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University of Wyoming
Matt Bundle, Ph.D.

Matt Bundle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
mbundle@uwyo.edu • 307-766-5423 • Corbett Building 110
Best Mode of Communication: E-mail

 

Office Hours: By appointment.

 

Research Interests:
Dr. Bundle is the director of the University of Wyoming's Biomechanics Laboratory. His research endeavors focus on examining the link between the energetics and mechanics of both human and comparative locomotion. In particular, he and the members of his lab group are currently investigating how muscle function and gain mechanics limit maximum sprint speed in humans, and the relation between relying on anaerobic energy for muscular force production and the impairment in force production (i.e. muscle fatigue) that occurs as the duration of an all-out effort extends from seconds to minutes.

 

Publications:

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Bundle, M. [PI] (5/09-5/10).  Muscle blood flow during fatiguing muscle contractions.  University of Wyoming, College of Health Sciences, Summer Seed Research Grant (funded $7,500).

Bundle, M. [PI] (5/07-5/08).  Extending the Aerobic Reserve Model to Small Muscle Volumes.  University of Wyoming, College of Health Sciences, Summer Seed Grant Program (funded $5,000).

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Bundle, M.W., (2009).  Mechanical limits to human running speed.  Paper to be presented at Symposium on Training Running Speed:  A Critical Consideration of Contemporary Practice, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.

Bundle, M.W. (June, 2008). Neuromuscular mechanics during sprinting. Paper presented at the High Performance Division USATF Science and Technology Conference, Dallas TX.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Weyand, P.G., Bundle, M.W., McGowan, C.P., Grabowski, A.M., Brown, M.B., Kram, R., & Herr, H.M. (2009).  The fastest runner on artificial legs:  different limbs, similar function?  Journal of Applied Physiology 107:903-11.

Weyand, P.G. and Bundle, M.W. (2009).  Point:  Counterpoint:  Artificial Limbs Do Make Artificially Fast Running Speeds Possible.  Journal of Applied Physiology:  doi:10.1152/japplphysio.01238.2009.

Herr, H.M., Kram, R., Morin, J.B., Weyand, P.G., McGowan, C.P., Bundle, M.W., & Grabowski, A. (2008).  Analysis of report 1512/2007 - the Bruggemann Report (Biomechanical and metabolic analysis of long sprint running of the double transtibial amputee athlete O. Pistorius using Cheetah sprint protheses).  Submitted to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland (CAS 2008/A/1480 Oscar Pistorius v/IAAF).

Bundle, M.W., Hansen, K., & Dial, K.P. (2007).  Does the metabolic rate-flight speed relationship vary among geometrically similar birds of different mass?  Journal of Experimental Biology, 210,  1075-83.