LeRoy Alaways

DEGREES: Ph.D., Engineering, 1998
University of California, Davis
Alumnus: Sports Biomechanics Lab

MS, Mechanical Engineering, 1987
University of California, Davis

BS (With honors), Mechanical Engineering, 1985
California State University, Chico

BA (With honors), Applied Mathematics, 1985
California State University, Chico

HOMETOWN: Chico, California

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

WORK EXPERIENCE:

e-mail: lalaw@luge.engr.ucdavis.edu

AWARDS:

• Lifetime pass to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for contributions on the Aerodynamics of the Curveball, October 1999.
• Commander’s Medal for Public Service from US Army given at West Point, NY, June 1999.
• Engineering Innovator of the Month, Rockwell International, October 1989.

THESIS AND DISSERTATION:

Dissertation: Aerodynamics of the Curve-Ball.

Printable title page for dissertation: Title and Table of Contents

Thesis: Optimal Placement of Measurements for Distributed Systems.

— SELECTED PAPERS and ABSTRACTS–

BASEBALL

• Alaways, L.W. and M. Hubbard, Experimental Determination of Baseball Spin and Lift, submitted to Journal of Sports Sciences, January 2000 
• Alaways, L.W., S.P. Mish and M. Hubbard, Identification of Release Conditions and Aerodynamic Forces in Pitched Baseball Trajectories, submitted to Journal of Applied Biomechanics, August 1999 
• Alaways, L.W. and R.B. Lightfoot, Aerodynamics of a Curveball: The Sikorsky Lift Data, Submitted toSports Engineering, currently in review.

JAVELIN

• Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Rapid and Accurate Estimation of Release Conditions in the Javelin Throw, Journal of Biomechanics, 22 (6-7), pp. 583 – 595, 1989.
• Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Optimal Release Conditions for the New Rules Javelin, InternationalJournal of Sports Biomechanics, 3 (3), pp. 207 – 221, September, 1987.
• Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Implementation of a Javelin Trajectory Instrumentation System,Proceedings of the XIth International Congress on Biomechanics, July 1 – 4, Amsterdam, 1987.

GOLF

• Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Mechanical Interaction of the Golf Ball with Putting Greens, World Scientific Congress on Golf, St. Andrews, Scotland, July 20 – 24, 1998.

CYCLING

• Cloyd, Scott O., Mont Hubbard, and LeRoy W. Alaways, A Control Scheme for an Opposed Recumbent Tandem Human-Powered Vehicle, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 12 (4), pp. 480 – 492, November, 1996.

OTHER

• Watkins, W.R., L. Alaways, Depth Perception Applied to Search and Target Acquisition, Proceedings of the NATO SCI.12 Workshop on Search and Target Acquisition, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 1999 
• Alaways, L.W., M. Hubbard, T.C. Conlan, and J.A Miles, Static and Dynamic Accuracy Determination of a Three Dimensional Motion Analysis System, Proceedings International Conference on The Engineering of Sport, July 2 – 4, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1996.
• Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Instantaneous Assessment of Athletic Performance Using High Speed Video, Proceedings of the 31st Conference of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, August 16 – 21, San Diego, 1987.

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