Brendan Smith

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

  • Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES
  • Doolan Hall 203

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

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Biography

Brendan W. Smith is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. He teaches Senior Capstone Design and courses in Control Theory and Biomedical Engineering. He also directs the Rehabilitation, Assistive Tech & Human Control Theory (REACT) Laboratory where he leads several ongoing projects that include undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Smith graduated with a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 2011, then graduated with a M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine in 2017. He joined the LMU community in 2017 as an Assistant Professor and is always on the lookout for students who are motivated and eager to apply their engineering skillset to urgent clinical needs around the globe.

Education

University of California, Irvine

Ph.D.

Mechanical Engineering

2017

University of California, Irvine

M.S.

Mechanical Engineering

2013

Harvey Mudd College

B.S.

Engineering

2011

Areas of Expertise

Rehabilitation Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Human Motor Control
Human Perception and Psychophysics
Haptics
Human Factors
Assistive Technology
Dynamics and Control Systems
Engineering Design
Experimental Design and Statistics
Mathematical Modeling and Simulation
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