Kent D. Butz

Kent D. Butz works on computational and biomechanical modeling of the human body, including developing and validating detailed human body models (such as the CAVEMAN model) to study spine and skeletal injury under mechanical loading. More recent work extends into robotics and simulation for medical/military applications, such as robotic hands and digital human models for casualty care and human-robot interaction tasks. This research blends biomechanics, injury modeling, and engineering simulation.

Publication output has been irregular over the last decade, with gaps in several years followed by a recent uptick in 2024-2025.

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