Daniel J Robertson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae, Page 1

Dr. Daniel J Robertson PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

+97126285229(work) +971567288549(cell) robertson.daniel.j@gmail.com

Objective

Seeking a research based positon in engineering biomechanics. Subject: device development, engineering design, interdisciplinary science

Professional Preparation

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (April 2013) Brigham Young University

B.S. Mechanical Engineering (April 2008) Brigham Young University-Idaho

A.A.S. General Studies (April 2002) Columbia Basin College

Funding and Awards Research Funding

USDA NIFA AFRI fellowship #1008002 (project director) $316,980 - Matching funds provided by Monsanto Company - Award period from Jan 15, 2016 – Jan 14, 2018

NSF GOALI grant #1400973. (senior key personnel) $306,156 - Proposal written to provide salary support for continued postdoctoral research - Participated in writing, editing, reviewing and submitting proposal - Award period from June 1, 2014 – May 31, 2017

Monsanto Company research grant (significant contributor) $120,000 - Proposal written to provide non-personnel support for postdoctoral research - Participated in writing, editing, reviewing and submitting proposal - Award period from April 1, 2016 –March 31, 2018

Press Coverage

Article featured on Journal of Biomechanics homepage Nov, 2016

Article highlighted in CSSA News Magazine Dec, 2015

Travel Awards

Crop Science Society of America research presentation award - 2016

Nation Science Foundation CMMI Travel Award - 2012

Force and Motion Foundation Travel Award - 2012

BYU Research Presentation Award - 2012

BYU Research Presentation Award - 2011

Presentation Awards

rd Place Podium Presentation Botany (2015)

1st Place Podium Presentation Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium (2012)

2nd Place Poster Presentation BYU Emerging Ideas Conference (2012)

1st Place Podium Presentation Intermountain Graduate Research Symposium (2011)

3rd Place Podium Presentation Mountain West Bioengineering Conference (2010)

Student Funding

TA/RA Student Fellowship from Brigham Young University

Kurtis Ardell Scholarship

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Professional Experience

Senior Research Scientist: Biomechanics (2016-present) New York University - Abu Dhabi - Develop and maintain an externally funded research program - Student mentoring and advising

Lecturer: Engineering (2015-present) New York University - Abu Dhabi - Capstone Design - Engineering Statics - Engineering Dynamics - Numerical Methods

Research Scientist: Biomechanics (2013-2015) New York University - Abu Dhabi - Design and manufacture of specialized material testing equipment - Biomechanics - Grant writing - Product development - Soft tissue testing - Stochastic modeling and sensitivity analysis - Nonlinear finite element modeling

Teaching Assistant: Engineering (2009-2013) Brigham Young University - ME 538 Compliant Mechanisms (fall 2012) - ME 555 Biomechanics (fall 2011) - ME 250 Material Science (winter 2009, fall 2009, summer 2010) - ENGT 231 Global Leadership (summer 2009, winter 2010)

Research Assistant: Biomechanics Laboratory (2009-2013) Brigham Young University

-Design and manufacture of specialized material testing equipment

- Undergraduate student mentoring

- Biomechanics (soft and hard tissue testing)

- Cadaveric dissection

Graduate Student Council Member (2011-2012) Brigham Young University

-Planned and budgeted for monthly student activities

Design Engineer (2007) BE Aerospace Systems

-Verified and established new designs for aircraft cargo doors

-Designed aerospace components - Worked in a team to create a 3D CAD model of an airbus A340-600 passenger-to-freighter conversion

Vice President (2000-2008) Robertson Builders

-Project management - Customer service

Teaching Summary

Fourteen years of volunteer teaching experience with six years of combined experience as a university lecturer and/or teaching assistant. Possessing a proven ability to provide stimulating lectures and increase student enthusiasm for learning.

