Background
Luca, Carlo John De was born on October 12, 1943 in Bagnoli del Trigno, Italy. Son of John and Josephine De Luca.
Luca, Carlo John De was born on October 12, 1943 in Bagnoli del Trigno, Italy. Son of John and Josephine De Luca.
Bachelor in Applied Science U. British Columbia, Canada, 1966. Master of Science, U. North.B., Canada, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Queen"s U.,1972.
U. North.B. Computing Center, Fredericton, 1968. Lecturer biomedical engineering unit Queen"s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1969-1970, laboratory instructor department anatomy, 1970-1971, lecturer department anatomy, 1971-1972, assistant professor department anatomy, 1972-1973. Lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1973.
Research associate in orthopaedic surgery Children"s Hospital Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1973-1979, principal research associate in orthopaedic surgery, 1979-1984, director Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, 1980-1984.
Adjunct associate professor biomedical engineering Boston University, 1977-1984, professor biomedical engineering, 1984, research professor neurology, 1985, director NeuroMuscularRsch. Center, 1984, department chairman of biomedical engineering, 1986.
Dean College.of Engineering, Boston University, 1986-1989. Founder, president DelSys, Incorporated., 1993;consultant Liberty Mutual Research Center, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, 1973-1994.
Research mem.Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology division of health science and technical, 1978-1984.
Affiliated scientist New England Regional Primate Center, 1977-1987. Member of national and international commission Ontario Government fellow, 1969-1970. Founding editor-in-chief Journal Electromyography and Kinesiology, 1990.
Member editorial Boards science journals.
Company-author: Muscles Alive. Contributor articles on biomedical engineering and neurophysiolgy to science publications Founder, president Neuromuscular Research Foundation, 1985.
Republic of South Africa grantee, Virginia grantee, National Institutes of Health grantee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration grantee, United States.Army grantee, United States Air Force grantee. Recipient Volvo award International Society forStudy of Lumbar Spine, 1989, Wartenweiler Lecture award International Society Biomechanics, 1993, Stuart Reiner Memorial Lecturer award American Association Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1994.
Named to Italian Cultural Center Hall ofFame, Vancouver, Canada, 1991.
Member.Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology division of health science and technical, 1978-1984. Member of national and international commission Ontario Government fellow, 1969-1970. Founding editor-in-chief Journal Electromyography and Kinesiology, 1990.
Member editorial Boards science journals.
Fellow American Institute Medical and Biological Engineering (founding fellow 1993), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, biomedical Engineering Society, International Society of Electrophysiol.
Kinesiology (secretary general 1976-1980, secretary 1980-1984, vice president 1985-1988, president 1988-1992, Basmajian Lecturer award 1998), Canada Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Society Neuro-science, Orthopaedics Research.Soc., Dante Alighieri Society (Board of Governors 1986-1988), Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation (Board of Governors 1987-1990), Sigma Xi. Club: Harvard of Boston.
Married Christine M. Rafferty.