al merito (Honor Student Fellowship Award), Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 1989

Patents:

• G. Pagnacco, E. Oggero “Force platform”, U.S. Patent D447,968
• G. Pagnacco, E. Oggero, A.B. Henderson “Apparatus and methods for measuring physical disorders”, U.S. Patent 6,461,297
• G. Pagnacco, E. Oggero “Force measuring apparatus”, U.S. Patent 6,510,749
• G. Pagnacco, E. Oggero, A.B. Henderson “Patient data collection system and methods”, U.S. Patent 7,163,516