| 2008 - 2011 | Davide Ruffoni, Ph.D., Computational mechanics of bone-implant failure. |
| 2010 - 2011 | Thomas Mueller, Ph.D., Augmentation of bone and bone implants. |
| 2012 - 2013 | Pinaki Bhattacharya, Ph.D., The role of tissue quality in bone mechanics. |
| 2012 - 2013 | Jef Vanderoost, Ph.D., Bone microstructure in function of bone mechanical quality. |
| 2013 - 2014 | Ali Vahdati, Ph.D., Patient-specific predictions for bone treatments. |
| 2017 - 2018 | Jef Vanderoost, Ph.D., Development and evaluation of novel online educating tools for medical device design. |
| 2023 - | Piyush Uniyal, PhD, Biomechanical and mechanobiological characterization of the bone-cartilage interface. |
| 23/11/2007 | Romain Voide, ETH Zurich, Functional phenomics of bone: high-throughput determination of bone strength and its application in locating strength-related genes (co-promotor). |
| 21/12/2009 | Thomas L. Mueller, ETH Zurich, Bioimaging and biomechanics of bone competence and implant stability (co-promotor). |
| 10/03/2011 | Andreas J. Wirth, ETH Zurich, Assessment of implant stability in low quality bone by micro-structural finite element analysis (co-promotor). |
| 25/05/2011 | Antonia Torcasio, KU Leuven, Quantification of bone and peri-implant bone strains using micro-finite element analysis (promotor). |
| 05/06/2012 | Samuel Basler, ETH Zurich, Towards a biomechanical understanding of implant stability using functional bioimaging and computational modeling (co-promotor). |
| 07/06/2012 | Jef Vanderoost, KU Leuven, Relating bone structure to competence: role of local trabecular properties (promotor). |
| 19/09/2013 | Leen Lenaerts, KU Leuven, Patient-specific image-based analysis of bone competence (promotor). |
| 25/11/2015 | Xiaolei Zhang, KU Leuven, Effect of high-frequency loading on peri-implant bone remodeling (co-promotor). |
| 29/01/2016 | Juri Steiner, ETH Zurich, Micro-FE based in silico model for fracture fixation in osteoporotic human bone (co-promotor). |
| 03/06/2016 | Thomas Quirynen, KU Leuven, The interprosthetic gap as a risk factor for interprosthetic fractures of the femur (promotor). |
| 19/06/2017 | Benjamin Dourthe, KU Leuven, Osteoarthritis of the thumb joint: occurrence mechanism and understanding via medical imaging and computer modeling techniques (co-promotor). |
| 16/01/2018 | Haniyeh Hemmatian, KU Leuven and VU Amsterdam (joint degree), Does the osteocyte lacuna affect bone adaptive response in aging? (promotor). |
| 22/10/2018 | Fereshteh Mirahmadi, KU Leuven and VU Amsterdam (joint degree), Biomechanical changes in articulation of the jaw joint due to aging (co-promotor). |
| 23/09/2019 | Karen Mys, KU Leuven, Cone-beam computed tomography is a fast and promising technique for microstructural imaging in clinical practice (promotor). |
| 02/02/2021 | Jonathan Pitocchi, KU Leuven and U. Zaragoza, Computer aided tools for the design and planning of personalized shoulder arthroplasty (promotor, with MªAngeles Pérez Ansón). |
| 30/06/2021 | Timo van Leeuwen, KU Leuven, Anatomical adaptations to varying functional demands in the primate thumb (co-promotor). |
| 10/12/2021 | Amelie Sas, KU Leuven, Preventing femoral fractures in patients with bone metastases (promotor). |
| 2023 | Fahimeh Azari, KU Leuven, Mechanical and structural alterations after surgical treatment of knee osteoarthritis (promotor). |
| 2024 | Jilmen Quintiens, KU Leuven, The role of bone microstructure in osteoarthritis of the wrist (promotor). |
| 2026 | Emma Boersma, KU Leuven and U. Melbourne, A microstructural model of osteochondral remodelling in an arthritis mouse model (in vivo) (promotor, with Kathryn Stok). |
| 2026 | Cecilia Liberati, KU Leuven, Microstructural changes in the murine knee during onset and development of osteoarthritis (promotor). |
| 2026 | Anik Banerjee, KU Leuven and U. Melbourne, Transport of biological factors across the bone-cartilage interface (promotor). |
| 14/04/2009 | Dennis Janssen, UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Macro- and micro-mechanics of cemented total hip arthroplasty (member promotion committee). |
