This is a listing of activities of Jesús Dapena outside of his research in Sport Biomechanics.
Other Activities
by Jesús Dapena
(email: dapena@iu.edu)
Other Research-Related Activities:
At University of Massachusetts:
Directed the organization of a new Biomechanics Research Laboratory at the Department of Exercise Science, 1979.
In charge of Biomechanics Research Laboratory (1979-1982).
At Indiana University:
In charge of Biomechanics Laboratory (1982-2013).
Professional Activities:
Research consultant to the Nissen Corporation, 1974-1979.
Regular reviewer for Med. Sci. Sports Exercise, 1979-2013.
Adviser to the Spanish Higher Council of Sport in the selection of a coordinator for the sports research program of Spain, 1979.
Adviser to the Ministry of Education of Taiwan for the development of biomechanics research, 1981.
Abstract reviewer for Panamerican Congress of Sports Medicine and Exercise Science, 1981.
Biomechanics researcher in charge of hammer throw event of track and field for the “Elite Athlete” and “Scientific Support Services” projects of the U.S. Olympic Committee and The Athletics Congress, 1982-1983.
Biomechanics researcher in charge of high jump event of track and field for the “Elite Athlete” and “Scientific Support Services” projects of the U.S. Olympic Committee and The Athletics Congress / USA Track & Field, 1982-2007.
Abstract reviewer for Annual Meeting of American College of Sports Medicine, 1983.
Adviser to the Department of Physical Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, for the restructuring of the biomechanics program, 1983.
Adviser to the National Institutes of Physical Education (INEF) of Madrid, Barcelona, and Granada (Spain), and ISEF of Lisbon (Portugal) for the development of biomechanics curricula and research programs (1st Iberian Seminar on Biomechanics), 1983.
Member of Editorial Board of Med. Sci. Sports Exercise, 1983-1986.
Reviewer for Res. Quart. Exercise Sport, 1983.
Regular reviewer for J. Biomech., 1984-2013.
Biomechanics area representative for abstract reviews for Annual Meeting of American College of Sports Medicine, 1984.
Adviser to the University of the Sacred Heart (Puerto Rico) for the development of a new undergraduate physical education curriculum, 1985.
Regular reviewer for Int. J. Sport Biomech., 1985-2013.
Adviser to the Spanish Olympic Committee for the development of a research program and for the planning of scientific activities at future 1992 Olympic Games at Barcelona, 1986.
Jury member for Borelli Award of American Society of Biomechanics, 1986.
Abstract reviewer for National Meeting of AAHPERD, 1986.
Editorial Consultant for J. Biomech., 1988-1992.
Gave a two-week doctoral course on Biomechanics at the University of Granada (Spain), 1988.
Member of Editorial Board of Int. J. Sport Biomech., 1990-1992.
Gave a two-week doctoral course on Biomechanics at the National Institute of Physical Education (INEF) of Barcelona (Spain), 1991.
Directed a research team in the Olympic Biomechanics Projects sponsored by the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee at the Barcelona Olympic Games, 1992.
Member of Editorial Board of Coaching and Sport Science Journal, 1992.
Contributed video animations to the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles for the preparation of “The High Jump Clinic” (an interactive videodisk), 1993.
Abstract reviewer for National Meeting of AAHPERD, 1993.
Member of Nominating Committee of American Society of Biomechanics, 1995.
Member of Advisory Board of Journal of Sports Sciences, from 1996-2013.
Abstract reviewer for 14th International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports, 1996.
Member of Editorial Board of J. Appl. Biomech., 1997.
President of Biomechanics Interest Group of American College of Sports Medicine, 1997-1998.
Ad hoc reviewer for grant proposals to Research Review Committee of Am. Coll. Sports Med., 1998.
Contributed video animations to Paxton/Patterson for an educational CD-ROM, 1998.
Ad hoc reviewer for grant proposals to Research Review Committee of Am. Coll. Sports Med., 1999.
Member of International Advisory Board of Millenium Centre, New Zealand Institute of Sport, 2000.
Organized a symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics at 47th Annu. Meeting ACSM, Indianapolis, 2000.
External reviewer for the Ph.D. dissertation of Henrik Sørensen, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2000.
Abstract reviewer for 18th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Zurich, 2001.
Organized a symposium on Sport: Track and Field at 4th World Cong. Biomech., Calgary, 2002.
Organized a symposium on Sport: Aerial Movement at 4th World Cong. Biomech., Calgary, 2002.
Coordinator of Human Performance Laboratories, Dept. of Kinesiology, Indiana University, 2002-2003.
Organized a symposium on Sport: Track and Field at 4th World Cong. Biomech., Calgary, 2002.
Organized a symposium on Sport: Aerial Movement at 4th World Cong. Biomech., Calgary, 2002.
Coordinator of Human Performance Laboratories, Dept. of Kinesiology, Indiana University, 2002-2003.
Member of Editorial Board of Motricidad, 2003.
Jury member for Young Investigator Award of International Society of Biomechanics, 2003.
Organized a symposium on “A Perfectionist Looks at Sports Techniques: A Tribute to Jim Hay” at 27th Annu. Meeting Am. Soc. Biomech., Toledo, OH, 2003.
Abstract reviewer for 28th Annu. Meeting Am. Soc. Biomech., 2004.
Jury member for Pre-doctoral, Post-doctoral and Borelli awards of American Society of Biomechanics, 2004.
Jury member for Young Investigator Award of International Society of Biomechanics, 2005.
External reviewer for Biomechanics doctoral program at Texas Woman’s University, 2005.
