Tim Dorn
PhD Candidate
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Tim Dorn completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering & Computer Science (Mechatronics) degree in 2007 at the University of Melbourne. His undergraduate projects involved investigating control techniques to perform forward dynamic biomechanical simulations, and simulating gait at different speeds based on motion captured experimental kinematics to understand how muscle function differs under various conditions. Tim is currently a PhD student in the Biomechanics Research Group, supervised by Professor Marcus Pandy. His current research involves using high frequency ultrasound systems to examine the internal structure of prime moving muscles, and simulate them in large scale biomechanical models to improve our understanding of the energetics and mechanisms of dynamic human activities, particularly gait. Tim's general research interests include large scale biomechanical rigid body modelling of the lower limbs, muscle modelling, gait motion capture & extraction, forward based simulation, and experimental means of model validation.biography