1. Francisco Javier Valero-Cuevas was born on 1964 and is an engineer of Mexican origin, and a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas is known for his work on how the human hand works, and its clinical applications.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas is notable for several inventions, including devices for measuring hand function and leg function, and the construction of archways in civil engineering.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas is an Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, an Elected Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a Thomas J Watson Fellow.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas graduated from Swarthmore College in 1988 with a BS in Engineering.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas joined Stanford University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and obtained a PhD in 1997, under the guidance of Professor Felix Zajac.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas then joined Cornell University's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as an assistant professor, with a joint appointment at the Hospital for Special Surgery as an assistant scientist.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas has joint appointments in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Computer Science.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas has applied this successfully to study hand function in adults with disabilities, children, and even for assessing leg function.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas founded a company in 2015, Neuromuscular Dynamics, LLC, based on these devices.