{"id":151,"date":"2014-06-18T12:37:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2014-06-18T12:44:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T20:44:19","slug":"leroy-alaways","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/sample-page\/lab-members\/leroy-alaways\/","title":{"rendered":"LeRoy Alaways"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><strong>Dr. LeRoy W. Alaways<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Assitant Professor: California State University, Maritime (Starting August 2000)<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/06\/Alaways.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154 alignleft\" alt=\"Alaways\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/06\/Alaways-220x300.gif\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/06\/Alaways-220x300.gif 220w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/06\/Alaways-110x150.gif 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>DEGREES:\u00a0<\/strong>Ph.D., Engineering, 1998<br \/>University of California, Davis<br \/>Alumnus: Sports Biomechanics Lab<\/p>\n<p>MS, Mechanical Engineering, 1987<br \/>University of California, Davis<\/p>\n<p>BS (With honors), Mechanical Engineering, 1985<br \/>California State University, Chico<\/p>\n<p>BA (With honors), Applied Mathematics, 1985<br \/>California State University, Chico<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOMETOWN:<\/strong>\u00a0Chico, California<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEACHING EXPERIENCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WORK EXPERIENCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>e-mail:<\/strong><em>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lalaw@luge.engr.ucdavis.edu\">lalaw@luge.engr.ucdavis.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>AWARDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lifetime pass to the National Baseball Hall of Fame<\/strong>\u00a0for contributions on the Aerodynamics of the Curveball, October 1999.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commander&#8217;s Medal for Public Service<\/strong>\u00a0from US Army given at West Point, NY, June 1999.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engineering Innovator of the Month<\/strong>, Rockwell International, October 1989.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>THESIS AND DISSERTATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dissertation:\u00a0<a title=\"Baseball\" href=\"http:\/\/biosport.ucdavis.edu\/lab-members\/leroy-alaways\/Baseball.pdf\">Aerodynamics of the Curve-Ball.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Printable title page for dissertation:\u00a0<a title=\"Title\" href=\"http:\/\/biosport.ucdavis.edu\/lab-members\/leroy-alaways\/Title.pdf\">Title and Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thesis: Optimal Placement of Measurements for Distributed Systems.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8212; SELECTED PAPERS and ABSTRACTS&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BASEBALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alaways, L.W. and M. Hubbard, Experimental Determination of Baseball Spin and Lift, submitted to Journal of Sports Sciences, January 2000\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>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\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Alaways, L.W. and R.B. Lightfoot,\u00a0<a title=\"Aerodynamics of a Curveball: The Sikorsky Lift Data\" href=\"http:\/\/biosport.ucdavis.edu\/lab-members\/leroy-alaways\/aerodynamics-of-a-curveball-the-sikorsky-lift-data\">Aerodynamics of a Curveball: The Sikorsky Lift Data<\/a>, Submitted to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackwell-synergy.com\/issuelist.asp?journal=spe\">Sports Engineering<\/a>, currently in review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>JAVELIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Rapid and Accurate Estimation of Release Conditions in the Javelin Throw,\u00a0<em>Journal of Biomechanics,<\/em>\u00a022 (6-7), pp. 583 &#8211; 595, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Optimal Release Conditions for the New Rules Javelin, International<em>Journal of Sports Biomechanics,<\/em>\u00a03 (3), pp. 207 &#8211; 221, September, 1987.<\/li>\n<li>Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Implementation of a Javelin Trajectory Instrumentation System,<em>Proceedings of the XIth International Congress on Biomechanics,<\/em>\u00a0July 1 &#8211; 4, Amsterdam, 1987.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GOLF<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>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 &#8211; 24, 1998.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CYCLING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cloyd, Scott O., Mont Hubbard, and LeRoy W. Alaways,\u00a0<a title=\"A Control Scheme for an Opposed Recumbent Tandem Human-Powered Vehicle\" href=\"http:\/\/biosport.ucdavis.edu\/lab-members\/leroy-alaways\/a-control-scheme-for-an-opposed-recumbent-tandem-human-powered-vehicle\">A Control Scheme for an Opposed Recumbent Tandem Human-Powered Vehicle,<\/a>\u00a0<em><a title=\"A Control Scheme for an Opposed Recumbent Tandem Human-Powered Vehicle\" href=\"http:\/\/biosport.ucdavis.edu\/lab-members\/leroy-alaways\/a-control-scheme-for-an-opposed-recumbent-tandem-human-powered-vehicle\">Journal of Applied Biomechanics<\/a><\/em>, 12 (4), pp. 480 &#8211; 492, November, 1996.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OTHER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>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\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Alaways, L.W., M. Hubbard, T.C. Conlan, and J.A Miles,\u00a0<a title=\"Static and Dynamic Accuracy Determination of a Three Dimensional Motion Analysis System\" href=\"http:\/\/biosport.ucdavis.edu\/lab-members\/leroy-alaways\/static-and-dynamic-accuracy-determination-of-a-three-dimensional-motion-analysis-system\">Static and Dynamic Accuracy Determination of a Three Dimensional Motion Analysis System,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Proceedings International Conference on The Engineering of Sport,<\/em>\u00a0July 2 &#8211; 4, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1996.<\/li>\n<li>Hubbard, M. and L.W. Alaways, Instantaneous Assessment of Athletic Performance Using High Speed Video,\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the 31st Conference of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers,<\/em>\u00a0August 16 &#8211; 21, San Diego, 1987.\n<p>Last Changed 05\/10\/00<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. LeRoy W. Alaways\u00a0 Assitant Professor: California State University, Maritime (Starting August 2000) \u00a0 DEGREES:\u00a0Ph.D., Engineering, 1998University of California, DavisAlumnus: Sports Biomechanics Lab MS, Mechanical Engineering, 1987University of California, Davis BS (With honors), Mechanical Engineering, 1985California State University, Chico BA (With honors), Applied Mathematics, 1985California State University, Chico HOMETOWN:\u00a0Chico, California \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/sample-page\/lab-members\/leroy-alaways\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/153"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/biosport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}