Jennifer Love, MS

Assistant Academic Specialist     Mechanical Engineering Technology Office: 473 Snell Engineering Center Phone: 617.373.3551 Fax: 617.373.2501 E-mail: jlove@coe.neu.edu

Education

• MS (1997) Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
• BS (1993) Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Teaching Area

• Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Renewable Energy
• Dynamics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Measurement and Analysis
• Mechanical Design
• Stress Analysis
• General Engineering
  • Engineering Design
  • Engineering Problem Solving & Computation

Class Photos

• Engineering Design
• Fluid Mechanics
• Renewable Energy

Background/Biography

I have been teaching full-time at Northeastern University since 2006. Before that, I worked 8 years as a biomechanics engineer/athletic footwear designer for Reebok International and 2 years as a research/development engineer for Haemonetics Corporation. My current teaching emphasis is on Renewable Energy, studying and designing solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind turbine, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal and ocean/wave energy systems.

Professional Activities

• International Society of Biomechanics

Awards

• A shoe-mounted ultrasonic 3D motion tracking system for training and competition, Winner of Engineering Design Contest, United States Olympic Committee, Sports Science & Technology Division (1996)

Publications

• Inter & Intra-Subject Classifications of Outsole Wear in Running Shoes, J. Cappaert, J. Ocif, B. Rich, Reebok International, International Society of Biomechanics Footwear Symposium Proceedings, 2005
• A Method for Using an Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge to Assess Outsole Wear in Running Shoes, J. Ocif, J. Cappaert, B. Rich, Reebok International Ltd., Human Performance Engineering Lab, Northeast Bioengineering IEEE Conference Proceedings, 2004