Research Interests
I am interested in high-fidelity biomechanical modeling with multi-body dynamics and finite-element methods. I have applied such models to describe jaw and tongue mechanics during speech and mastication. I am now working on new modeling techniques to describe how muscle mechanics contribute to human performance in whole-body movements. I am also interested in medical image processing and visualization, including three-dimensional displays.
Degrees
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2010
M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2006
B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 2004
B.Sc in Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, 2004
Honors and Awards
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-2013
Simbios Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-2013
UBC International Research Mobility Award, 2009
ACM Multimedia Best Demonstration Award, 2009
UBC Pacific Century Graduate Fellowship, 2009-2010
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship Doctoral, 2007-2009
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship Masters, 2004-2006
Representative Publications
Ian Stavness, JE Lloyd, and SS Fels. Automatic Finite Element Model-based Prediction of Tongue Muscle Forces, in submission.
Ian Stavness, B Gick, D Derrick, and SS Fels. Biomechanical Modeling of English /r/ Variants, in submission.
Ian Stavness, JE Lloyd, Y Payan, and SS Fels. Coupled hard-soft tissue simulation with contact and constraints applied to jaw-tongue-hyoid dynamics. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 27:367-390, 2011.
Ian Stavness, AG Hannam, JE Lloyd, and SS Fels. Predicting muscle patterns for hemi-mandibulectomy models. Computer Methods in Biomechanical and Biomedical Engineering, 13(4):483-491, 2010.
Ian Stavness, B Lam, and SS Fels. pCubee: A perspective-corrected handheld cubic display. CHI '10: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems, 1381-1390, 2010.
Hobbies
I like to run, hike, travel, and take photos.