Kenton Kaufman

Kenton R. Kaufman, Ph.D., P.E. ’88 is the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal
Research Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of
Orthopedics, Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory, and a Consultant in the
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering at
Mayo Clinic. He grew up at Marion, South Dakota, earned his bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in agricultural engineering from South Dakota State University,
and his Ph.D. in biomechanical engineering from NDSU. He was the Distinguished
Lecturer in the NDSU College of Engineering in 2014. He received the Henry L.
Bolley Academic Achievement Award from NDSU in 2022. He is a Fellow in the
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, American Society of
Biomechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Orthopedic Research
Society, and International Society of Biomechanics.