Andrew Ries

Andrew Ries, PhD is an Engineer and Investigator in the James R. Gage Center for Gait and Motion Analysis at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, MN, and adjunct faculty in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. His research encompasses the biomechanics of gait, motion capture modeling, predictive outcome modeling, energetics of gait, artificial intelligence applied to clinical movement analysis, and orthoses. Working at one of the world’s busiest clinical gait and motion analysis centers, Dr. Ries operates at the direct intersection of engineering and clinical rehabilitation — translating biomechanical data into treatment decisions for children and young adults with movement disorders including cerebral palsy. He has published in leading biomechanics and pediatric rehabilitation journals and has presented at national and international conferences. He will be joined b