Rate My Professor Robert Cutlip

Dr. Robert Cutlip is the Director of the Cybersecurity and Data Analytics Programs and a Visiting Professor of Information Systems Management and Data Analytics at Fairmont State University in the School of Business, where he also serves as Graduate Faculty. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University in 1984, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1986, and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering in 1995, all from West Virginia University. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Cutlip conducted extensive research at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), focusing on occupational ergonomics and musculoskeletal health over three decades of experience in the field. His academic career has bridged biomedical engineering with information systems, demonstrating versatility in research and teaching.

Dr. Cutlip's research specializations include skeletal muscle physiology, contraction-induced muscle injury, muscle adaptation and maladaptation with aging, oxidative stress and antioxidant supplementation effects on muscle, biomechanical modeling of muscles and tendons, and occupational ergonomics. More recently, his interests have shifted to cybersecurity, data analytics, and critical infrastructure. He has authored 105 publications, accumulating over 2,000 citations. Key publications encompass 'Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Graded Skeletal Muscle Injury in Live Rats' (2014), 'Age‐dependent differential gene expression in exposure-response of contraction‐induced muscle injury' (2021), 'Skeletal Muscle Physiology and Its Application to Occupational Ergonomics' (2012), 'Resistance Loading and Signaling Assays for Oxidative Stress in Rodent Skeletal Muscle' (2012), 'Vitamin E and C supplementation reduces oxidative stress, improves antioxidant enzymes and positive muscle work in chronically loaded muscles of aged rats' (2010), and 'Akt Serves as a Signaling Pathway Integrator for Adaptation/Maladaptation in Aging Muscle Following Mechanical Loading' (2010). Dr. Cutlip is a full member of Sigma Xi Research Honorary and holds memberships in the American Physiological Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Biomedical Engineering Society. He possesses CITI Full Certification in Human Subjects Research and is Institutional Review Board Qualified, contributing significantly to both foundational physiological research and contemporary cybersecurity education.