Listed below are current and past research projects by Rose-Hulman students in partnership with the Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana Research Foundation. We are always looking for more undergraduate and graduate students interested in research opportunities in the field of orthopaedics.

Monitoring the Insertion of the Femoral Stem Component During Total Hip Arthroplasty:
A Replicate Composite Femur and Cadaveric Specimen Study

 

 

Thesis Advisor: Phillip Cornwell, PhD
JRSI Partner: R. Michael Meneghini, MD

A Photoelastic Study of the Effects of Resection Depth on Strain in the Proximal Tibia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

 

 

 

Thesis Advisor: Christine Buckley, PhD
JRSI Partner: Michael E. Berend, MD

Andrew Crisman, MS, Biomedical Engineering, 2006-2007

Scott Small, MS, Biomedical Engineering 2006-2007

Project List

Orthopaedic Biomedical Engineering Laboratory

Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana
Research Foundation

Initial Mechanical Stability of Trabecular Metal versus Porous-coated Titanium Acetabular Components:
A Biomechanical Study

Thesis Advisor: Christine Buckley, PhD
JRSI Partner: R. Michael Meneghini, MD

A Photoelastic Strain Analysis of the Proximal Tibia in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Thesis Advisor: Christine Buckley, PhD
JRSI Partner: Michael E. Berend, MD

Christopher Meyer, MS, Biomedical Engineering, 2005-2006

Kurt Dierking, MS, Biomedical Engineering 2004-2005

A Photoelastic Study of Strains in the Proximal Tibia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty:
The Effects of Variations in Component Conformity, Sizing, and Non-uniform Mediolateral Loading

 

Thesis Advisor: Christine Buckley, PhD
JRSI Partner: Michael E. Berend, MD

James Merk, MS, Biomedical Engineering, 2004-2005

Initial Mechanical Stability of Acetabular Components with Screw Fixation

RHIT Project Advisor: Christine Buckley, PhD
JRSI Partner: R. Michael Meneghini, MD

Allison Stultz & Jill Watson, Juniors, Biomedical Eng., 2006

Strain in the Proximal Tibia Following Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Photoelastic Study of Fixed Bearing Metal Backed, All-Polyethylene, and Mobile Bearing Designs

 

 

Project Advisors: Renee Rogge, PhD & Christine Buckley, PhD
JRSI Partner: Michael E. Berend, MD

Sami Dick, Michael Lockhart, Luke Alvey, & Natalie Dickman, Biomedical Eng., 2007-2008

The Exploration of Damage Identification Techniques to Determine Placement of Femoral Component During Total Hip Arthroplasty

Thesis Advisor: Phillip Cornwell, PhD
JRSI Partner: R. Michael Meneghini, MD

Seana Giardini, MS, Biomedical Engineering 2004-2005