Degrees
Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin, Mechanical Engineering, 1999
M.A. in Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1992
B.A. in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, 1987

Honors and Awards
Best Poster in Musculoskeletal Biomechanics. Reaction Forces Induced by Muscles in the Presence of Compliant Contact, 2002.

Journal of Biomechanics Award (Coauthor). Anterior Cruciate Ligament Forces in the Intact Knee During Normal Gait, 2002.

Richard Skalak Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Best Paper Award. Dynamic Optimization of Human Walking, 2002.

Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Best Paper Award. Individual Muscle Contributions to Support in Normal Walking, 2001.

Herman Woltring Memorial Keynote Address at the Sixth International Symposium on the 3D Analysis of Human Movement, 2000.

Young Scientist Award by the American Society of Biomechanics, 1999.

Hutchinson Fellowship, 1993.

National Collegiate Engineering Award, 1993.

University of Texas Continuing Fellowship, 1992.

Representative Publications
Anderson F.C., Arnold A.S., Pandy M.G., Goldberg S.R., and Delp S.L. (in press).  Simulation of Walking.  In Rose, J. and Gamble, J.G. (eds.):  Human Walking, 3^rd Edition.  Lippincott Williams & Williams, Inc., Philadelphia.

Liu M.Q., Anderson F.C., Pandy M.G., and Delp S.L. (in press).  Muscles that support the body also modulate forward progression during walking.  J. Biomechanics.

Thelen D.G. and Anderson F.C. (in press).  Using Computed Muscle Control to Generate Forward Dynamic Simulations of Human Walking From Experimental Data.  J. Biomechanics.

Higginson J.S., Neptune R.R., and Anderson F.C. (2005).  Simulated parallel annealing within a neighborhood for optimization of biomechanical systems.  J. Biomechanics, 38, 1938-1942.

Hutchinson J.R., Anderson F.C., Blemker S. S., and Delp S.L. (2005).  Analysis of hindlimb muscle moment arms in Tyrannosaurus rex using a three-dimensional musculoskeletal computer model: implications for stance, gait, and speed.  Paleobiology, 31, 676-701.

Goldberg S.R., Anderson F.C., Pandy M.G., Delp S.L. (2004).  Muscles that influence knee flexion velocity in double support:  implications for stiff-knee gait.  J. Biomechanics, 37, 1189-1196.

Anderson F.C., Goldberg S.R., Pandy M.G., Delp S.L. (2004).  Contributions of muscle forces and toe-off kinematics to peak knee flexion during the swing phase of normal gait: an induced position analysis.  J. Biomechanics, 37, 731-737.

Shelburne K.B., Pandy M.G., Anderson F.C., Torry M.R. (2004).  2002 Journal of Biomechanics Award:  Pattern of anterior cruciate ligament force in normal walking.  J. Biomechanics, 37, 797-805.

Bhargava L.J., Pandy M.G., Anderson F.C. (2004).  A Phenomenological Model for Estimating Metabolic Energy Consumption in Muscle Contraction.  J. Biomechanics, 37, 81-88.

Thelen D.G., Anderson F.C., and Delp S.L. (2003).  Generating dynamic simulations of movement using computed muscle control.  J. Biomechanics, 36, 321-328.

Anderson F.C. and Pandy M.G. (2003).  2001 GCMAS Best Paper Award:  Individual Muscle Contributions to Support in Normal Walking.  Gait and Posture, 17, 159-169.

Anderson F.C. and Pandy M.G. (2001).  2001 Richard Skalak Award:  Dynamic optimization of human walking.  J. Biomechanical Engineering, 123, 381-390.

Anderson F.C. and Pandy M.G. (2001).  1999 ASB Pre-Doctoral Award:  Static and dynamic optimization solutions for gait are practically equivalent.  J. Biomechanics, 34, 153-161.

Martin J.C., Brown N.A., Anderson F.C., and Spirduso W.W. (2000).  A governing relationship for repetitive muscular contraction.  J. Biomechanics, 33, 969-974.

Anderson F.C. and Pandy M.G. (1999).  A dynamic optimization solution for vertical jumping in three dimensions.  Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2, 201-231.

Anderson F.C., Ziegler J.M., Pandy M.G., and Whalen R.T. (1996).  Solving large-scale optimal control problems for human movement using supercomputers.  In Witten, J. and Vincent, D.J. (eds.):  Building a Man in the Machine:  Computational Medicine, Public Health, and Biotechnology. Part 2, World Scientific, pp. 1088-1118.

Anderson F.C., Ziegler J.M., and Pandy M.G. (1995).  Application of high-performance computing to numerical simulation of human movement.  J. Biomechanical Engineering, 117, 155-157.

Pandy M.G., Garner B.A., and Anderson F.C. (1995).  Optimal control of non-ballistic muscular movements: A constraint-based performance criterion for rising from a chair. J. Biomechanical Engineering, 117, 15-26.

Anderson F.C. and Pandy M.G. (1993).  Storage and utilization of elastic strain energy during jumping.  J. Biomechanics, 26, 1413-1427.

Pandy M.G., Anderson F.C., and Hull D.G. (1992).  A parameter optimization approach for the optimal control of large-scale musculoskeletal systems.  J. Biomechanical Engineering, 114, 450-460.

Hobbies
West Coast Swing, Roller Skating, Sci-Fi and Fantasy (e.g., The Matrix, Tolkien, Herbert), and Chess (especially with my daughter).

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