journal articles and pre-prints

  1. Non-invasive load measurement in the human tibia via spectral analysis of flexural waves. Yawar, A., Aslan, D.H. and Lieberman, D.E. (2026). J. R. Soc. Interface 23 (239): 20251206. full text
  2. Transverse contributions to the longitudinal stiffness of the human foot. Yawar, A., Korpas, L., Mandre, S. and Venkadesan, M., (2025). arXiv preprint
  3. Effects of back muscle fatigue and modified trunk inertia on lumbar kinematics, kinetics and muscle activity during walking. Sibson, B.E., Yegian, A.K., Yawar, A. and Lieberman, D.E., (2025). Journal of Experimental Biology, 228(9), p.jeb250479. journal link
  4. Predicting overstriding with wearable IMUs during treadmill and overground running. Baker, L.M., Yawar, A., Lieberman, D.E. and Walsh, C.J., (2024). Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.6347. journal link
  5. Using inertial measurement units to estimate spine joint kinematics and kinetics during walking and running. Sibson B.E., Banks J.J., Yawar A., Yegian A.K., Anderson D.E., Lieberman D.E. (2024). Scientific Reports 14(1):234. journal link
  6. Effects of shoe heel height on ankle dynamics in running. Yawar A. and Lieberman D.E., 2023. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.17959. journal link
  7. Biomechanical tradeoffs in foot function from variations in shoe design. Yawar A. and Lieberman D.E. (2023). Exercise and sport sciences reviews 10-1249. journal link
  8. Stiffness of the human foot and evolution of the transverse arch. Venkadesan M., Yawar A., Eng C.M., Dias M.A., Singh D.K., Tommasini S., Haims A., Bandi M.M., Mandre S. (2020). Nature, 579 (7797), 97–100. full text
  9. On angled bounce-off impact of a drop impinging on a flowing soap film. Basu S., Yawar A., Concha A., and Bandi M.M. Fluid Dynamics Research 49 065509 2017 (Winner of the Fluid Dynamics Research Prize, 2018) Full text

conference presentations

  1. Energetics of the foot and power transmission by the windlass. Yawar, A., Eng, C.M., Tommasini, S.M., Venkadesan, M. (2022) In Proc. of the 9th World Congress of Biomechanics, Taipei, Taiwan (virtual)
  2. Contribution of the transverse arch to in vivo foot stiffness in humans. Yawar, A., Korpas, L., Mandre, S., Venkadesan, M. (2021) In Proc. of the 28th Congress of the Int. Soc. of Biomechanics, Stockholm, Sweden (virtual)
  3. Stiffness and work contributions of the windlass in human feet. Yawar, A., Eng, C.M., Tommasini, S.M., Venkadesan, M. (2021) In Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines, Ottawa, Canada (virtual)
  4. Curvature-induced stiffness in mechanical mimics of the human foot. Yawar, A., Mandre, S., Venkadesan, M. (2019) In Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines, Lausanne, Switzerland
  5. Quantifying the role of the windlass mechanism in increasing foot stiffness. Yawar, A., Eng, C.M. and Tommasini, S. and Venkadesan, M. (2019) In Proc. of the 27th Congress of the Int. Soc. of Biomechanics and the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Am. Soc. of Biomechanics, Calgary, Canada
  6. Contribution of the transverse arch to foot stiffness. Yawar, A., Korpas, L., Lugo-Bolanos, M., Mandre, S. and Venkadesan, M. (2018) In Dynamic Walking Pensacola FL, USA
  7. To move or not: principal curvatures of articular surfaces. Sharma, N., Yawar, A., Bhullar, B.A.S., Venkadesan, M. (2018) In Integrative and Comparative Biology
  8. Bending-stretching coupling in the human foot: Role of the transverse arch. Yawar, A., Korpas, L.M., Lugo-Bolanos, M., Mandre, S. and Venkadesan, M. (2017) In Integrative and Comparative Biology (Vol. 57, pp. E451-E451)
  9. Stiffness of the Arched Human Foot. Yawar, A., Korpas, L.M., Lugo-Bolanos, M., Mandre, S. and Venkadesan, M. (2016) In Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting, Boston MA, USA
  10. Experimental study of drop impacts on soap films. Yawar, A., Basu, S., Concha, A. and Bandi, M.M. (2015) In APS Meeting Abstracts, APS-DFD 2015 Boston, MA, USA