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Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, 2012
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, 2009
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Widener University, 2006
Licenses & Certifications
  • Professional Engineer Mechanical, Delaware, #21997
Academic Appointments
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Widener University, 2013-2015
  • Post-doctoral Appointment, Mechanical Engineering Department, Tel Aviv University, 2012-2013
Professional Honors
  • ASME Nominee New Faces of Engineering, 2015
  • Fulbright Scholar, Tel Aviv University, 2012-2013
  • United States Department of Education GAANN Fellow, 2007-2011
  • Widener University's Service and Leadership Award, 2006
  • Tau Beta Pi Honor Society
Professional Affiliations
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (member)
  • ASTM International, F-27 Snow and Water Sports (member)
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (member)

Dr. Isaacs has a multidisciplinary background in biomechanics, materials science and engineering, and mechanical engineering. At Ä¢¹½tv, she specializes in evaluating injury mechanisms and risk in a variety of contexts, including motor vehicle collisions, construction accidents, occupational accidents, and recreational events. Her expertise spans from injury causation analysis in low-energy impacts to biomechanical evaluation of product design and performance. 

Dr. Isaacs has conducted testing to evaluate kinematics and kinetics across a range of scenarios, including spinal testing, component-level evaluations using anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs), and full-scale automotive crash and sled tests. She has published and presented research on occupational and automotive injuries, spine biomechanics, and sports-related trauma. 

Her prior research focused on spine biomechanics, particularly the effects of degeneration and aging on the intervertebral disc, as well as the development of injectable hydrogels. Dr. Isaacs was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at Tel Aviv University, where she investigated computational biomechanical models for diagnosis and management of lumbar spine pathologies and studied fiber‑reinforced bio-composite materials.

Before joining Ä¢¹½tv, Dr. Isaacs served as a visiting assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at Widener University. There, she taught undergraduate engineering courses, advised student chapters of the Society of Automotive Engineers and Engineers without Borders, and participated in numerous STEM outreach initiatives.