Dr. Rebecca Zifchock, Ph.D. Deputy Department Head of Curriculum Professor of Biomechanical Engineering Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering rebecca.zifchock [at] westpoint.edu About Education Dr. Rebecca Zifchock is a Professor of Biomechanical Engineering and Deputy Department Head of Curriculum in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the United States Military Academy (USMA). She joined the West Point faculty in 2010 and has taught courses in biomechanics, computer-aided design, computational analysis, engineering design, thermal-fluids, and engineering materials and design. She received her doctoral degree in Biomechanics from the University of Delaware, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, and was then a founding member of USMA's Center for Innovation and Engineering, now known as the Center for Applied Engineering.Dr. Zifchock's research focuses on sports and military performance, injury susceptibility, computational modeling, and design. She has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, which have been cited over 2200 times. Ph.D., Biomechanics and Movement Science - University of DelawarePostdoctoral Fellowship - Hospital for Special SurgeryM.S., Biomechanics - Pennsylvania State University B.S., Biological Engineering - Cornell University