Julia de Lange completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Guelph, where she studied Biomedical Engineering with a focus on biomechanics. She completed her MASc in Biomedical Engineering in the Injury Biomechanics lab in 2019, evaluating the impact response of cadaveric feet in comparison to Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATDs) under altered ankle postures. She is now pursuing her PhD through the School of Biomedical Engineering. Her project focusses on evaluating fracture risk for the upper limb and developing injury corridors for behind armour blunt trauma.
Ali Ammar completed his Bachelor's in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University, during which time he completed a research project on tibia fracture repair techniques. He is presently a PhD student in the School of Biomedical Engineering, focussed on advanced image processing techniques applied to large longitudinal databases to improve prediction of osteoporotic fracture risk, and identification of factors that contribute to this.
Emelyn Kupinski completed her B. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University, where she developed her interest in biomechanics through coursework and her final-year capstone project. She is currently working towards her M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. Her project involves developing an instrumented foot and ankle surrogate to quantify ice hockey puck impacts on skates, which can inform future skate designs and new testing standards focused on injury prevention.
Cole Dennis completed his degree in biomedical sciences from Trent University in 2020 with a focus on applied sciences. He is currently working towards a MASc through the School of Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on characterizing the properties of soft tissues, with the goal of developing new representations of these for crash test dummies.
Aryen Shakib completed his BASc and MASc degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Windsor. He joined the Injury Biomechanics Lab in 2022, where he is currently pursuing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering. His research is focused on the development of a thoracic Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD) to evaluate rib and sternum fracture for males and females subjected to behind armour blunt trauma.
Carson Brewer completed his undergraduate degree from the University of Guelph, where he studied Biomedical Engineering with a focus on biomechanics and signal processing. He is currently working toward his PhD in Mechanical Engineering. His research is focused on the development of an instrumented upper limb sleeve to locate and capture discrete high loading regions during blunt trauma.
Taylor Kramer is currently completing her undergraduate degree in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University while pursuing an accelerated MASc in the Injury Biomechanics lab through the School of Biomedical Engineering. Her project focusses on implementing image processing techniques and machine learning algorithms to predict the risk of osteoporotic vertebral fracture in the lumbar spine.
Aiden Delaney is set to complete his degree in Integrated Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering and Health Sciences at McMaster in 2024. He is currently working towards a MASc in the School of Biomedical Engineering at McMaster. At present, his research centres on factors affecting the risk of osteoporotic hip fracture and the use of predictive algorithms to assess said risk.