Safeer Siddicky is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin. He received a B.S. (Mechanical Engineering, 2013) from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, and an M.S (Mechanical Engineering, 2015) and Ph.D. (Engineering and Biomedical & Health Informatics, 2018) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO. After his Ph.D., he completed two postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (2020) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, and the Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Department (2021) at Boise State University, Boise, ID. Siddicky studies the biomechanics of infants in commercial baby gear and orthopedic devices, and parents/caregivers carrying infants during activities of daily living.
Ph.D. in Engineering and Biomedical & Health Informatics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2018
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2015
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013
Member, Community Building Committee, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education(2024 - 2025)
Member, Non Tenure-Track Merit (Academic) Committee, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education(2023 - 2024)
Member, Membership Committee, Gait and Clinical Motion Analysis Society (GCMAS)(2023 - 2024)
Member, Leadership Committee, American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) Early Career Faculty Affinity Group(2023 - 2026)
Member, Community Building Committee, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education(2022 - 2023)
Smith, J., Siddicky, SF. & Hsiao, H. (2025). Wearable Visual Biofeedback of Vertical Ground Reaction Force Enables More Symmetrical Force Production During Deadlifting and Squatting. Biomechanics, 5(1), 6. doi:10.3390/biomechanics5010006.
Siegel, DN., Siddicky, SF., Davis, WD. & Mannen, EM. (2025). Infant muscle activity is modified by inclined environments during different styles of rolling. Infant Behavior and Development, 79, 102049. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102049.
Siegel, DN., Siddicky, SF., Davis, WD. & Mannen, EM. (2024). Muscle activation and coordinated movements of infant rolling.
Journal of Biomechanics,
162, 111890. doi:
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111890.
Siegel, DN., Siddicky, SF., Davis, WD. & Mannen, EM. (2024). Mechanical environment influences muscle activity during infant rolling.
Human Movement Science,
95, 103208. doi:
10.1016/j.humov.2024.103208.
Smith, J., Parkih, D., Tate, V., Siddicky, SF. & Hsiao, H. (2024). Validity of Valor Inertial Measurement Unit for Upper and Lower Extremity Joint Angles. Sensors, 24(17), 5833. doi:10.3390/s24175833.
Siddicky, SF., Eckles, JP., Rabenhorst, BR. & Mannen, EM. (2023). Ultrasonographic evaluation of infant hips in the Pavlik harness and body-worn commercial baby carriers.
Journal of Orthopaedic Research. doi:
10.1002/jor.25571.
Akhter, S., Jain, SF., Ishihara, R., Siddicky, SF. & Suh, DW. (2022). The Incidence of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disease among Pediatric Ophthalmologists: Are Ergonomic Innovations Needed?.
Clinical Ophthalmology,
16, 833–40. doi:
10.2147/OPTH.S343155.
Lim, Y., Chamber, T., Walck, CD., Siddicky, SF. & Huayamave, V. (2022). Challenges in kinetic-kinematic driven musculoskeletal subject-specific infant modeling. Mathematical and Computational Applications - Special Issue Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, 27(3), 36. doi:10.3390/mca27030036.
Wang, J., Siddicky, SF., Carroll, J., Rabenhorst, B., Bumpass, DB., Whitaker, B. & Mannen, EM. (2021). Infant inclined sleep product safety: a model for using biomechanics to explore safe infant product design.
Journal of Biomechanics,
128, 110706. doi:
10.3233/THC-202754.
Wang, J., Siddicky, SF., Johnson, T., Kapil, N., Majmudar, B. & Mannen, EM. (2021). Supine lying center of pressure characteristics as a predictor of developmental stages in early infancy.
Technology and Healthcare,
(in press). doi:
10.3233/THC-202754.
Wang, J., Severin, C., Siddicky, SF., Barnes, CL. & Mannen, EM. (2021). Effect of movement speed on lower and upper body biomechanics during sit-to-stand-to-sit transfers: self-selected speed vs. fast imposed speed.
Human Movement Science,
77, 102797. doi:
10.1016/j.humov.2021.102797.
Wang, J., Siddicky, SF., Dohm, M., Barnes, CL. & Mannen, EM. (2021). Kinematic and kinetic changes following Total Hip Arthroplasty during sit-to-stand transfers: systematic review.
Arthroplasty Today,
7, 148–156. doi:
10.1016/j.artd.2020.12.026.
Wang, J., Siddicky, SF., Carroll, J., Rabenhorst, B., Bumpass, DB., Whitaker, B. & Mannen, EM. (2021). Do inclined sleeping surfaces impact infants activity and movement? A safe sleep product design perspective.
Journal of Biomechanics,
111, 109999. doi:
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109999.
Siddicky, SF., Wang, J., Rabenhorst, B., Buchele, L. & Mannen, EM. (2021). Exploring infant hip position and muscle activity in common baby gear and orthopedic devices.
Journal of Orthopaedic Research,
39(5), 941–9. doi:
10.1002/jor.24818.
Siddicky, SF., Bumpass, DB., Krishnan, AR., Tackett, SA., Mccarthy, RE. & Mannen, EM. (2020). Positioning and baby devices impact infant spinal muscle activity.
Journal of Biomechanics,
104, 109741. doi:
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109741.
Wang, J., Mannen, EM., Siddicky, SF., Lee, J. & Latt, LD. (2019). Gait alterations in posterior tibial tendonitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Gait & Posture,
76, 28–38. doi:
10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.11.002.
Bonafede, L., Kazmierczak, L., Siddicky, SF. & Gunton, KB. (2019). Ergonomics in Strabismus Surgery.
Current Opinion in Ophthalmology,
30(5), 331–6. doi:
10.1097/ICU.0000000000000594.
Wang, J., Siddicky, SF., Oliver, T., Dohm, M., Barnes, CL. & Mannen, EM. (2019). Biomechanical changes following Knee Arthroplasty during sit-to-stand transfers: systematic review.
Journal of Arthroplasty,
34(10), 2494–2501. doi:
10.1016/j.arth.2019.05.028.
Sherrill, JT., Siddicky, SF., Davis, WD., Chen, C., Bumpass, DB. & Mannen, EM. (2019). Validation of a Customized Spine Biomechanics Simulator: A Case for Field Standardization.
Journal of Biomechanics,
98, 109470. doi:
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109470.
Branson, BG., Abnos, RM., Simmer-Beck, ML., King, GW. & Siddicky, SF. (2018). Using Motion Capture Technology to Measure the Effects of Magnification Loupes on Dental Operator Posture: A Pilot Study.
Work,
59(1), 131–9. doi:
10.3233/WOR-172681.
