Yin Shan Ho (Class of 2012) won the London Region final for the ICE Graduates & Students Papers Competition 2014.
Yin Shan Ho wrote the paper entitled: 'Orthotropic adaptive finite element modelling of the femur identifies osteoporotic fracture risk regions under both physiological and traumatic loading', in his final year at Imperial College.
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease which weakens bones. It affects both men and women and has a very high socio-economic cost. Under the guidance of the Structural Biomechanics group, Yin Shan modelled the human femur (thigh bone) using finite elements and investigated a series of physiological (everyday) and traumatic (accidental) load cases. He was able to give evidence for the possibility of spontaneous fractures due to osteoporosis and propose potential fracture risk regions.
Yin Shan currently works in the Advanced Technology and Research group at Arup. The group tackles complex engineering problems using first principles investigation and advanced finite element analysis. Through his work here Yin Shan has been given the opportunity to further develop his skills in computational analysis including blast and impact modelling. He has also worked on projects in the fields of vibration isolation and sustainability.
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