My research is focused on developing novel biomedical engineering methods and advanced computational modeling tools to address the burden of debilitating pediatric skeletal deformities, traumatic injuries and orthopedic conditions. I specialize in characterizing the morphology and growth patterns of the normative and scoliotic pediatric spine and rib cage, rapidly creating patient-specific computational models to simulate surgical interventions, and developing age-equivalent animal models for scoliosis and pediatric long bones. My research expertise also includes experimental biomechanics in the areas of pediatric head and neck injury, orthopedic biomechanics of the knee, thorax and spine, and knee biomechanics following ligament reconstructions. I have conducted several human volunteer studies, sled tests with postmortem human subjects and experimental studies using cadaveric tissue. Overall, my research findings in these under-studied areas have tremendous potential to impact the current practices in pediatric orthopedics and automotive child safety, and also provide the data and methods needed to guide future innovations. I mentor several graduate, undergraduate and high school students in my lab, and received the ‘Outstanding STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Mentor Faculty Award’ for 2010 – 2011.

Dr. Veni Kong graduated from the Department of Sports Science and Physical Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000. She went on to study at Loughborough University (UK) to obtain her MSc in Sports Science in 2001, followed by a PhD in Sports Biomechanics in 2005. She started her career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas at El Paso from 2005 to 2008. She was a visiting faculty member at the Emergency Responder Human Performance Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for one year prior to joining the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in July 2009.

Dr. Kong’s research interests include sports and clinical biomechanics. She has led projects on footwear and gait analysis on athletes, firefighters and older adults. She also worked closely with hospitals and healthcare professionals to address clinical problems such as foot health and low back pain management. Her research on computer simulation models of springboard diving has received international awards including those from the International Sports Engineering Association and British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Prof Teo is currently in the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering since 1982. He received his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nottingham, UK, Master and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Nottingham and Strathclyde University, UK, respectively. His research interests include static and dynamic analysis of engineering and human skeletal structures. He has done significant research work his research areas and published over 50 top quality international conference and journal papers. He is an Editorial Board member of Medical Engineering & Physics, and has been often invited as a referee and reviewer for a number of grant applications, premier conferences and journals, including Spine, Biomechanics, etc. Dr. Teo is a member of PE Board and IES, Singapore.

Dr.Varadhan.SKM obtained his B.E in Electronics and Communication from University of Madras, Chennai, India, M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from IIT Madras and Ph.D. for Penn State University USA. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras. He established and heads the Neuromechanics lab in IIT Madras. Awarded with university graduate fellowship (year 2007-2008), a prestigious award given to one outstanding graduate applicant per college (out of thousands of applicants). Published 5 peer-reviewed journal articles in highly acclaimed scientific journals. He is interested in Neuromechanics of human movement, specifically movements of typical people and people with neuromotor disorders. Further, he is interested in building Rehabilitation Assist devices to help patients of neuromotor disorders.

Specialties: Neuromechanics, Finger Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, Action & Perception

Sudhir pursued MBBS from the Thoothukudi Government Medical College, under the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, and DNB in Orthopedics from the prestigious Ganga Medical Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu under National Board of Examinations. His high academic record includes many distinctions and gold medals like. University second in pathology, top rank in anatomy, medicine, surgery, distinction in ophthalmology and pharmacology. He received Dr. Balu Sankaran Gold Medal for securing All India First Rank in DNB Orthopedics in 2011. To further pursue his passion, he entered FNB (Fellowship in National Board) in Spine Surgery in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi and excelled as the Best Outstanding Fellow. He has presented many papers, posters, and has participated in various State and National and International conferences. Currently, he is practicing in SRMC Hospital, Chennai. He is specialized to deal with all types of spinal pathologies like degenerative spinal disorders, spinal deformities, infections, tumors and fractures of spine.

Dr. Dinesh Bhatia is currently working as Associate Professor and Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya, India since August 2013. Previously, he was employed as an Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade) at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Sonepat), Haryana (State Government University), India from July 2006 to July 2013. He was selected for the “Young Scientist Award (BOYSCAST)” in (2011-12) by Government of India to pursue research in osteoarthritis (OA) for one year at Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. He is also the recipient of “INAE fellowship award” in 2011 by Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was selected as one of the twelve young Biomedical scientists by the ICMR, Govt. of India to pursue research fellowship (2014-15) in the field of sensory prosthetics at University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He has attended Biomechanics and human Gait training at Munich, Germany in March, 2017 and training of use of rTMS, EEG and EMG in disabled children in Ivanovo, Russia in September, 2017. He has several research papers in reputed journals, conference, seminars and symposia with teaching and research experience of more than thirteen (13) years. He is invited panel member of many professional bodies, editorial boards, committees, societies and forums. He is currently having several funded projects from Government of India on physically challenged, disabled and paralyzed persons. He authoreda book titled “Medical Informatics” published (2015) by PHI and “Current aspects in Stroke Rehabilitation” (2016) by ABS Publishers. His research focuses on understanding muscle mechanics, joint kinematics and dynamics involved in performing locomotion and routine tasks and undermining it effects during an injury or disease. His interest areas are medical instrumentation, biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering, medical informatics, signal and image processing, marketing and international business.

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