麻豆精选

• Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, 2019
• PhD in Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK, 2013
• MEng in Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, 2009
• BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, 2006

Ziyun received her PhD in 2013 from the University of Liverpool. Her PhD thesis entitled “Manual Assembly Modelling and Simulation for Ergonomics Analysis” was conducted across  (VEC) and the School of Engineering.

She joined in the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, as a research associate in 2014. Her research focused on the development and validation of personalised musculoskeletal model. The high-fidelity computational model has contributed to improve the movement strategies and rehabilitation technologies for patients with knee osteoarthritis and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. She joined in the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injuries Studies (CBIS), Imperial College London in 2015. Based on computational musculoskeletal modelling her research aimed to design and optimise the mitigation strategies for lower limb military amputees in order to reduce the injury burden in the amputated musculoskeletal system. She joined in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University 麻豆精选 in 2019 as a lecturer.

Mechanical Engineering

Ziyun takes multi-disciplinary approach to study mechanics underlying lower limb musculoskeletal injury and disease.  Students with interest in the following research topic are encouraged to contact Dr. Ziyun Ding (z.ding@bham.ac.uk) and seek funding opportunities.

Research topics

• Computational musculoskeletal modelling;
• Human anatomy;
• Medical imaging processing;
• Signal control and processing;
• Finite element modelling;
• Prosthesis and orthosis;
• Ergonomics analysis.

Ziyun’s research applies model-based methodologies to study patient-specific mappings between locomotion, musculoskeletal system and mechanics, in order to design and develop clinically viable technologies for patient-accessible and patient-centred interventions, and targets at potential audients with lower limb musculoskeletal injury and disease.

Journal Reviewer:

Gait & Posture, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, International Biomechanics

Professional membership:

European Society of Biomechanics