Peter A. Cripton
Department of Mechanical Engineering
6250 Applied Science Lane
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604-822 6629
Fax: 604-822 2403
Email: cripton@mech.ubc.ca

Dr. Cripton is a faculty member in the Division of Orthopaedic Engineering Research. He also directs the UBC Injury Biomechanics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Cripton has been performing research in the field of biomechanics since 1989 and has research interests in spine biomechanics, spinal cord injury, injury biomechanics, and the design and development of engineered devices, instruments and techniques that are used during spine surgery. Prior to joining UBC, Dr.Cripton was a Managing Engineer in the Philadelphia office of Exponent Failure Analysis Associates. At Exponent, between 2001 and 2003, Dr. Cripton performed biomechanical reconstruction of specific real-world injuries to determine the mechanisms of injury. Dr. Cripton performed analyses of injuries that occured during automobile collisions, at the workplace, during sporting activities and in public or home environments. Prior to working at Exponent Dr. Cripton was a postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Yale University where he worked in the Biomechanics Laboratory. Dr. Cripton obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Dalhousie University in 1987, a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia (Now Daltech) in 1990, a Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University in 1993 and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University in 1999. Dr. Cripton's PhD was collaborative between Queen's and the M.E. Mueller Institute for Biomechanics at the University of Bern in Switzerland where the majority of his PhD research was performed.