Inquiry Regarding End-of-Studies Internship Opportunities in Biomechanics

[Amani GAM]

Hello everyone,

I hope you're all doing well. I am currently in my final year of a combined Mechanical Engineering and Master's in Complex and Intelligent Systems program in The national engineering school of Tunis and Tunisia polytechnic school . As part of my studies, I’m looking for opportunities to complete an end-of-studies internship in the field of biomechanics.

I have experience in computational modeling and finite element analysis, with a particular focus on biomechanics. For my end-of-year project, I worked on "Predictive Finite Element Modeling of an Aortic Dissection," where I used CAE software to model and analyze biomechanical properties of soft tissues. This project further deepened my interest in applying engineering methods to medical and biological challenges, and I am eager to continue this path in an internship setting.

If anyone has any leads on internships or knows of institutions or research groups seeking students with this kind of background, I would greatly appreciate the information. i can also send my cv and any additional files

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to any suggestions or advice!

[Mike Torry]

Multiple Paid Internships in Biomechanics at Illinois State University.
Student must be onsite (this is not remote); students can receive college credits from their host institution but this is not required to obtain the internship; Individuals who are recent graduates and not currently enrolled in a BS or MSA Engineering program are also eligible to apply. Pay is 17.00/hr, for minimum 20 hours per week. Student must commit to minimum 3 months. This commitment can be any semester within the calendar year of 2025 and/or may be up to 1 year in duration. Valid/current VISA status must be provided at the time of application.

Responsibilities include data processing and analysis, and generation of reports and manuscripts for various projects. Students with human motion capture, matlab/python, opensim modeling experience desired.

Current research includes sport performance and injury identification in youth , college and Professional baseball pitching, golf swing and running analyses, tactical training and assessment of Fire/Police personnel, pre- and post-surgical therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of upper and lower limb injuries, functional and prophylactic assessment of hip, knee and ankle braces, and functional assessments of neurologically impaired (MS, Parkinson’s, TBI/mTBI, stroke, spine injury, Alzheimer’s/Dementia). The laboratory has strong collaborative ties to the Illinois Neurological Institute (https://www.osfhealthcare.org/services/neurosciences/) and with numerous orthopedic (https://www.mcleancountyorthopedics.com/) and physical therapy clinics (https://www.mcleancountyorthopedics.com/services/therapy/physical-therapy.html - http://www.dizzyil.com/ - https://www.osfhealthcare.org/st-joseph/services/specialty/balance-dizziness/ throughout the region.
The ISU Biomechanics Laboratory is strategically located on the ground level of the School of Kinesiology/McCormick Hall and is connected via skywalk to the Illinois State University Student Fitness Center. The dedicated motion analysis lab space constitutes 1800 square feet with additional 1000 square footage dedicated to a laboratory/graduate student office, a biomechanics teaching/seminar smart classroom, an EMG and Video analysis suite, a clinical evaluation/isokinetic testing room and a large storage room. The lab is equipped with 3 AMTI force plates, 6-high graphics work stations networked to a 23-camera Vicon Nexus system, an 8-camera Theia Markerless System, 2-portable Hawkins Dynamics Jump Plates, 2-portable V02 Master analyzers, post processing software including Motion Monitor, Visual-3D software and various in-house Matlab/Python routines as well as the OpenSim platform. Additional equipment include an 8-lead liberty/polhemus electromagnetic tracking system with short and long range sensors with dedicated data collection laptop, 6 IMU-Vicon Sensors, an 8-channel hardwired Delsys/Bagnoli EMG system + trigger module with surface (10 single and 4 double differential) and indwelling electrodes, a portable 8-channel Delsys Trigno EMG system, a Biodex 9000 system, a treadmill and numerous linear force transducers, accelerometers and Tendo units.

Applicants interested in these opportunities may contact:
Mike Torry, PhD [mtorry@ilstu.edu]