Department of Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science
1000 Chastain Road		Kennesaw, GA, 30144-5591

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Michael Hales, Ph. D. Senior Lecturer CC 3011 (770) 423-6359 mhales@kennesaw.edu

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Academic Degrees

Degree	Major	University	Year Graduated
Ph. D.	Biomechanics	Georgia State University	2003
M. S.	Exercise Science	Georgia State University	1998
B. S.	Exercise Science	Kennesaw State University	1994

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Professional Experience

2007- Present	Kennesaw State University - Senior Lecturer - Department of Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science
2006 - 2007	Kennesaw State University - Temporary Assistant Professor - Department of Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science
2003 - 2005	Georgia State University - Project Coordinator - Development of Sports Programs for Youth with Disabilities in Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
1995 - 2003	Georgia State University - Graduate Research/ Teaching Assistant - Department of Kinesiology and Health

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Recent Professional Activities

Professional Presentations

• Hales ME and Johnson BF. Modeling the Human Body for Biomechanical Data Collection: Application to Running. American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting (2004), Sacramento, CA - Oral Presentation
  
  
• Hales ME, Johnson BF, Wang YT, and Johnson JT. Modeling three-dimensional shoulder forces and net muscle moments during manual wheelchair propulsion. Fifth International Conference on Engineering in Sport (2004), Davis, CA - Poster Presentation
  
  
• Hales ME. Disability Sport Development: Sport Science Perspective. US Department of State International Sport Development Workshop (2004), Rabat, Morocco - Oral Presentation
  
  Publications in Professional Journals
  
  
• Hales ME, Johnson BF, Wang YT and Johnson JT. Modeling three-dimensional shoulder forces and net muscle moments during manual wheelchair propulsion (push-phase). Journal of Applied Biomechanics. (manuscript in review)
  
  
• Hales ME, Johnson BF, Wang YT and Johnson JT. Designing and validating an instrumented wheelchair for measuring three-dimensional pushrim forces utilizing a six-channel load sensor: Technical note. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. (manuscript in preparation)
  
  
• Hales ME, Johnson BF, Wang YT and Johnson JT. The development of an inverse dynamic model for analyzing three-dimensional shoulder forces and net muscle moments generated during manual wheelchair propulsion. Journal of Biomechanics. (manuscript in preparation)
  

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Professional Interests

• Sport Biomechanics and Analysis
  
  
• Paraplegic Athlete and Wheelchair/Prosthetic Mechanics
  
  
• Wheelchair Kinetic Instrumentation
  

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Teaching Responsibilities

• HPS 1000 - Fitness for Living
  
  
• HPS 1030 - Aerobic Conditioning/Weight Training
  
  
• HPS 1850 - Advanced Strength and Aerobic training
  

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This page last updated Sept. 7, 2007. 

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