| 30/11/2009 | Filip Callewaert, KU Leuven, Sex steroid signaling in male mice: Relevance for skeletal sexual dimorphism, optimal bone mass acquisition and mechanical sensitivity of the skeleton (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 11/12/2009 | Peter Varga, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, Prediction of distal radius fracture load using HR-pQCT-based finite element analysis (external examiner). |
| 16/12/2010 | Joris Walraevens, KU Leuven, Biomechanical analysis of the total cervical disc prosthesis (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 03/04/2012 | Daan Waanders, RU Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Micro and macro level damage mechanics of the cement-bone interface in total hip arthroplasty (member promotion committee). |
| 24/05/2012 | Hang Gao, KU Leuven, Imaging left ventricular flow patterns with ultrasound: 2D estimation by combing speckle tracking with Navier-Stokes based regularization (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 31/08/2012 | Marlène Mengoni, U. de Liège, Liège, Belgium, On the development of an integrated bone remodeling law for orthodontic tooth movements models using the Finite Element Method (member promotion committee). |
| 20/09/2012 | Koen Peeters, KU Leuven, Kinematic modeling of ankle and foot bone motion for applications in orthopedics and gait analysis (member promotion committee). |
| 01/10/2012 | Cyril Flaig, ETH Zurich, A highly scalable memory efficient multigrid solver for m-finite element analyses (member promotion committee). |
| 15/05/2013 | Aida Monea, KU Leuven, Biomechanical characterization of bicycle accidents related head injuries (member promotion committee). |
| 05/06/2013 | Maarten Depypere, KU Leuven, MicroCT imaging of bone architecture and vasculature (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 21/10/2013 | Javad Hazrati Marangalou, TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Patient specific prediction of bone failure using microstructure-enhanced continuum finite element models (member promotion committee). |
| 07/01/2014 | Joyce Van den Broeck, KU Leuven, Patient-specific instrumentation in orthopaedic surgery. A computational model for design optimization (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 31/01/2014 | Kavin Karunratanakul, KU Leuven, Quantification of the mechanical environment for tissue engineering in load-bearing bone (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 21/02/2014 | Grzegorz Pyka, KU Leuven, Micro-CT based morphological and mechanical characterization of open porous metallic materials (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 29/04/2014 | Thomas Gross, TU Wien, Development and application of 3D CT image-based finite element models for human bones and orthopaedic implants (external examiner). |
| 18/06/2014 | Ekaterina Tankisheva, KU Leuven, Optimization of vibration training protocols for different populations (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 18/09/2014 | Ulrike Kettenberger, EPFL, Switzerland, Development of a bisphosphonate delivering hydrogel for the augmentation of impaired peri-implant bone (external examiner). |
| 22/09/2014 | Oksana Shishkina, KU Leuven, Experimental and modelling investigations of structure-property relations in nano-reinforced cellular materials (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 12/11/2014 | Ruben Wauthle, KU Leuven, Improved peri-prosthetic fixation of orthopaedic implants through innovative selective laser melting techniques (member promotion committee). |
| 10/12/2014 | Mieke Sinnesael, KU Leuven,The androgen receptor as a direct target in male musculoskeletal maintenance (member promotion committee). |
| 30/01/2015 | Tassos Natsakis, KU Leuven, In vitro analysis of dynamic foot biomechanics using a gait simulator and intra-articular pressure measurements (member promotion committee). |
| 04/02/2015 | Tim Willemen, KU Leuven, Biomechanics based analysis of sleep (member promotion committee). |
| 22/07/2015 | Tsiloon Li, U. Southampton, UK, Understanding skeletal development across the life course (external examiner). |
| 19/11/2015 | Loes Derickx, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Femoral fracture risk prediction in metastatic bone disease (member manuscript committee, member promotion committee). |
