Naveen Chandrashekar's research while affiliated with University of Waterloo and other places

... The sensors manufactured by Tekscan have been used in the studies on the pressures in the soil [3][4][5][6][7], railroad track pressure [8], pressure in the joints [9,10], pressure by medical pressure garments and socks [11][12][13], pressure when gripping tools and handles [14][15][16], pressures between rolling elements [17] and others. This variability of applications is The structure of the paper is as follows. ...

... They provide the interactivity feature that allows users to input data and receive responses from a simulation which changes dynamically as a result of changing input setting such as opening or closing of a valve in a pipeline. A large percentage of virtual labs reported in the literature belong to this category [19][20][21][22][23][24] , spanning practically every field of engineering. Immersive interactive virtual labs represent improvement over interactive virtual labs since they provide both interactivity as well as immersion, in three-dimensions. ...

... Prophylactic bracing has demonstrated reduced strain on the posterior horn of the medial meniscus in cadaveric models and has been studied in several populations with widely variable results. 91 In vivo, a medial unloader brace has demonstrated increased peak knee flexion moment and increased knee stability when performing single-leg squat, forward lunge and during ambulation. 30 In collegiate football players, prophylactic bracing compared with no brace significantly reduced medial collateral ligament (MCL) and meniscus injuries. ...

... Analog force plate data collected in Simi Motion were exported to Visual3D software (C-Motion, Inc, Germantown, MD, USA). Analog force plate data were low-pass filtered at 12 Hz, using a fourth-order Butterworth filter [20]. ...

... Proprioceptive ACL knee braces are used for athletes seeking effective and timely RTS by influencing knee kinematics during dynamic activities following reconstruction, reducing the risk of recurrent ACL injuries 24 . Dynamically tensioned functional ACL braces have been reported to lower peak and average ACL and meniscal strain during walking and body-weight squatting 25 . Dynamic braces function by applying an active corrective force to the thigh with an opposing counterforce to the anterior aspect of the tibia, effectively reducing stress on the ACL graft (anti-Lachman forces) during ambulation. ...

... 13 Based on design and constructional criteria, knee braces can be categorized as single hinge-double hinge, hinge post strap-hinge post shell, polycentric hinge-monocentric hinge, off-the-shelfcustom-made, and elastic strapping-rigid strapping. 14 While experimental and computational study of the knee braces has been reported in several publications, 9,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] there are still many aspects that require more investigation. In the current study, effects of increasing elastic strap tightening pressure and width, adding torsion spring, and applying brace pre-tension on the effectiveness of a bilateral single-hinged bracing for knee OA treatment were evaluated using the finite element (FE) method. ...

... This approach has been applied to material science laboratories [8,10] and experimental methodology [9]. Fully interactive virtual metallographic, and hardness measurement experiments with highly interactive decision tree structures have also been developed [8,11] to promote higherorder learning. ...

... The use of learning styles in engineering education has become fairly widespread. A search of the term "learning styles" in the ASEE conference proceedings from 2000 through 2006 turned up hundreds of articles covering a wide range of topics including the effects of learning styles on academic performance [4] and on retention [5] as well as on the design of technology-based learning tools [6]. Among the ASEE articles referring to learning styles are nearly 50 that use the Index of Learning Styles © (ILS) of Felder and Soloman [7]. ...

... Singleleg landing mechanics can help to understand the anticipated forces on the ACL, such as strain encountered from excessive frontal plane motion or limited and stiff sagittal plane motion. [11][12][13] Excessive frontal plane motion at the trunk and knee when landing have been linked to initial ACL injuries and reinjuries of the reconstructed ACL. [14][15][16][17] Stiff landing patterns with less peak knee flexion that place greater strain on the ACL 11,13 correlate to riskier frontal plane mechanics 18 and worse quadriceps strength, 19,20 and predict decreased function 21 and primary and secondary ACL injuries. ...

... Refractive surgery is used to improve the visual acuity of patients with common refractive illnesses. FEM has been used to analyze mechanical properties and corneal curvature before and after the refractive surgery [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Moreover, an FE model has been developed for simulating corneal tissue cutting by using boundary condition [10]. ...