Lonnie Love, PhD
Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) researcher Lonnie Love, PhD, has joined the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board of OrthoCare Innovations, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Love serves as Robotics and Energetic Systems Distinguished Research Scientist at ORNL. His research focuses on design, control, and application of novel mechatronic and actuation systems, with an emphasis on mesofluidic and electrohydraulic systems, fluid-driven prosthetic devices, exoskeleton systems, and miniaturization of hydraulic components.
“OrthoCare values its relationship with Lonnie Love and his team at Oak Ridge,” commented OrthoCare CEO Doug McCormack. “There is a tremendous commitment to successfully transitioning technologies from the lab into clinical applications. While in the past this may have proven to be an elusive goal, Lonnie is making it a reality with his practical approach to technology development and his drive to enhance human performance.”
“I have enjoyed my close collaboration with OrthoCare and am pleased to serve in a more official role as a member of the Medical and Scientific Board of Advisors,” commented Love. “OrthoCare is a dynamic company with the technical skills to work side-by-side with the researchers at Oak Ridge, while also possessing the savvy to navigate the lab successfully to build strong partnerships. OrthoCare’s ability to bring real-world problems to the ORNL research community was instrumental in helping me obtain internal research funding to develop new technologies that will ultimately reach patients and improve patient care.”
Love received a doctorate degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 1995 and joined ORNL later that year. According to OrthoCare, Love is a widely published author on topics related to robotics and actuation systems and was a 2006 winner of R&D magazine’s R&D 100 award.