| 13/01/2017 | Joost de Jong, Maastricht University, A closer look at fracture healing. Fracture healing at the distal radius assessed using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (member manuscript committee, member promotion committee). |
| 12/05/2017 | Marco Palanca, U. Bologna, Italy, In vitro full-field methods for the biomechanical characterization of spine segments (external examiner). |
| 25/09/2017 | Rémy Gauthier, U. Lyon, France, Crack propagation mechanisms in human cortical bone on different paired anatomical locations: biomechanical, tomographic and biochemical approaches (member promotion committee). |
| 22/11/2017 | Faes Kerkhof, KU Leuven, Looking beyond the image. Biomechanics and anatomy of thumb function and instability (member promotion committee). |
| 08/12/2017 | Peter Vanden Berghe, KU Leuven, Design of custom implants. Patient-specific analysis and evaluation (external advisor, member promotion committee). |
| 19/06/2018 | Xiran Cai, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, Multiscale investigation of the elastic properties of human cortical bone measured by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (member promotion committee). |
| 04/07/2018 | Steven Leuridan, KU Leuven, Mechanical testing approaches for implant stability assessment (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 27/11/2018 | Dries De kegel, KU Leuven, Tissue-level tolerance criteria for crash-related head injuries: a combined experimental and numerical approach (member promotion committee) |
| 13/03/2019 | Boliang Yu, U. Lyon, France, 3D analysis of bone ultra structure from phase nano-CT imaging (external examiner). |
| 03/05/2019 | Tiago de Melo Lopes Martinho Malaquias, KU Leuven, A combined multibody and plantar pressure approach to estimate and predict foot kinematics applied to 3D-printed insoles (external advisor and member promtion committee). |
| 27/06/2019 | Andrés Julián Arias Moreno, TU Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Estimations of mechanical properties of intact and damaged bone from high resolution CT-images (member promotion committee). |
| 05/09/2019 | Sanne Vancleef, KU Leuven, An integrated modelling approach for the optimised design of patient-specific, low profile clavicle fracture fixation plates (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 06/09/2019 | Evelina Ametova, KU Leuven, Quantification and compensation of geometry-induced errors in cone-beam X-ray computed tomography (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 27/09/2019 | Wouter Van De Walle, KU Leuven, Prediction of the effective thermal conductivity of porous building blocks based on their pore structure (external advisor and member promotion committee). |
| 07/10/2019 | Sepanta Fazaeli, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Biomechanical characterization of the temperomandibular joint disc (member promotion committee). |
| 08/01/2020 | Quentin Goossens, KU Leuven, Development of a decision supporting vibro-acoustic method to monitor implant fixation and early detect intra-operative fractures in cementless THA (member promotion committee). |
| 25/02/2020 | Monika Stipsitz, TU Wien, Development of a nonlinear micro finite element framework for image-based simulations in bone biomechanics (external examiner). |
| 09/03/2020 | Steven Michiels, KU Leuven, Optimization and implementation of emerging technologies to improve radiation therapy of head-and-neck cancer (member promotion committee). |
| 05/06/2020 | Susanne Lewin, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Functional aspects of cranial implants (opponent). |
| 13/09/2020 | Katrien Plessers, KU Leuven, Preoperative planning of shoulder arthroplasty based on patient-specific computer models (member promotion committee). |
| 08/10/2020 | Michiel Herteleer, KU Leuven, Clinical and anatomical evaluation of midshaft clavicle fracture treatment and the possible implications for a patient-specific approach (external advisor, member promotion committee). |
| 16/12/2020 | Hannelore Boey, KU Leuven, Biomechanics assisted evaluation of ligament behaviour during functional movements (external advisor, member promotion committee). |
