Robert Camp
Robert Camp
Department: Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Jeffrey Ruberti
Collaborators: Jeffrey Ruberti, Shashi Murthi
Biography
Robert Camp is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University studying Type I Collagen. Robert received his BS in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. Prior to his return to academia, Robert spent 9 years working in the defense industry and in high energy physics applying to nuclear fusion research.
Robert is an accomplished martial artist, holding a black belt in kempo karate and various other ranks in a variety of other martial arts. He also enjoys falling down mountains with two pieces of wood strapped to his feet in something vaguely resembling skiing. He also has a love of history, specifically Nazi Germany, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome. If Robert was not a mechanical engineer, he would be studying philosophy and theology. Robert was raised in the Great State of Texas and has lived in Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire and now Massachusetts. To this day, he misses southern food and still loves Dixie.
Robert is married to Dr. Julia Camp, an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Tax at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Robert works in the Extracellular Matrix Engineering Research Laboratory (EMERL) at Northeastern University. His EMERL website can be viewed here.
Projects
Presentations
- Mechanochemical Assay for Studying Type I Collagen Monomers, Camp, R.J., Liles, M., Murthy, S.K., & Ruberti. J.W., Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. , Oct 2009
- November Progress Report, Robert Camp, Northeastern University, Nov 2007
- The Mechanosensitivity of Type I Collagen to MMP Cleavage, Robert Camp, Northeastern University, May 2007
Publications
- Molecular mechanochemistry: low force switch slows enzymatic cleavage of human type I collagen monomer, Camp RJ, Liles M, Beale J, Saeidi N, Flynn BP, Moore E, Murthy SK, Ruberti JW, Journal of the American Chemical Society, V.133 (11), P.4073 (2011)