{"id":25,"date":"2013-02-26T20:39:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/template\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-10-23T00:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:23:01","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Past Positions:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2016-2019, University of California, Davis, College of Engineering, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies.<\/li>\n<li>2014-2016, University of California, Davis, College of Engineering, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Advising.<\/li>\n<li>2006-2013, University of California, Davis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Academic Administrator.<\/li>\n<li>1994-2019, University of California, Davis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Lecturer.<\/li>\n<li>1988-1993, Washington University, St. Louis, Lee Hunter Assistant Professor of Mechanical Design (first recipient).<\/li>\n<li>1989-1990, Massachusetts Institute of Technology &#8211; Cambridge and Massachusetts General Hospital &#8211; Boston, NIDRR Biomechanics Research Fellow.<\/li>\n<li>1984-1987, University of California, Davis, Associate In Mechanical Engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Education:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Spatial Kinematics &#8211; Kinematic Geometry) &#8211; University of California, Davis, 1988.<\/li>\n<li>MS in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics and Mechanical Design) &#8211; Purdue University, 1983.<\/li>\n<li>BS in Mechanical Engineering &#8211; Purdue University, 1981.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past Positions: 2016-2019, University of California, Davis, College of Engineering, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies. 2014-2016, University of California, Davis, College of Engineering, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Advising. 2006-2013, University of California, Davis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Academic Administrator. 1994-2019, University of California, Davis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/biography\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/schaaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}