| 24/09/2021 | Christophe Van Dijck, KU Leuven, Mass personalisation of preoperative planning for total knee arthroplasty. Evaluation of statistical models to predict patient-specific shape information (external advisor). |
| 01/10/2021 | Joeri Kok, U. Lund, Sweden, Hip fractures. A biomechanical analysis of fracture strength prediction, prevention, and repair (opponent). |
| 15/03/2022 | Stijn Huys, KU Leuven, Design elements to improve mechanical and clinical parameters of a total temporomandibular joint replacement (external advisor, member promotion committee). |
| 19/05/2022 | Laura Bartsoen, KU Leuven, The impact of parameter uncertainty on patient-specific musculoskeletal modelling for ligament-balanced TKA (external advisor). |
| 26/10/2022 | Thomas Anijs, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Total Knee replacement. A biomechanical perspective on fixation and bone adaptation (member promotion committee). |
| 22/12/2022 | Alexander Meynen, KU Leuven, An in-silico design workflow for space-filling acetabular revision implants (external advisor, member promotion committee) |
| 14/02/2023 | Alexandra Tits, U.Liege, Attaching soft to hard: A multimodal correlative investigation of thetendon-bone interface (member promotion committee). |
| 2023 | Fernando Perez Boerema, KU Leuven, Multiscale optimization of implants for larger acetabular defects (external advisor). |
| 2023 | Sofie Goeminne, KU Leuven, Kinematic analysis and treatment options in scapholunate complex injuries (external advisor). |
| 2024 | Ayoob Davoodi, KU Leuven, Functionally accurate robotics applications in spine surgery (external advisor). |
| 2025 | Pieter Ansoms, KU Leuven, Stiffness tailored implants for improved fracture fixation (external advisor). |
| 2026 | Wim-Alexander Beckers, KU Leuven, Realtime reconstruction, decision-making and control of MIS instruments (external advisor). |
| 1999 | Ronald Ruimerman, Radboud University, Nijmegen, A regulatory model for control of bone homeostasis by mechanical factors. |
| 1999 | Marieke Willems, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Bone remodeling around stemmed femoral knee components. |
| 2001 | Joost de Hoogh, TU Eindhoven, Numerical modeling of scalp cooling to prevent hair loss induced by chemotherapy. |
| 2004 | Martin Renggli, ETH Zurich, Microstructural FE modeling of glass fiber composites. |
| 2004 | Silvio Hochreutener, ETH Zurich, Correction of metal-related artifacts in mCT images. |
| 2006 | Andreas J. Wirth, ETH Zurich, Finite element modeling of bone-implant systems as assessed from in vivo human high resolution CT. |
| 2007 | David Christen, ETH Zurich, Local strains registration of bone microstructure under load. |
| 2008 | Samuel Basler, ETH Zurich, Automation and validation of a biomechanical testing device for image-guided failure assessment of bone-implant systems. |
| 2008 | Wim Vereecken, KU Leuven, Mechanical competence of bone-implant structures - experimental validation of image-based finite element analyses (ETH Zurich). |
| 2008 | Tom Lauwaert, KU Leuven, The effect of soft tissue properties on deformation during axial loading experiments. |
| 2009 | Daniel García Garcerá, ETH Zurich, Combining local bone morphometry and micro-finite element (mFE) analysis to investigate localization phenomena in trabecular bone. |
| 2009 | Dorien Van Deun, KU Leuven, Experimental assessment of bone strength at the microscale. |
| 2009 | Emilie Sauwen, KU Leuven, Stress distribution in the femur: effect of gait pattern and muscle force distribution. |
| 2010 | Herlien Declerck, KU Leuven, Development of an automatic multiscale analysis tool for bones scanned with micro-CT (ETH Zurich). |
| 2010 | Stephanie Deprey, KU Leuven, Experimental quantification of peri-implant bone strains in rat tibia. |
| 2010 | Wim Govaerts, KU Leuven, The effects of partial volume elements in quantifying bone stiffness using the finite element method. |
| 2010 | Filip Jonkergouw, KU Leuven, Curvature of the femoral shaft and its effect on the alignment of knee prostheses. |
| 2010 | Omara Picazo, ETH Zurich, Optimization of implant design for image-guided failure assessment. |
