Improving the mechanical properties stabilization devices used in fracture treatment

Joshi External Stablisation Stablisation (JESS) is a low cost (less than $100) bone fracture stablisation device popular on the Indian subcontinent. Because of its low cost, versatility and ease of maneuverability, it is being used to treat variety of musculoskeletal disorders. Despite extensive usage however, we have limited understanding about its mechanical properties. This presentation elucidates ongoing work on characterisation of its mechanical properties by experimental and computational methods and explores ways to improve its stiffness.

Overview of the Indian Science Sector

This presentation will cover an overview of Indian science sector including its policies, infrastructure, and thrust areas of funding with particular reference to international collaborations.   

Biography

Prof Sanjay Mishra has enjoyed a far reaching international career at the intersection of mechanical engineering and orthopaedics since earning a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Oxford (Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre). He started his early academic career as a Lecturer at the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET Lucknow, India) and spent one year as an international research fellow in the Multiscale Experimental and Computational Mechanobiology Labs of Prof Melissa Knothe Tate at Cleveland Clinic (U.S.A.). As an Associate Professor of the IET, Prof Mishra was recruited to the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane) in 2005. He returned to India in 2012, as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Shiv Nadar University of Technology. Since 2012 Prof Mishra has served as the Advisor to the Department of Science and Technology of India’s Ministry of Science & Technology.