Dr. Dickerson's current research focuses on mathematical modeling of the shoulder mechanism, with an emphasis on ergonomics applications. Additionally, Dr. Dickerson is researching perception of muscular effort and improvements to biomechanical analyses available in ergonomics software tools. He completed his Michigan Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (April 2005) under the co-supervision of Drs. Don Chaffin and Richard Hughes, for the dissertation titled "A Biomechanical Analysis of Shoulder Loading and Effort in Load Transfer Tasks".