Joseph Cusumano
Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics

- 305D Earth and Engineering Sciences
- jpc3@psu.edu
- 814-865-3179
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Most Recent Publications
Modeling a Shuffleboard Machine That Regulates Motor Noise Like a Human
Joseph Cusumano, Connor Smith, J Dingwell, on p. 1
Multi-Objective Control of Lateral Foot Placement While Walking
J Dingwell, Joseph Cusumano, on p. 1
Adapting lateral stepping control to walk on winding paths
Anna Render, Joseph P. Cusumano, Jonathan B. Dingwell, 2025, Journal of Biomechanics on p. 10
Probability of lateral instability while walking on winding paths
Anna Render, Joseph Cusumano, Jonathan B. Dingwell, 2024, Journal of Biomechanics on p. 10
A model of task-level human stepping regulation yields semistable walking
Navendu Patil, Jonathan B. Dingwell, Joseph Cusumano, 2024, Journal of the Royal Society Interface
How older adults maintain lateral balance while walking on narrowing paths
Meghan Kazanski, Meghan Kazanaski, Joseph P. Cusumano, Jonathan B. Dingwell, 2024, Gait and Posture on p. 32-39
Risk of lateral instability while walking on winding paths
Anna Render, Joseph Cusumano, J Dingwell, 2024, on p. 1
For MoS, the margin is what matters -- why we need probability of instability: PoI
J Dingwell, Joseph Cusumano, Meghan Kazanski, 2024, on p. 1
Active Vibration Damping Using Rotor Torque Control in Electric Aircraft
Changik Cho, Christopher D. Rahn, Edward Smith, Joseph Paul Cusumano, 2024, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics on p. 1634-1644
A Model of Task-Level Human Stepping Regulation Yields Semistable Walking
Navendu Patil, Jonathan Dingwell, Joseph Cusumano, 2024, bioRxiv on p. 24
Most-Cited Papers
Identifying stride-to-stride control strategies in human treadmill walking
Jonathan B. Dingwell, Joseph P. Cusumano, 2015, PLoS One on p. 27
Increased gait variability may not imply impaired stride-to-stride control of walking in healthy older adults: Winner: 2013 Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Best Paper Award
Jonathan B. Dingwell, Mandy M. Salinas, Joseph P. Cusumano, 2017, Gait and Posture on p. 131-137
Dopaminergic modulation of arm swing during gait among Parkinson's disease patients
Nicholas Sterling, Joseph P. Cusumano, Noam Shaham, Stephen J. Piazza, Guodong Liu, Lan Kong, Guangwei Du, Mechelle M. Lewis, Xuemei Huang, 2015, Journal of Parkinson's Disease on p. 141-150
Adaptability of stride-to-stride control of stepping movements in human walking
Nicole K. Bohnsack-McLagan, Joseph P. Cusumano, Jonathan B. Dingwell, 2016, Journal of Biomechanics on p. 229-237
Humans use multi-objective control to regulate lateral foot placement when walking
Jonathan B. Dingwell, Joseph P. Cusumano, 2019, PLoS Computational Biology on p. e1006850
Humans trade off whole-body energy cost to avoid overburdening muscles while walking
Kirsty McDonald, Joseph P. Cusumano, Andrew Hieronymi, Jonas Rubenson, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 11
Error Correction and the Structure of Inter-Trial Fluctuations in a Redundant Movement Task
Joby John, Jonathan B. Dingwell, Joseph P. Cusumano, 2016, PLoS Computational Biology
Humans control stride-to-stride stepping movements differently for walking and running, independent of speed
Jonathan B. Dingwell, Nicole K. Bohnsack-McLagan, Joseph P. Cusumano, 2018, Journal of Biomechanics on p. 144-151
How healthy older adults regulate lateral foot placement while walking in laterally destabilizing environments
Meghan Kazanski, Meghan Kazanaski, Joseph Cusumano, Jonathan Dingwell, 2020, Journal of Biomechanics on p. 109714
Rethinking margin of stability: Incorporating step-to-step regulation to resolve the paradox
Meghan Kazanaski, Meghan E. Kazanski, Joseph Cusumano, Jonathan B. Dingwell, 2022, Journal of Biomechanics on p. 8