| 2010 | Juri Steiner, ETH Zurich, The role of bone cement on the mechanical properties of trabecular bone and on augmentation of orthopaedic screws: A combined experimental-finite element study. |
| 2011 | Tom Meyns, KU Leuven, The effects of one year training on femoral bone strength. |
| 2011 | Jack Traxler, ETH Zurich, Dynamic image-guided failure assessment of bone-implant systems. |
| 2011 | Sami Abdel Jaber, ETH Zurich, Non-linear finite element analysis of the bone-implant interface. |
| 2012 | Remo Affentranger, ETH Zurich, Development of an experimental setup for imaging and testing fracture fixation screws in human trabecular bone. |
| 2012 | Thomas Vendrig, KU Leuven, Effect of overstuffing and understuffing in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. |
| 2013 | Duncan Betts, ETH Zurich, Numerical evaluation of the bone-implant interface (KU Leuven). |
| 2013 | An-Katrien Braeken, KU Leuven, Mechanical assessment of bone microscale properties. |
| 2013 | Shibin Cheng, KU Leuven, Optical measurement of bone deformation during loading and failure. |
| 2013 | Benoît Renard, U. Liège, Investigation of anisotropy in tissue-scale mechanicsl properties in human femurs (KU Leuven). |
| 2014 | Itziar Calleja, KU Leuven, A model for bone fixation. |
| 2014 | Janine Jud, ETH Zurich, Towards in vivo quantification of the mechanical competence of tissue-engineered bone (KU Leuven). |
| 2014 | Kristof Godelaine, KU Leuven, Evaluation of cellular accommodation for bone density modelling simulations. |
| 2014 | Katrien Plessers, KU Leuven, Finite element modeling of the mechanical properties at the scaffold-bone interface |
| 2015 | Liesbeth Vancoillie, KU Leuven, Development of a finite element model for the evaluation of the mechanical loading in the wrist. |
| 2015 | An Van den Bulck, KU Leuven, Biomechanical evaluation of patient specific implants in corrective osteotomy of the distal radius: a finite element analysis. |
| 2016 | Omar El Mahraoui, KU Leuven, Validating cone-beam computed tomography for automatic bone quality classification and finite element modeling (promotors: R. Jacobs and H. van Lenthe). |
| 2016 | Georgios Papantonakis, KU Leuven, Unravelling the mechanical properties of the diabetic skeleton: a combined imaging and modeling approach (promotors: H. van Lenthe, K. Vandamme, G. Kerckhofs). |
| 2016 | Joke Sergeant, KU Leuven, Strain analysis of small bones: a validation of digital imaging correlation. |
| 2016 | Ben Vanthienen, KU Leuven, An ex vivo method for quantifying tibial strain during dynamic squat motion (promotors: H. van Lenthe and L. Scheys). |
| 2017 | Laura Bartsoen, KU Leuven, Non-invasive determination of the articular stress distribution in the wrist (promotors: H. van Lenthe and F. Stockmans). |
| 2017 | Marie Grimmelprez, KU Leuven, Computational study of clavicle fracture fixation: comparison between a commercial and patient specific plate for transverse and spiral midshaft fractures (promotors: J. Vander Sloten and H. van Lenthe). |
| 2017 | Martijn Henkens, KU Leuven, A biomechanical study of a clavicle bone fracture fixation using digital image correlation (promotors: H. van Lenthe, and J. Vander Sloten). |
| 2017 | Stijn Huys, KU Leuven, Design and development of a mock-up of a porcine knee joint: the menisci and the articular cartilage (promotors: L. Labey and H. van Lenthe). |
| 2017 | Alexander Meynen, KU Leuven, Analyzing thevalidity of a skull fractire energy criterion through subject-specific finite element modeling of head impacts (promotors: J. Vander Sloten, H. van Lenthe, N. Famaey). |
| 2017 | Pieter Nyssen, KU Leuven, Evaluation of trabecular architecture in the primate capitate and third metacarpal and its relation to locomotor activities (promotors: H. van Lenthe and E. Vereecke). |
| 2017 | Amelie Sas, KU Leuven, Effect of anatomical variation of the proximal femur on stress shielding induced by a calcar guided short stem: an automated finite element analysis study. |
| 2017 | Steffi Van Hees, KU Leuven, Comparison of the radiocarpal joint loads before and after proximal row carpectomy (promotors: H. van Lenthe and F. Stockmans). |
| 2018 | Elias Aad, KU Leuven, Active three degrees of freedom wrist prostheses design (promotors: H van Lenthe and R. Puers). |
