Bio

Lukas holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, specialising in mechatronics. Previously, he was a visiting student at the Biomechatronics Lab at Imperial College London, where he worked on the control software of a lower-limb rehabilitative knee exoskeleton. Earlier, his Bachelor’s research focused on trajectory optimisation strategies for robotic manipulators. As a DPhil student at the Healthcare Biorobotics Lab and at The Podium Institute, his research centres around the printing-based fabrication and development of wearable movement sensors, with a particular focus on soft, stretchable sensors that can be used in conjunction with biomechanical modelling for knee injury prevention during sports.

Research Project

My research aims to develop a sensor framework for the purpose of preventing anterior-cruciate-ligament (ACL) knee injuries, which is an injury particularly affecting youth athletes and often occurs via non-contact means. By measuring detailed knee kinematics, this movement data can be used together with biomechanical modelling to compute the ACL injury risks of the tracked movement patterns during sports, increasing the athlete’s awareness of ACL injury risks through real-time, personalised sensor feedback. To achieve the goal of developing the sensor framework, my initial work focuses on developing printing-based fabrication methods for creating the soft and stretchable sensor array suitable for this task.

Supervisor: Prof. Liang He