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The Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory is a
collaboration between Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the
Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana Research Foundation, based at
the Center for Hip & Knee Surgery in Mooresville, Ind. The
program's core mission is to provide undergraduate and
graduate engineering students at Rose-Hulman with valuable research
opportunities in the field of orthopedics. Collaboration began in
2004 with a generous gift from 1948 Rose-Hulman alumnus Howard
Freers and the sponsorship of two biomedical engineering masters
theses. Since then, eight master's thesis and numerous
undergraduate research projects have been conducted in the
laboratory, resulting in multiple conference presentations and peer
reviewed journal publications. Laboratory space is utilized in the
John T. Myers Center for Technological Research with Industry on
campus. In 2007, JRSI Research Foundation and Rose-Hulman expanded
the collaboration by hiring a full-time engineering director to
oversee research efforts at Rose-Hulman.
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About the Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana Research
Foundation
The Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana (JRSI) Research
Foundation is committed to clinical and biomedical research in the
field of orthopedics. The mission of the foundation is to foster
the advancement of hip and knee replacement surgical procedures,
implants and survivorship in order to improve the long-term
function and well-being of the patients who suffer from
debilitating arthritis and associated disorders. A total of over
400 peer reviewed journal articles have been published by
researchers affiliated with JRSI in the last 20 years. Find out
more at www.rose-hulman.edu/jrsi.
JRSI Orthopaedic Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
The JRSI orthopaedic laboratory is a collaborative research
effort between the Rose-Hulman ABBE department and the Joint
Replacement Surgeons of Indiana Research Foundation based out of
the Center for Hip and Knee Surgery in Mooresville, Indiana.
Projects conducted in the laboratory are joint partnerships between
students, faculty, research staff, orthopaedic surgeons, and
industry. The research program places an emphasis on the evaluation
of surgical techniques and device design in total knee
arthroplasty, partial knee arthroplasty, and total hip arthroplasty
procedures. Investigative techniques include materials testing,
digital image correlation, strain gage analysis, medical imaging
and computational modeling. Recent projects presented by students
at national engineering conferences have included: "A Biomechanical
Analysis of Implant-Induced Cup Deformation in Acetabular Cup
Designs", "Factors Influencing Tibial Loading Following Total Knee
Arthroplasty: A Finite Element Study", and "Biomechanical
Assessment of Tibial Component Slope in Unicompartmental Knee
Arthroplasty". Additional information can be found at www.rose-hulman.edu/jrsi.
Various Faculty, contact Scott Small x8633;
smallsr@rose-hulman.edu
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