Wyatt Sailer - November 2025

Stryker. Orlando, Fl

Nicole Szabo, PhD - December 2024

Stryker, New Jersey

Thesis: Selecting a Cartilage Constitutive Model for Finite Element Analysis of Cartilage Impact Injuries. 

Winter J. Philibert, MS 2022

Thesis: Variations in Contact Stresses on the Distal Tibial Articular Surfaces following Intra-Articular Fracture Reduction.

 

Holly Aitken, PhD - December 2021

Biomechanics Lab, North Liberty, IA

Thesis: Optimization of Chronic Contact Stress Exposure to Improve the Mechanical Environment of the Dysplastic Hip Joint Following Periacetabular Osteotomy

Linjun Yang, PhD - May 2021  
Data Scientist Analyst. 

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 

Thesis: Developing Image Analysis Methods to Evaluate Cartilage Degeneration in Animal Models of Osteoarthritis. 

Palani T. Permeswaran, BSE, MS - May 2018
Senior Development Engineer at HIGHRIDGE Medical. 

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Thesis: Validation of Computational Methods for Fracture Assessment of Metastatic Disease to the Proximal Femur.

David J. Heckelsmiller, MS - May 2017
Technical Services, EpicCare Ambulatory. 

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Thesis: Multimodal Evaluation of Local and Whole-Joint Cartilage Changes in an In Vivo Animal Model.

Vijay N. Permeswaran, BSE, MS, PhD - May 2017
Principal Research Engineer, HIGHRIDGE MEDICAL. 

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Thesis: Development of a Computational Model to Study Instability and Scapular Notching in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty. 

Heidi Kirsten, MS 2016

Thesis: Analysis of Hindfoot Alignment for Total Ankle Arthroplasties.

Heidi K. J. Welch (Bingenheimer), MS - December 2016
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis TN

Thesis: Analysis of Hindfoot Alignment for Total Ankle Arthroplasties. 

 

Kevin C.Townsend, MS - May 2015
Materialise, Plymouth, MI

Thesis: Validation and Applications of Discrete Element Analysis in the Hip Joint.

Erin K. Main, MS - May 2011 MD?
Critical Care & Pulmonary Consultants, Greenwood Village, CO

Thesis: Constitutive Mechanical Properties of Carpal Tunnel Soft Tissue Structures.

Nicole M. Kunze, BSE, MS - May 2010
Des Moines, IA

Thesis: Investigation of Local Deformation of the Median Nerve in Magnetic Resonance Images of the Carpal Tunnel.