Narayan Yoganandan, PhD

Professor & Chair of Biomechanics, Department of Neurosurgery; Orthopaedic Surgery; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Locations

Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1985
MS, Civil/Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1979
BS, Civil Engineering, Mysore University, Mysore, India, 1977
BS, Mathematics, Mysore University, Mysore, India, 1973

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Biography

Narayan Yoganandan, PhD, is professor and chair of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Neurosurgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University. He has published over 220 peer-reviewed archival journal papers, 40 book chapters, 250 abstracts and conference proceedings, and 100 presentations. He is the senior editor of two books, entitled Frontiers in Head and Neck Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical (1988, 743 pages) and Frontiers in Whiplash Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical (2000; 589 pages).

He has served on editorial boards and study sections for federal government grants and private organizations. In addition to receiving numerous awards, he is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine and the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Honors and Awards

1979 鈥� 1981 鈥� Consulting Engineer, Tata Consulting Engineers, Bangalore, India
1981 鈥� 1983 鈥� Teaching/Research Assistant, College of Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1983 鈥� 1985 鈥� Research Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, 蝌蚪窝, Milwaukee, WI
1986 鈥� 1987 鈥� Visiting Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, 蝌蚪窝, Milwaukee, WI
1986 鈥� 1991 鈥� Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1987 鈥� 1991 鈥� Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, 蝌蚪窝, Milwaukee, WI
1990 鈥� Present 鈥� Faculty, Biophysics Graduate Program, 蝌蚪窝, Milwaukee, WI
1991 鈥� Present 鈥� Assistant Chief, Neuroscience Research Laboratories, VA 蝌蚪窝 Center, Milwaukee, WI
1991 鈥� 1994 鈥� Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, 蝌蚪窝, Milwaukee, WI
1991 鈥� 1994 鈥� Adjunct Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1994 鈥� Present 鈥� Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, 蝌蚪窝, Milwaukee, WI
1994 鈥� Present 鈥� Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1997 鈥� Present 鈥� Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering Dept. of Neurosurgery, 蝌蚪窝, Milwaukee, WI
2008 鈥� Present 鈥� Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 蝌蚪窝, Milwaukee, WI

                
                    Research Experience
                
                    Bioengineering
Case Reports
Database
Epidemiologic Research Design
Head
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Spine
Thorax

                    Methodologies and Techniques
                
                    Animal Experimentation
Computational Biology
Head Injuries, Closed
Humans
Models, Statistical
Spinal Injuries

                    Leadership Positions
                
                    Chair, Biomedical Engineering (Neurosurgery)
Director, Biomechanics Program

                    MCW Program / Core Facilities
                
                    Neuroscience and Biomechanics Research Laboratories, VAMC

                    Educational Expertise
                
                    Biomedical Engineering
Epidemiologic Studies
Finite Element Analysis
Mechanics
Models, Statistical

Research Interests

Impact trauma biomechanics in civilian and military environments; clinical spine biomechanics using experimental and computational methodologies.

(Rajasekaran S, Jebaseelan D, Gurusamy G, Devaraj KB, Harinathan B, Yoganandan N.) Eur Spine J. 2026 Jul;35(7):3809-3821 PMID: 42086794 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105037718932 05/06/2026
(Rahman M, Devaraj KB, Harinathan B, Chauhan O, Budde M, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2026 Jul;54(7):2015-2026 PMID: 41678127 PMCID: PMC13204404 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105030174031 02/12/2026
(Yoganandan N, Rooks TF, Flierman N, Westerhof T.) Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. September 2026;181 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105042956903 09/01/2026
(Yoganandan N, Shah A, Koser J, Somberg L, Banerjee A, Stemper B, Chancey VC, Johnson B, McEntire BJ.) Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. July 2026;179 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105036184510 07/01/2026
(Kote VB, Frazer LL, Hostetler ZS, Jones DA, Davis M, Op鈥檛 Eynde J, Kait J, Pang D, Bass D, Koser J, Shah A, Yoganandan N, Stemper B, Bentley T, Nicolella DP.) Annals of Biomedical Engineering. April 2026;54(4):1023-1037 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85197253915 04/01/2026
(Cutlan R, Khokhar M, Shammout N, Shah AS, Frazer L, Yoganandan N, Shender BS, Sheehy J, Paskoff G, Nicolella D, Bentley T, Shabani S, Stemper BD.) Annals of Biomedical Engineering. April 2026;54(4):1076-1085 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85207724941 04/01/2026
(Somasundaram K, Yoganandan N, Pintar F.) SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety. 1 April 2026;14(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105035335091 04/01/2026
(Chris Asir JAF, Jebaseelan DD, Bosco A, Harinathan B, Yoganandan N.) J Biomech Eng. 2026 Jan 01;148(1) PMID: 41239901 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105025124802 11/15/2025
(Stemper BD, Muftuler LT, Cutlan R, Strother C, Sherman KA, Meier TB, Raff H, Yoganandan N, Gerds B, Dooley C, Le P, Hainsworth KR, Vedantam A.) Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2025 Oct;96(10):884-893 PMID: 41043817 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105017693987 10/04/2025
(Yoganandan N, Rahman M, Warriach A, Devaraj KB, Stemper B, Vedantam A, Wolfla C, Le P.) Mil Med. 2025 Sep 01;190(Supplement_2):260-267 PMID: 40984125 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105016672377 09/23/2025
(Yoganandan N, Stemper B, Bass CR, Salzar R, Chancey VC, McEntire JB.) Mil Med. 2025 Sep 01;190(Supplement_2):632-639 PMID: 40984130 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105016552683 09/23/2025
(Banerjee A, Hu H, Yoganandan N.) Journal of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics. December 2025;26(2):631-652 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105007001437 12/01/2025

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