Background
Buchanan, Thomas Steven was born on August 18, 1958 in Lancaster, California, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Laura Mae Buchanan.
Buchanan, Thomas Steven was born on August 18, 1958 in Lancaster, California, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Laura Mae Buchanan.
Bachelor of Science in Bioengring., University of California, San Diego, 1980; Master of Science in biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1986.
Research assistant rehabilitation engineering Northwestern University, Chicago, 1981—1985, postdoctoral associate department physiology, 1986—1988, research assistant professor department rehabilitation medicine, 1989—1990, assistant professor Medical School, 1990—1996. Research assistant Rehabilitation Institute Chicago, 1982—1985, research associate, 1986—1989. Postdoctoral associate department brain and cognitive science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1985—1986.
Associate professor mechanical engineering and biomechanics & movement science University Delaware, Newark, 1996—2002, professor mechanical engineering and biomechanics and movement science, since 2002, director biomechanics and movement science program, 2000—2004, director Center biomedical Engineering Research, 1998—2004, chair mechanical engineering, since 2004. Associate director sensory motor program Rehabilitation Institute Chicago, 1989-1996. Raine professor University Western Australia, 2003.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (associate), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (associate), International Brain Research Organisation, Society Neurosci., American Society Biomechanics, Neural Control of Movement.
Married Gaye Rudell Hoch, November 10, 1990. Children: Rebecca Rudell, Stephen Thomas, Benjamin Hoch.