05/14/2009
Jeffrey A. Bauer, an associate professor of kinesiology at SUNY Cortland, will receive a Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities during the 2009 Undergraduate Commencement on Saturday, May 16, in the Park Center.
He is among five SUNY Cortland faculty and staff members to be honored this year with a prestigious State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence.
The Chancellor's Award process begins at each of the 64 SUNY campuses with nominations submitted by the respective presidents. The SUNY Committee on Awards then reviews the nominations and makes its recommendations.
Bauer, of Cortlandville, N.Y., who joined the College in 2000, becomes the eighth SUNY Cortland faculty member to receive the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.
He was previously employed as a programmer/analyst and a systems analyst for Military and Data Systems Operations for General Electric Aerospace. Bauer also was an academic computing fellow for three years at The Pennsylvania State University and, during his doctoral studies, an assistant professor and director of the biomechanics laboratory at University of Florida.
Bauer's research focuses on childhood obesity, particularly quantifying obesity trends in elementary school children through the development of a large-scale public research database designed to track the prevalence of obesity and methods for resolution.
He has been interviewed by national media regarding his research on lower leg injuries. His scholarship has been published extensively by journals in the field of biomechanics, as well as other areas related to exercise science, such as the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport and Sports Biomechanics.
Bauer also studies discrepancies in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury rates and outcome differences between genders. His laboratory is equipped with instrumentation to track orthopedic effects of ACL injuries, particularly for post-college athletes.
A third research area of Bauer's includes the integration of digital video and gait technologies used in rehabilitation settings to improve the evaluation of therapeutic modalities and to better track patient outcomes. To explore video applications in clinical settings, Bauer participates in SUNY Cortland's partnership with Dartfish USA, Ltd., to expand the use of Dartfish digital video analysis software beyond its original focus of sport to broader educational applications.
"His research interests are varied and important on several levels," said Mark Tillman, a faculty member of the University of Florida's Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, "His intellectual inquisitiveness has tremendous magnitude and continues to grow."
Bauer has conducted research at the Institute for Biomechanical Analysis in Sport and Interdisciplinary Study, Munich, Germany, and was invited to teach a graduate course in Biomechanics at the Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Bauer incorporates his research into his own curriculum as well as through collaborations with other departments.
"Directly related to his own scholarly activities, Dr. Bauer has been at the forefront with our department's initiative to promote faculty-student research projects," said John Cottone, the former chair of the Kinesiology Department and interim dean of professional studies.
Bauer has made more than 54 professional presentations at national, international, regional and community venues. In the international arena, Bauer has presented at the Paromed Annual Gait Technology Conference at several locations in Germany, at the World Congress on Orthopädie and Reha-Technik in Nürnberg, Germany, and at the Second IOC World Congress of Sport Sciences in Barcelona, Spain.
Bauer's research has been supported by almost $1.5 million in external grant funding. He received 12 major grants, including one from the SUNY Youth Sport Institute, of which he is co-principal investigator. He has been awarded extensive funding from Dartfish Ltd., an international software manufacturer. In 2004, he was honored with a SUNY Research Foundation Promising Inventor Award.
An active member of American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM) and the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association, Bauer was president of the SUNYA Faculty Athletic Representatives Association.
He has served as reviewer and editor of Orthopaedic and Sports Medical Journal since 1995. Bauer also is a reviewer and contributing editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (JSCR), and a reviewer for Medicine and Science in Sport Exercise (MSSE), International Sport Medicine Journal and Medicina Sportiva.
Bauer was an early expert at implementing digital technology into the classroom
"His interface between the corporation and the classroom has been invaluable, as we seek new avenues and methodology for use of video analysis and its application throughout the learning process," said Victor Bergonzoli, CEO of Dartfish World.
Bauer directs research and development for integration of Dartfish technology into the curriculum of SUNY Cortland, including for the Kinesiology and Sport Management Departments. He played a critical role in securing the partnership established with Dartfish that resulted in a software gift to SUNY Cortland estimated at $320,000. He developed two curricular offerings, Computer Applications for Exercise Science Majors and Digital Video in Exercise Science. With other faculty, he designed one-credit courses for the Coaching Masters Program. He is also a co-author of a first-of-its-kind, fully online e-text for undergraduate Biomechanics classes.
In 2006, he was invited to join Dartfish USA, Ltd. to serve on its national advisory body for visual digital imaging technology and analysis.
A native of St. Marys, Pa., Bauer holds a B.S. in computer science and a Ph.D. in exercise and sports science specializing in biomechanics from The Pennsylvania State University. He earned an M.S. in physical education with emphasis on biomechanics from West Chester State University.