BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-8385@eng.ufl.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T104000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T113000 DTSTAMP:20260323T175426Z URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/ise-seminar-xudong-zhang/ SUMMARY:ISE Seminar: Xudong Zhang DESCRIPTION:ADVANCING MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELS FOR DIGITAL-AGE HEALTH AND HUM AN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING\n\nXudong Zhang\, Ph.D.\nTexas A&\;M University\ n\nAbstract\nMusculoskeletal modeling is central to advancing basic biomec hanical science and addressing questions that are difficult or impossible to address by experimental studies. It also enables digital-age engineeri ng applications that are transforming the design of human-machine systems as well as the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. The new scientific inquiries and digital applications have however heightened the demands on levels of detail\, accuracy\, and computational performance for the underlying models. This seminar will share our group’s experie nce in advancing musculoskeletal models to meet such demands. I will firs t use a few examples to motivate this line of research while highlighting the critical gaps. This will be followed by a presentation of how experim ental data acquisition methods have evolved over the years with an emphasi s on how modern imaging modalities and biodynamic measurements can be harn essed to take the quality of model building blocks to the next level. I w ill then describe our latest attempts to put all the pieces together to cr eate subject-specific musculoskeletal models for better personalizing knee injury treatment and understanding the sex differences in neck biomechani cs and neck pain prevalence. I will conclude with a summary and some rema rks on the future challenges and promises. \n\nAbout the Speaker\nXudong Z hang is a Professor of Industrial &\; Systems Engineering and Mechanica l Engineering at Texas A&\;M University. He received his B.S. in Mecha nical Engineering from Tsinghua University in China\, and his M.S. and Ph. D. in Industrial &\; Operations Engineering from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His research centers on modeling\, analysis\, and simulati on of the human musculoskeletal system and its multi-scale structural comp onents during functional activities\, identifying a broad range of healthc are and human-machine system engineering applications. His research has b een consistently published in top journals in his core and adjacent discip lines\, and has been supported by the NSF\, NIH\, NIOSH/CDC\, ONR\, and a few foundations and industrial sponsors. He is a Fellow of Human Factors &\; Ergonomics Society and serves as an Associate Editor for its flagsh ip journal Human Factors. He has been a keynote speaker on the World Cong ress of Biomechanics (2014)\, IEEE International Conference on Human-Machi ne Systems (2021)\, and Sino-US Biomechanics Symposium (2022)\, and Intern ational Association of Ergonomics (IEA) Congress (2024).\n CATEGORIES:Seminars LOCATION:100 Williamson Hall\, 1843 Stadium Rd\, Gainesville\, Fl\, 32611\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1843 Stadium Rd\, Gainesvil le\, Fl\, 32611\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=100 Williamson Hall:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR