Allison Nelson
Research Interests:
- Blast Traumatic Brain Injury
- Large-Scale Biomechanics
Education:
- B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
- Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Student, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Publications:
Nelson AJ, Ritzel D, Showalter N, Boppe D, Riegel A, VandeVord PJ. Characterization of an Advanced Blast Simulator for Investigation of Large Scale Blast Traumatic Brain Injury Studies. Ann Biomed Eng. 2024. doi: 10.1007/s10439-024-03618-6.
Norris C, Arnold B, Wilkes J, Squibb C, Nelson AJ, Schwenker H, Mesisca J, Vossenberg A, VandeVord PJ. Bilayer Surrogate Brain Response Under Various Blast Loading Conditions. Shock Waves. 2024. doi: 10.1007/s00193-024-01158-5.
Sundaramurthy A, Kote VB, Pearson N, Boiczyk GM, McNeil EM, Nelson AJ, Subramaniam DR, Rubio JE, Monson K, Hardy WN, VandeVord PJ, Unnikrishnan G, Reifman J. A 3-D Finite-Element Minipig Model to Assess Brain Biomechanical Responses to Blast Exposure. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2021 Dec 17;9:757755. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.757755.
Nelson AJ, Hall PT, Saul KR, Crouch DL. Effect of Mechanically Passive, Wearable Shoulder Exoskeletons on Muscle Output During Dynamic Upper Extremity Movements: A Computational Simulation Study. J Appl Biomech. 2020 Jan 22; 36(2):59-67. doi: 10.1123/jab.2018-0369.