| 2018 | Alessio Scupola, U. Bologna, Quantification of bone and cartilage structure in the human wrist (KU Leuven). |
| 2018 | Mathilde De Ryck, KU Leuven, Design and development of a mock-up of the knee joint: the meniscus (promotors: L. Labey, L. Scheys, and H. van Lenthe). |
| 2018 | Jeroen Vancraen, KU Leuven, Patient-specific optimization of a femoral stem. |
| 2018 | Kaat Vertonghen, KU Leuven, Experimental quantification of the contact pressures acting on the trapezium during lateral key pinch (promotors: H. van Lenthe and F. Stockmans). |
| 2019 | Ana Olival, U. Minho, Visualization and quantification of mouse femoral head cartilage using micro-CT (KU Leuven; promotors: H. van Lenthe and N. Neves (U.Minho)). |
| 2019 | Leonor Ribeiro, U. Minho, Mechanical characterization of bovine articular cartilage after immersion in micro-CT contrast agent PTA and PTA diffusion in articular cartilage of mice femoral head (KU Leuven, promotors: H. van Lenthe, D.Ruffoni (U.Liege), N. Neves (U.Minho)). |
| 2019 | Heleen Maes, KU Leuven, Design optimization of dental (supra)structures: an experimental and computational study (promotors: H. van Lenthe and T. Quirynen). |
| 2019 | Maylies Mertens, KU Leuven, Design and development of a mock-up of the human knee joint: the meniscus (promotors: L. Labey, L. Scheys, and H. van Lenthe). |
| 2019 | Michiel Santy, KU Leuven, Quantification of longitudinal changes in the microarchitecture of the wrist bones after surgery (promotors: H. van Lenthe and F. Stockmans). |
| 2019 | Iris Van Caillie, KU Leuven, Preventing femoral fractures in patients with bone metastases: mechanical behaviour of PMMA augmented trabecular bone. |
| 2019 | Britt van den Boogert, KU Leuven, Novel preoperative treatment planning for distal radius malunions |
| 2019 | Sara Vandyck, KU Leuven, Analysing hinge fractures of open wedge high tibial osteotomy through patient-specific finite element studies (promotors: S. Bartholomeeusen, L. Scheys, H. van Lenthe). |
| 2020 | Tim Callewaert, KU Leuven, Determining the optimal spread of dental implants in edentulous patients. |
| 2020 | Tea Kostic, KU Leuven, Potential use of Shape Memory Polyurethane Foams for biomedical applications (promotors: L. Labey, H. van Lenthe). |
| 2020 | Louis Lyssens, KU Leuven, The effect of anisotropic material properties on the accuracy of finite element models predicting fracture risk in metastatic femurs. |
| 2020 | Florian Vanquickenborne, KU Leuven, Postoperative analysis of open wedge high tibial osteotomies through patient-specific finite element models (promotors: S. Bartholomeeusen, L. Scheys, H. van Lenthe). |
| 2020 | Jill Verheyen, KU Leuven, Evaluation of hinge fractures during high tibial osteotomies through patient-specific finite element modelling (promotors: S. Bartholomeeusen, L. Scheys, H. van Lenthe). |
| 2021 | Loïc De Wolf, Micro finite element analysis of PMMA/bone composites from human femoral heads. |
| 2021 | Bart Demeulemeester, Biomechanical analysis of the PEEK fixation plate in HTO with impacted allograft using FEM (promotors: S. Bartholomeeusen, L. Scheys, H. van Lenthe) |
| 2022 | Merel Baeten, Effect of fixation plate position on stability of high tibial osteotomies using finite element modelling (promotors: S. Bartholomeeusen, L. Scheys, H. van Lenthe). |
| 2022 | Simon De Paep, Quantitative assessment of automatic cartilage estimators in finite element analyses of the wrist |
| 2005 | Philip Dawsey, Semester project, ETH Zurich, Effect of injection pressure in LCM processes on composite structure. |
| 2005 | Basem Dokhan, Semester project, ETH Zurich, Fast and accurate prediction of microstructural bone failure. |
| 2005 | Joel Stampfli, Semester project, ETH Zurich, Analysis of air entrapped in composite materials. |
| 2006 | Martin Walti, Bachelor thesis, ETH Zurich, Validation of a biomechanical testing device for image-guided failure assessment of bone-implant systems. |
| 2007 | Raymond Ochsenbein, Semester project, ETH Zurich, Finite element modeling of bone-implant systems. |
| 2007 | Patrick Bönzli, Semester project, ETH Zurich, Improvement of the visualization of large scale finite element analysis results. |
