Alaa Ahmed, Ph.D.

  • Director
  • Professor

Education

Professional Experience

  • July 2022, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder.
  • June 2020, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder.
  • August 2015, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder.
  • August 2008, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder.
  • 2007-2008, Research Associate, Sensorimotor Control Group, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, U.K.
  • 2006-2007, Whitaker Foundation International Scholar, Sensorimotor Control Group, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, U.K.
  • 2005-2006, NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biomechanics Research Lab, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Honors and Awards

  • 2014, National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.
  • 2012, DARPA Young Faculty Award.
  • 2009, Junior Faculty Development Award, University of Colorado Boulder.
  • 2007, Royal Society, Conference Grant.
  • 2006-2007, Whitaker Foundation International Scholar Award.
  • 2005-2006, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow. 
  • 2003, American Society of Biomechanics, Clinical Biomechanics Award.
  • 2001-2004, NIH Predoctoral Fellowship.