Leadership Team

  • Patrick Drane, Ph.D.
    Patrick Drane, Ph.D.
    Associate Research Professor, Assistant Director, Technical Program Manager
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Center for Energy Innovation, Advanced Composite Materials & Textile Research Lab (ACMTRL), Harnessing Emerging Research Opportunities to Empower Soldiers (HEROES), Sports Collaborative for Open Research and Education (SCORE)

    Sports equipment mechanics, composite and foam characterization, research center operations

  • David Cornell, PT, DPT, Ph.D., FACSM
    David Cornell, PT, DPT, Ph.D., FACSM
    Associate Professor; Director, DPT Program; Co-Director, Health Assessment Laboratory, Associate Director, Center for Sports Engineering and Performance
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology

    Sports Medicine and Human Performance; Autonomic Nervous System Function; Enhancement and Promotion of Health and Fitness

  • Alessandro Sabato, Ph.D.
    Alessandro Sabato, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Associate Director, Center for Sports Engineering and Performance
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Structural Dynamics and Acoustic Systems Laboratory (SDASL), Sports Collaborative for Open Research and Education (SCORE)
  • James Sherwood
    James Sherwood
    Senior Advisor
    Center for Sports Engineering and Performance

  • Mathieu Ducharme, Sr Director Advanced Product Development at Bauer Hockey and Cascade Maverick Lacrosse
  • Elizabeth Kender, Former UML Lacrosse, Senior Product Developer at New Balance
  • Becky O’Hara, Director of R&D Rawling Sporting Goods
  • Steph Forrester, Professor of Sports Engineering and Biomechanics, Loughborough University
  • Bill Nowlin, Former UML Professor
  • Monica Rommel, CEO, Special Materials
  • Toni Marie Monfort, Medicine Behavioral Therapist, BU
  • Ravi Mosurkal, Research Chemist, DEVCOM Soldier Center and Co-Director of HEROES program UMass Lowell
  • Beth Wilcox, Research Scientist, Massachusetts General Brigham
  • Nicky Schrier, Director Athlete Science, Adidas
  • Michelle Holland, Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Physical therapist, co-owner of Performance Rehab
  • Sig Megdal, Assistant GM at the Baltimore Orioles
  • Caitlin Ciccone, US Ski and Snowboard
  • David James, CEO, Labosport
  • Robert Wilcox, Chief Scientist, US DEVCOM Soldier Center

  • Emily Brown, Mechanical Engineering
  • Khang Bui, Mechanical Engineering
  • Lucas Deguire, Mechanical Engineering
  • Joseph Duval, Mechanical Engineering
  • Daniel Eldredge, Mechanical Engineering
  • James Hanney, Mechanical Engineering
  • Charles Jankowski, Mechanical Engineering
  • Kayla Krantz, Mechanical Engineering
  • Sokhawin Ly, Mechanical Engineering
  • Joshua Moore, Mechanical Engineering
  • Imogen Obrien, Mechanical Engineering
  • Connor Peretti, Physics
  • Robert Poirier, Plastics Engineering
  • Ben Roper, Engineering Physics
  • Matthew Sautter, Mechanical Engineering
  • Alexander Sokolovic, Mechanical Engineering
  • Anthony Veiga, Electrical Engineering