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Lauren Welte, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Engineering. Her research focuses on understanding joint function in the foot and ankle, particularly in healthy and pathological contexts. She develops novel sensors and imaging techniques to study tendon, ligament, and bone behavior in vivo, aiming to improve footwear design and rehabilitation strategies. Key areas include biplanar videoradiography, ultrasound tensiometry, and computer vision for non-invasive movement analysis.
Education: PhD (2020) and BASc (2015) in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University; Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023) in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Research Interests: Articular motion in foot/ankle joints, sensor development for human movement, mechanisms of foot pathologies (e.g., plantar fasciitis), and footwear biomechanics. She teaches BME 530 - Topics in Biomedical Engineering and MEC E 485 - Biomechanical Modelling in Winter 2026.
Dr. Welte actively recruits undergraduate and graduate students for her research team. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.
Labs/Teams: She leads a research group focused on foot and ankle biomechanics, though specific lab names are not stated.
