I work across biomechanical model development and verification & validation, combining computational and experimental approaches to establish credible medical simulation.
Siril Dukkipati
01/Current Work
Postdoctoral researcher at MDsim S.A., Luxembourg, working on biomechanical model verification and clinical validation.
Computational biomechanical model development — rigid-body, rigid-flexible, and patient-specific spine modelling.
Establishing model credibility through code and solution verification, and validation against experimental evidence.
Biomechanical testing, ex-vivo studies, retrospective clinical data, and standardized testing protocols.
The broader application context: regulatory-grade computer modelling and simulation for spine care.
02/What I Work On
Finite element modelling, rigid-body dynamics, rigid-flexible body dynamics, musculoskeletal modelling, and computational simulation of the spine and torso.
Physical surrogate models, mechanical testing, robotic benchtop systems, biomechanical characterization, and standardized testing protocols.
Model verification, validation, and credibility — connecting experimental and clinical evidence to regulatory-oriented computer modelling and simulation.
From models to evidence.
03/Selected Work
Physical models, computational models, and the studies that connect them.
A family of fully 3D-printable lumbar spine surrogates — vertebrae, discs, and ligaments — designed as reproducible, cost-effective alternatives to cadaveric tissue for biomechanical testing.
A high-fidelity MATLAB rigid-body model of the lumbar spine inclusive of intra-abdominal pressure — 15 DOF, 279 force elements, ~1.4 s solve times — validated against in vivo data.
Multi-institution studies quantifying how reproducibly different laboratories test identical spine surrogates — foundational evidence for standardized, regulatorily credible spine biomechanics.
The doctoral thesis capstone: physical surrogates, robotic testing, and computational models unified into one validation ecosystem — now extended toward clinical-grade medical simulation.
04/Selected Publications
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
3D Printing in Medicine 11, 3
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
05/About
I am a postdoctoral researcher at MDsim S.A. in Luxembourg, working on the biomechanical verification and clinical validation of SPINEsim, a patient-specific digital twin platform for spine surgical planning. The position is funded by the FNR in collaboration with the Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics at the University of Ulm.
I hold a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics) from McGill University, where I developed robotic benchtop testing, 3D-printable spine surrogates, and computational spine models.