Qualified to teach courses related to: Engineering Statics and Dynamics, Numerical Methods and Simulations, Material Science, Solid Mechanics,

Machine Design, Kinematics and Linkages, Compliant Mechanisms, Biomechanics, Engineering Design, Global Leadership, Soft Tissue Mechanics, Plant Biomechanics, Interdisciplinary Collaboration

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Research Summary

Eight years of academic research experience. Prepared two successful federally funded grant proposals and one successful industry funded grant proposal (over $700,000 total funds awarded). Current research interests include biomechanics, device development, interdisciplinary science and stochastic modeling.

Professional Affiliations Crop Science Society of America American Society of Agronomy Botanical Society of America European Society of Biomechanics

Publications

* Corresponding Author Journal Articles

Robertson D., Willardson R., Parajuli A., Cannon A., Bowden A.E. The lumbar supraspinous ligament

demonstrates increased material stiffness and strength on its anterior aspect. JMBBM 17:34-43 (2013)

Robertson D., Von Forell G., Alsup J., Bowden A.E. Thoracolumbar spinal ligaments exhibit negative and

transverse pre-strain. JMBBM 23:44-52 (2013)

Robertson D., Smith S., Gardunia B., Cook D. An improved method for accurate phenotyping of corn stalk

strength. Journal of Crop Science 54:2038-2044 (2014)

Robertson D. *, Cook, D. Unrealistic statistics: How average constitutive coefficients can produce non-physical

results, JMBBM 40:234-239 (2014)

Robertson D., Smith S., Cook, D. On measuring the bending strength of septate grass stems. American Journal

of Botany 102:5-11 (2015)

Robertson D., et al. Corn stalk lodging: a forensic engineering approach provides insights into failure patterns

and mechanisms. Journal of Crop Science 55:2833-2841 (2015)

Von Forell G., Robertson D., Cook D. Preventing lodging in bioenergy crops: a biomechanical analysis of maize

stalks suggests a new approach. Journal of Experimental Botany (2015), doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv108

Robertson D., Zañartu M., Cook D. Comprehensive, population-based sensitivity analysis of a two-mass vocal

fold model. PLoS ONE 11(2):e0148309 (2015), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148309

Robertson D., Lee S. Y., Julias M., Cook D. Maize stalk lodging: flexural stiffness predicts strength. Journal of

Crop Science 56:1711-1718 (2016)

Cook D. Robertson D. *, The generic modeling fallacy: average biomechanical models often produce non-

average results! Journal of Biomechanics 49:3609-3615 (2016)

Robertson D., Julias M., Lee S., Cook D. Maize stalk lodging: the governing effects of stalk morphology. Journal

of Crop Science (2016), in press

Robertson D. *, Bowden A., Spinal ligament innervation. The Spine Journal, in review

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Patents

Cook D., Robertson D., Julias M., Lee S. Apparatus and method for assessing plant stem strength.

Patent Application No. PCT/US2016/037434. June 2016

Conference Papers

Robertson D.*, Cook D. Hyperelasticity and the failure of averages, Civil Comp Press, 2015,

doi:10.4203/ccp.108.204

Manuscripts in Preparation

Robertson D., Julias M., Cook D. The effects of increased planting density on maize physiology. Journal of Crop

Science, manuscript in preparation

Workshop Organizer

Cook D., Robertson D., Mechanical Measurements of Crops and Soils: Principles and Techniques. Annual

Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. 2015

Conference Proceedings (podium presentations)

Robertson D., Julias M., Cook D. The NYU-Monsanto Maize Stalk Lodging Project. Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. 2016

Robertson D., Lee S., Cook D. An instrumented push test to inform harvesting decisions in maize. Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. 2016

Cook D., Robertson D. Maize stalk lodging: The governing effects of stalk morphology. Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. 2015

Robertson D., Julias M., Cook D. The Generic Modeling Fallacy: Is it happening in your lab? Computer

Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 2016

Robertson D., Julias M., Cook D. Geometric and material effects of crowding stress in maize? Botany 2016

Robertson D., Cook D. A structural engineering perspective on the functional anatomy of maize. Botany 2016

Cook D., Robertson D. Involving other Disciplines in Plant Research: Advantages for Funding, Research

Progress, and Student Training. Botany 2016

Cook D., Julias M., Robertson D., Forensic analysis of maize stalk lodging. Botany 2016

Robertson D., Julias M., Cook D. Quantifying the effects of planting density in maize: A structural engineering

investigation. Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy.

