Tamara Reid Bush is an American biomechanical engineer whose research has included work on the mechanics of seated postures and its effects on the soft tissues of the body, mobility devices for disabled people, and the biomechanics of the thumb.[1][2] She is a professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, and associate dean for inclusion and diversity in the Michigan State University College of Engineering.[3]
Education and career
Bush was a student at Michigan State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, a master's degree in mechanics, and a Ph.D. in experimental mechanics.[4] She became a faculty member at Michigan State in 2009.[1]
Recognition
Bush was elected as an ASME Fellow in 2016.[5] She was elected to the 2021 class of the AIMBE College of Fellows, "for outstanding contributions to translating fundamental tissue biomechanics to applications in rehabilitation engineering and continuous support of women in STEM".[6]
She was the 2020 recipient of the Founders' Award of the American Society of Biomechanics, given in recognition of "scientific accomplishment in biomechanics and excellence in mentoring".[7] She received the Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal of the ASME in 2023, "for her career-long focus on translational biomechanics research, including recent work in thumb biomechanics and wheelchair seating that have clinical applications and will improve patient outcomes".[1]
