Adam Arabian
Associate Professor
Department of Engineering and Computer Science
Seattle Pacific University
United States of America
Biography
Education: BSME, Purdue University, 1998; MSME, Michigan State University, 2000; PhD, University of Louisville, 2008. At SPU since 2012. Adam Arabian came to SPU after 15 years in the industry, working in fields ranging from submarine systems to medical devices. His last position before SPU was director of research and development for a prosthetics company in Seattle. Dr. Arabian continues to do research in prosthetics but now focuses on the needs of developing-world users, and is actively engaged with multiple nonprofits working to provide appropriate solutions for people in need in the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Research Interest
research interests from submarine systems to medical devices
Publications
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Kobayashi T, Orendurff MS, Arabian AK, Rosenbaum-Chou TG, Boone DA. Effect of prosthetic alignment changes on socket reaction moment impulse during walking in transtibial amputees. Journal of biomechanics. 2014 Apr 11;47(6):1315-23.
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Gacioch JA, Fite KB, Arabian AK, Kobayashi T, Boone DA, Orendurff MS. An Architecture for Direct Measurement of Transfemoral Prosthesis Gait Beyond the Gait Laboratory Setting. InASME 2014 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference 2014 Oct 22 (pp. V001T06A003-V001T06A003). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Daly W, Voo L, Rosenbaum-Chou T, Arabian A, Boone D. Socket pressure and discomfort in upper-limb prostheses: a preliminary study. JPO: Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. 2014 Apr 1;26(2):99-106.