2015

Lee S.Y., Robertson D., Cook D. A novel device for quantifying maize stalk lodging propensity. Annual Meeting

of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. 2015

Robertson D., Cook D. The unrecognized determinants of stalk strength. Annual Meeting of the Crop Science

Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. 2015

Julias M., Robertson D., Cook D., Failure initiation and propagation in corn stalk tissue. Paper # 349-18 Annual

Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy, 2015

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Conference Proceedings (podium presentations continued…)

Robertson D., Cook D., The erratic behavior of average models. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and

Biomedical Engineering, 2015

Cook D., Smith S., Robertson D., Advancing our understanding of biomechanical models through sensitivity

analysis. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2015

Julias M., Robertson D., Cook D. The structural role of the leaf sheath. 8th Plant Biomechanics International

Conference, 2015

Julias M., Robertson D., Gardunia B.W., Cook D. Forensic analysis of stalk failure in maize. 8th Plant

Biomechanics International Conference, 2015

Robertson D., Julias M., Lee S.Y., Cook D. Nondestructive predictors of stalk and stem strength. 8th Plant

Biomechanics International Conference, 2015

Cook D., Robertson D., Lee S.Y., Von Forell G., The influence of tissue and morphology on stalk bending

stresses. 8th Plant Biomechanics International Conference, 2015

Robertson D., Julias M., Cook D. A Unique interdisciplinary approach to improving crop yields and plant

strength. Plant Stress Resilience Symposium, 2015

Robertson D., Julias M., Lee S., Cook D. The underutilized potential of mechanical engineering analyses in

botany research. Paper# 1017. Botany, 2015

Lee S., Robertson D., Julias M., Cook D. Non-destructive mechanical measurement techniques to predict

strength. Paper# 1015. Botany, 2015

Robertson D. A non-destructive method of predicting corn stalk failure. Paper# ESB15-0262. European Society

of Biomechanics 2015 Annual Meeting

Robertson D., Cook D. Hyperelasticity and the failure of averages. The Fifteenth International Conference on

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, 2015

Cook D., Robertson D. Solving corn stalk failure through engineering biomechanics. Global forum for

innovations in agriculture. 2015 annual meeting

Robertson D., Cook, D. The pervasive problem of averaging failure in biomechanics models. Computer

Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2014

Robertson D., Bowden, A. E. Toward patient specific spinal modeling. Computer Methods in Biomechanics

and Biomedical Engineering, 2014

Julias M., Robertson D., Nauman E., Cook D. Are we overlooking the influential role of biological variation in

biomechanics research? Computer Methods in Biomechancis and Biomedical Engineering, 2014

Cook C., Gardunia B., Julias M., Robertson D., Maize stalk lodging: A structural engineering approach. Crop

Science Society of America Annual Meeting, 2014

Cook D., Gardunia B., Robertson D., Julias M., An important step toward solving maize lodging: Engineering

failure analysis identifies a consistent stalk weakness. Crop Science Society of America Annual Meeting, 2014

Cook D., Robertson D., Julias M. Gardunia B. Productive collaboration between plant scientists and engineers:

A case study. Plant Biology, 2014

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Conference Proceedings (podium presentations continued…)

Robertson, D., Bowden, A.E. Specimen Specific Material Characterization of Spinal Ligaments. Philadelphia

Spine Research Symposium, 2012

Robertson D., Bowden, A.E. Contribution of Interactions With in the Posterior Ligament Complex to Spinal

Stability. Intermountain Graduate Research Symposium, 2011

Robertson D., Cannon A., Parajuli A., Bowden A.E. Damage to the Supraspinous Ligament is More Likely to

