04/Research Archive
Complete publication record — 42 entries. Bibliographic details follow the current CV.
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
An inter-laboratory study characterizing the multi-dimensional behavior of analogue lumbar spine surrogates, supporting standardization of spine biomechanics testing. Co-first authorship.
ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
A multi-laboratory study evaluating reproducibility and temporal changes in lumbar spine surrogates across collaborating biomechanics laboratories — a step toward standardized spine testing.
3D Printing in Medicine 11, 3
Development and biomechanical evaluation of a fully 3D-printable analogue of the human lumbar spine — a reproducible, cost-effective surrogate for cadaveric testing.
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
An integrated rigid-flexible body dynamic formulation enabling computationally efficient musculoskeletal modeling and muscle recruitment simulation of the spine and torso.
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 72(10), 3108-3119
A fast-solving 15-DOF rigid-body lumbar spine model inclusive of intra-abdominal pressure, with 279 force-generating elements, validated against in vivo segmental stiffness literature; ~1.4 s simulation runtime makes it suitable for muscle recruitment optimization.
Musculoskeletal spine models that neglect intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and are computationally intensive limit their use in muscle recruitment optimization and machine learning applications. This paper presents a fast-solving, high-fidelity rigid-body dynamics (RBD) spine model of the lumbar spine inclusive of IAP. The model includes the pelvis, five lumbar vertebrae, a lumped thoracic spine, and the ribcage, adapted from MRI scans of a healthy adult male. Intervertebral discs are modeled as 3-DOF gimbal joints with nonlinear moment-rotation relationships, while spinal ligaments are represented as nonlinear tension-only springs. Two IAP modeling methods are implemented and evaluated. The model comprises 15 degrees of freedom constrained by 279 independent force-generating elements, with a compilation time of approximately 6 seconds and a simulation run time of 1.4 seconds. Lumbar segmental stiffness profiles were validated against in vivo literature data. The model demonstrates applicability for muscle recruitment optimization and provides an intuitive MATLAB-native tool for physiological spine loading visualization.
Journal of Bionic Engineering 21(3), 1388-1396
Design improvements and pure-moment validation of a fully 3D-printed analogue lumbar spine motion segment, benchmarked against ex vivo and in silico reference data.
Spine biomechanical testing methods in the past few decades have not evolved beyond employing either cadaveric studies or finite element modeling techniques. A fully 3D printable L1-S1 analogue spine model with ligaments is developed and validated in this research.
Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Vol. 5: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC
A systematic investigation of ligament contributions to lumbar spinal stiffness using novel 3D-printed analogue spine models.
Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Vol. 5: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC
On how 3D-printable analogue spine models can make spinal biomechanics research more cost- and time-effective.
Submitted to Nature — Scientific Reports
In preparation — International Spine Biomechanics Consortium
SSRN Electronic Journal
McGill University
Doctoral thesis developing novel spine biomechanical analogue and digital models toward realizing a robotic spine simulator — unifying physical surrogates, robotic testing, and computational modeling.
— Brussels, Belgium
Design and prototyping of a self-healing soft robotic gripper using thermally reversible Diels-Alder polymer networks.
9th International Conference on the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH 2026) — Milan, Italy
Fascia Research Congress 2025 — New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2025 Annual Meeting — Phoenix, Arizona, USA
EUROSPINE Annual Meeting — Vienna, Austria
International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) — Nashville, Tennessee, USA
International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) — Nashville, Tennessee, USA
International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) — Nashville, Tennessee, USA
10th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D 2024) — Nagoya, Japan
6th International Fascia Research Congress — Montreal, Canada
11th European Solid Mechanics Conference — Galway, Ireland
25th Annual Scientific Conference of The Canadian Spine Society — Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada
25th Annual Scientific Conference of The Canadian Spine Society — Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada
Global Spine Congress 2025 — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2025 Annual Meeting — Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2025 Annual Meeting — Phoenix, Arizona, USA
24th Annual Scientific Conference of The Canadian Spine Society — Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
IMAC-XLII, Society of Experimental Mechanics — Orlando, Florida, USA
IMAC-XLII, Society of Experimental Mechanics — Orlando, Florida, USA
Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2024 Annual Meeting — Long Beach, California, USA
Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2024 Annual Meeting — Long Beach, California, USA
Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C 2024) — Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA
Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C 2024) — Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA
Global Spine Congress 2023 — Prague, Czech Republic
Global Spine Congress 2023 — Prague, Czech Republic
Global Spine Congress 2023 — Prague, Czech Republic
4th International Workshop on Spinal Loading and Deformation — Berlin, Germany
Summer School on Fascial Anatomy, McGill University — Montreal, Canada
Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering, McGill University — Montreal, Canada
2nd International Conference on Advancements in Automation, Robotics and Sensing — Coimbatore, India