| 2008 | Andres Montero Ortiz, Semester project, ETH Zurich, Automated generation of physiological load cases for high-resolution computed tomography based finite element models of the distal radius. |
| 2009 | Jeremy Wernli, Semester project, ETH Zurich, Processing and analysis of force, torque and displacement data from image-guided failure assessment of bone-implant systems. |
| 2009 | Vasudha Gudipati, Semester Project, ETH Zurich, Development and validation of a sample embedding procedure for image-guided failure assessment of bone-implant systems. |
| 2009 | Ewout Lagerweij, KU Leuven and Twente University, Does the loading of the proximal femur change after placement of a total hip prosthesis? |
| 2010 | Omiros Exarchos, Semester Project, ETH Zurich, Experimental quantification of implant failure loads in bones with varying quality |
| 2010 | Juri Steiner, Practical project ETH Zurich, Quantifying the contribution of cortical and trabecular bone for implant anchorage in osteoporotic bone |
| 2010 | Michael Luternauer, Hochschule für Technik Zurich, Biomechanical testing of polymer and metal screw implants (ETH Zurich) |
| 2011 | Christoph Wenger, Practical project ETH Zurich, Imaging and biomechanics of bone-implant-cement constructs. |
| 2011 | Alberto Santoro, Practical project ETH Zurich, Image guided failure assessment of augmented implants. |
| 2011 | Tommy Heck, ETH Zurich, A new method for the modeling of bone-implant interface failure based on micro-finite element analysis. |
| 2012 | Jessica Crabb, ETH Zurich, How does the loading direction influence primary implant stability of orthopedic screws in trabecular bone? |
| 2013 | Florian Bollinger, ETH Zurich, Development of an optoelectric marker setup for tracking positions and displacements of fracture fixation devices relative to the fixed bone. |
| 2014 | Seline Staub, ETH Zurich, Micromechanical analysis of trabecular bone samples using unsegmented data (KU Leuven). |
| 2016 | Urs Hofmann, ETH Zurich, Towards a patient-specific in silico model to quantify primary implant stability in human osteoporotic bone (thesis advisor) |
| 2018 | Pablo Marty, ETH Zurich, Do anatomical variations of the proximal femur affect the stress shielding induced by a short-stem hip implant? (KU Leuven) |
| 2004 | Mazda Farshad, ETH Zurich, Structural analyses of murine vertebral bones (3 months). |
| 2005 - 2006 | Philip Morley, U. British Columbia, Computational analysis of murine vertebral bone strength (1 year, ETH Zurich). |
| 2006 | Uche Mennel, ETH Zurich, Implementation of a multi-level PCG algorithm for the mFE analysis of bone structures (3 months). |
| 2008 - 2009 | Wenwang Wu, KU Leuven, Design of a device for determining mechanical properties of small bone specimens (1 year). |
| 2010 | Annette Sitzer, University Lübeck and University of Applied Sciences Lübeck, Sample mounting setup for dynamic image-guided failure assessment of bone-implant systems (2 months, ETH Zurich). |
| 2010 | Marlene Mengoni, U.Liege, Yield and post-yield behavior of trabecular bone analogues (2 months, ETH Zurich). |
| 2010 | Wim Govaerts, KU Leuven, Quantifying bone structure-function relationships using a microstructural model of trabecular bone (1 month). |
| 2009-2011 | Joke Hendrikx, KU Leuven, Structural and mechanical characterisation of bone tissue. |
| 2008-2012 | Ingrid Knippels, KU Leuven, Bone remodeling in the human forearm. |
| 2014-2015 | Karen Mys, KU Leuven, Local quantification of bone adaptation following surgical treatment. |
| 2015 | Orcun Taylan, KU Leuven, Quantification of bone microstructure at the knee. |
| 2014-2015 | Wenlei Pan, Harbin Institute of Technology, How ultrasound backscattering can quantify bone microstructure and bone mechanical quality: optimizing ultrasound parameters through micro-CT-based finite element analysis (scholarship from the China Scholarship Council, CSC, 12 months) |
| 2019-2020 | Matin Afshar, Amirkabir University, Computational modeling of screw stability and pull-out. |
| 2020 | Stephanie Kahmann, University of Cologne, Finite element modeling and analysis of elbow fractures (1.5 months) |
| 2021-2022 | Phachara Suklim, University of Songkhla, Thailand, Finite element modeling of tibia plateau fractures (5 months). |