Affect Patient Biomechanics When Present in the Ventral Region. Mountain West Bioengineering Conference,

2011

Robertson D., Bradshaw R., Cannon A., Russell A., Bowden A. Anisotropic characterization of spinal ligament

material response using a small punch test. Mountain West Bioengineering Conference, 2010

Conference Proceedings (poster presentations)

Robertson D., Cook D., Maize stalk lodging: Field tests of a new device for measuring stalk strength. Annual

Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy, 2016

Cook D., Lee S., Julias M., Robertson D. What do maize stalks know about structural engineering? Annual

Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy, 2016

Robertson D., Cook D., New approaches to predicting stalk strength. Annual Meeting of the Crop Science

Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy, 2016

Robertson D., Cook D., Stalk lodging: Flexural Rigidity is a Novel and Robust Predictor of Stalk Strength.

Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy, 2015

Robertson D., Smith S., Julias M., Cook D. Can Biomechanical Principles Solve Prevalent Problems in Crop

Science. Paper # 1602. 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, 2014

Robertson D., Cook D. Have Biomechanical Models Become too Complex to Influence Clinical Decisions. Paper

# 1601. 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, 2014

Robertson D., Cook, D. Natural Variation and Biomechanical Modeling: Methodologies for Improving Our

Simulations of Natural Phenomena. Paper # 396. 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, 2014

Robertson D., Cook, D., Simeon S., Margaret J., Gardunia B., A unique approach to the costly problem of stalk

lodging. Paper # 19001. Plant Biology, 2014

Robertson D., Cook, D., Simeon S., Margaret J., Gardunia B., An investigation of the mechanical stresses and

failure of corn stalk. Paper # 01017. Plant Biology, 2014

Robertson, D., Bowden, A.E. Spinal Ligaments Exhibit Transverse Ligament Pre-strain and Negative

Longitudinal Ligament Pre-Strain. Paper # 1614. Orthopaedic Research Society, 2013 Annual Meeting

Robertson, D., Von Forell, G., Bowden, A.E. Negative Supraspinous Ligament Pre-Strain Increases Stress in the

Ligamentum Flavum. Paper # 0830. Orthopaedic Research Society, 2013 Annual Meeting

Robertson, D., Bradshaw, R.J., Cannon, A., Parajuli, R., Bowden, A.E. Variation of the Anisotropic Material

Properties in the Human Supraspinous Ligament. Paper # 1291. Orthopaedic Research Society, 2012 Annual

Meeting

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Conference Proceedings (poster presentations continued…)

Robertson, D., Bowden, A.E. A Small Punch Test to Characterize Anisotropic Soft Tissue Properties. Paper #

A165. NSF CMMI 2012 Grantees Conference.

Robertson, D., Alsup, J., Bowden, A.E. Spinal Ligament Pre-strain is Anisotropic. Paper # 16. Emerging Ideas in

Biomedical Research Conference, 2012

Salazar,B., Robertson D., Bowden, A.E. Validation of the Anisotropic Small Punch Test Using Finite Element

Optimization. Paper # 15. Emerging Ideas in Biomedical Research Conference, 2012

Robertson D., Bradshaw R., Cannon A., Bowden A. Nonlinear material response of individual cadaveric spinal ligaments obtained via anisotropic small punch test. Paper # 0924. Orthopaedic Research Society, 2011 Annual Meeting

References

Dr. Anton Bowden (graduate adviser) abowden@byu.edu +1 801-422-4760

Dr. Stephen Kresovich (collaborator) skresov@clemson.edu +1 864 656 1194

Dr. Douglas Cook (Postdoc adviser) douglascook@nyu.edu +971 2-622-4192

Dr. Gregory Von Forell gvonforell@theken.us +1 970-581-2365

Dr. Margaret Julias margaret.julias@nyu.net +971 2-628-4624

Dr. Larry Howell lhowell@byu.edu +1 801-422-8037