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Eric A. Nauman

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1988
Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesAutomotive and Human Injury Biomechanics

Publications

231

Citations

7,429

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
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Eric A. Nauman's research applies biomechanics and engineering methods to problems in medicine, including brain injury, spine and joint mechanics, sports helmet safety, and tissue repair. Work spans experimental, computational, and imaging approaches to study how the body responds to mechanical forces in contexts like football head impacts, spinal loading, tendon repair, and cartilage regeneration. Studies often use cadaveric, animal, or simulation models and connect engineering analysis to clinical or surgical questions.

Traumatic brain injury and concussion biomechanicsSpine and intervertebral disc mechanicsSports helmet design and impact protectionMusculoskeletal tissue engineering and repairBiomechanics applied to clinical/surgical problems

Publication output has gradually declined from around 10-14 papers per year in the late 2010s to roughly 4-9 per year in recent years, suggesting a slowing pace of output over the last decade.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.8/year recently
2017: 10 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 12 publications192020: 14 publications14202021: 11 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 9 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Scientific Reports×6
  • Journal of Biomechanical Engineering×6
  • Journal of Biomechanics×5
  • Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology×4
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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