Jury member for Pre-doctoral award of American Society of Biomechanics, 2008.
Assisted the Centro de Alto Rendimiento (C.A.R.) of Barcelona (Spain) with the development of 3D motion analysis methodology for high jumping, 2008.
Jury member for Journal of Biomechanics award of American Society of Biomechanics, 2009.
Member of Publishing Committee of Archives of Sports Medicine Journal, 2010.
Athletic Activities:
Competitor in high jumping event (1964-1971).
Coached several high jumpers, including William Knoedel and William Hansen, both of whom won the Big 10, and won medals in AAU or NCAA Championships (1975-1978).
Speaker at numerous clinics.
Other Activities:
Was interviewed for a television program of the scientific series “Quark” of RAI-TV (National Italian TV) on the topic “The limits of human performance”, 1983.
Was interviewed for a radio program of RNE (National Spanish Radio) on the topic “Use of the computer in sports”, 1985.
Was a consultant for a television program of the PBS series “Newton’s Apple” on the topic “The biomechanics of high jumping”, 1991.
Was interviewed for a television program of the PBS series “The New Explorers” on the topic “The new science of sports”, 1992.
Was a consultant for a radio program of the WTIU (NPR) series “A Moment of Science” on the topic “The mechanics of walking”, 1992.
Was interviewed by the University Relations Office of Indiana University on the topic “Research in Sport Biomechanics”. The interview was aired on Channel 4 (Indianapolis) during the half-time intermission of a basketball game, 1992.
Was interviewed for a television program of the PBS series “Reading Rainbow” on the topic “Biomechanical analysis of sports”, 1995.
Was interviewed for a television program of the WIIB (Channel 63, Indianapolis) series “In Your Interest” on the topic “Biomechanics and the athlete”, 1995.
Was interviewed for an issue of the National Science Foundation-funded World Wide Web page “The Whyfiles” (http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu) on the topic “Sports Science”, 1996.
Was interviewed for an issue of the Polish sport science journal Sport Wyczynowy, 1996.
Was interviewed by the Canadian news magazine “MacLean’s” on the topic “The limits of human performance in sports”, 1999.
Was interviewed by the children’s science magazine “Odyssey” on the topic “Biomechanics and sports performance”, 1999.
Was interviewed for a television program of WRTV (Channel 6, Indianapolis) on the topic “Biomechanical analysis of athletes”, 2000.
Was interviewed by the Dallas Morning News on the topic “On their marks … calculations dash some record runs”, 2000.
Contributed computer animations of various sport activities, as well as written comments, for the website of Discovery.com (http://discovery.com/news/features/olympics2000/olympic_interactive.html), 2000.
Was interviewed for a special issue of Scientific American on the topic “Building the elite athlete”, 2000.
Was interviewed for the Cypress Radio Network program “The Dixon Report” on the topic “The technology of the Olympics”, 2000.
Computer graphics from our laboratory were used in an Indiana University television advertisement, 2000.
Was interviewed by UPI on the topic “Olympic, world records may be wrong”, 2001.
Was interviewed for a documentary of WTIU (PBS) on the topic “Doc Counsilman: making waves”, 2003.
Was interviewed for the Indiana University Home Pages on the topic “Taking it to the limit: IU expert leads the pack in human performance research”, 2004.
Was interviewed by Indiana University Media Relations on the topic “Tips from Indiana University about the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens”, 2004.
Was interviewed for Slate Magazine (slate.msn.com) on the topic “The use of bench shirts in weight lifting”, 2004.
Was interviewed for the Indiana Daily Student on the topic “Research a game in itself”, 2004.
Was interviewed for National Geographic’s television series “Naked Science” on the topic “What is human?”, 2004.
Was interviewed by abcnews.com on the topic “Factors that determine improvement in world records”, 2004.
Was interviewed by El Periódico del Celta (Vigo, Spain) on the topic “Jesús Dapena, ex-céltico”, 2005.
Was interviewed for the weekly newspaper column “Strange But True” on the topic “Leg Length Discrepancy”, 2005.
Was interviewed for the Daily Southtown (Chicago) on the topic “The Biomechanics of Long Jumping”, 2005.
Was interviewed for the Indianapolis Star on the topic “What is man’s speed limit?”, 2006.
Was interviewed by Castilia Media for an instructional DVD on the topic “Biomechanics”, 2006.
Was interviewed by Men’s Health magazine on the topic “Built-up shoes”, 2007.
Was interviewed by Women’s Health magazine on the topic “Muscles used for the squat”, 2007.
Was interviewed by New Scientist magazine on the topic “How fast could Usain Bolt have run?”, 2008.
Was interviewed by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) on the topic “Problems in the starting system used in the Olympic Games”, 2008.
Was interviewed by New Scientist magazine on the topic “Problems in the loud gun starting system used in the Olympic Games”, 2008.
Was interviewed by NHK (National Japanese Television) on the topic “Miracle body of the high jumper”, 2008.
Participated in the BBC-1 program “Ask Rhod Gilbert” on the topic “Can a person jump over a caravan?”, 2010.
Was interviewed by the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre on the topic “The mechanics of high jumping”, 2010.
Was interviewed by Sports Illustrated on the topic “The endurance of Yuri Syedikh’s world record in the hammer throw”, 2011.
Was interviewed by Sports Illustrated on the topic “Do the leg prostheses worn by Oscar Pistorius give him an advantage over other sprinters?”, 2012.
Was interviewed by NPR program ScienceFriday on the topic “Getting high: Physics of the Fosbury flop”, 2012.
Was interviewed by Reuters on the topic “The biomechanics of Olympic track & field events”, 2012