David Arthur Winter
Born(1930-06-16)June 16, 1930
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
DiedFebruary 6, 2012(2012-02-06) (aged 81)[1]
Guelph, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Alma materQueen's University at Kingston
Known forBiomechanics, Electromyography, Gait Analysis
Scientific career
FieldsKinesiology, Biomechanics
InstitutionsUniversity of Waterloo, University of Manitoba, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Royal Military College of Canada

David A. Winter (PhD, PEng) was a distinguished professor emeritus of the University of Waterloo. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics and its first Career Award winner. He was later awarded the Muybridge Medal of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of The Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society. Before becoming an academic he served as an electrical officer with the Royal Canadian Navy on HMCS Nootka from 1952 to 1958. He completed his service at the rank of lieutenant commander. In December 2011, ISB named an award to encourage young people to stay involved in biomechanics research the "David Winter Young Investigator Award."

Winter is notable for introducing many important methods and concepts to the study of human locomotion and balance, such as automated television motion capture,[2] lowpass digital filtering of marker trajectories,[3] measurement of instantaneous segmental energy,[4] and the powers produced by joint moments of force,[5] and the analysis of electromyograms by ensemble averaging.[6]

Education

Academic posts

Winter started his academic career in 1961 as an assistant professor in electrical engineering at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. He then took up a similar position at the Technical University of Nova Scotia where was eventually promoted to professor in 1969. In 1969, he became director of biomedical engineering at the Shriner's Hospital in Winnipeg with an associate professorship in surgery at the University of Manitoba and an adjunct professorship in electrical engineering. He was then hired as associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo in 1974. He was promoted to professor in 1976, and when he retired in 1995 was given the title of distinguished professor emeritus.[7]

Textbooks

Awards and honours

Additional awards

Personal life

Winter was born in Windsor, Ontario and moved soon thereafter to Hamilton. He was one of five boys growing up in Hamilton with his dad (Reginald Winter) and mom (Mary Winter, née Moore). After graduating from Westdale Secondary School and completing his BSc at RMC, he joined the Navy and moved to Halifax. It was here that he met his wife, Judith (Judy) Winter (née Wilson) and the two were married on July 26, 1958. Winter had three children: Merriam, Andrew, and Bruce Winter. Winter has 5 grandchildren (Adam, Samuel, and Joshua Fraser (mother Merriam), and Sarah and Olivia Winter (father Bruce)).

References

  1. ^ Kinesiology remembers professor David Winter, University of Waterloo
  2. ^ Winter, D.A., Greenlaw, R.K., Hobson, D.A. Television-computer analysis of kinematics of human gait. Computers and Biomed. Research, 5:498-504, 1972.
  3. ^ Winter, D.A., Sidwall, H.G., Hobson, D.A. Measurement and reduction of noise in kinematics of locomotion. J. Biomech. 7:157-159, 1974.
  4. ^ Winter, D.A., Quanbury, A.O., Reimer, G.D. Analysis of instantaneous energy of normal gait. J. Biomech. 9:253-257, 1976.
  5. ^ Winter, D.A., Quanbury, A.O., Reimer, G.D. Instantaneous energy and power flow in gait of normals. Biomechanics VA. Komi, P.V. (Ed.) Baltimore: University Park Press, 334-340, 1976.
  6. ^ Winter, D.A. Use of computer averaged EMG profiles in the diagnosis of pathological gait. Arch. Phys. Med. and Rehab. 65:393-400, 1984.
  7. ^ David Winter, Kinesiology, Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
  8. ^ a b c Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, 4th Edition, Wiley Interscience
  9. ^ a b c Waterloo Biomechanics
  10. ^ Career Awards, Canadian Society for Biomechanics
  11. ^ Wartenweiler Memorial Lecture, International Society of Biomechanics
  12. ^ Awards Archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today, International Society of Biomechanics
  13. ^ Muybridge Medal, International Society of Biomechanics
  14. ^ Past Executives, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society
  15. ^ Fellows of the Society, Canadian Society for Biomechanics
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