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.