Congratulations to the 2025 Award Winners

Blitz Presentation Award Winners Presentation Topic Place
Zachary A. Koroneos, BSc

Pennsylvania State University 

“Finite Element Modeling of Metastatic Femurs With Prophylactic Intramedullary Nails”

Zachary A. Koroneos, Hwa Bok Wee, Edward Fox, Greg Lewis

First

Dennis Janssen, PhD

Radboud University Medical Center

“The Effect of Bone Relaxation on the Pull-off Force of a Cementless Femoral Implant”

Thomas Gersie, Thom Bitter, Robert Freeman, Nico Verdonschot, Dennis Janssen

Second
Aline Elquist

Smith + Nephew, Inc

“Is Mean Coating Thickness Per ASTM F1854 a Reliable Method to Capture Coating Thickness of Porous Structures?”

Aline Elquist

Third
Podium Award Winners Presentation Topic Place
Songyun Liu, PhD

Rush University Medical Center 

“Identifying Different Debris Causing Inflammatory Response in Shoulder Arthroplasties”

Songyun Liu, Leigh Kinsler, Julia Hochstatter, Jennifer Wright, Grant E. Garrigues, Deborah J. Hall, Robin Pourzal

First

Jason P. Halloran, PhD

Washington State University

“The KNEEHUB Project – A Resource for End-To-End Modeling & Simulation Workflows in Computational Knee Biomechanics”

Jason P. Halloran, Nancy Kim, Kate Moyle, Maryam Nazem, Peter Laz, Kevin Shelburne, Carl Imhauser, Thor Besier, Snehal Chokhandre, Ahmet Erdemir

Second
Lennart Scheys 

KU Leuven/University Hospitals Leuven

“CPAK Type III Valgus Knees Exhibit Lateral Pivot Motion During Squatting”

Lennart Scheys, Orçun Taylan, Junya Itou, Johan Bellemans, Geert Peersman

Third
Poster Award Winners Presentation Topic Place
Julien Wegrzyn, MD, PhD

 

Lausanne University Hospital – CHUV

“Effects of the Type of Bearing on Acetabular Bone Interfacial Strain After Total Hip Arthroplasty”

Julien Wegrzyn, Lore Hoffmann, Alexander Antoniadis, Alexandre Terrier

First
Jonathan Glenday, PhD
 
Hospital for Special Surgery
“Evaluating the Influence of Postoperative Recovery Time on Joint Mechanics and Implant Fixation Using a Patient-Specific Computational Workflow to Holistically Assess TKA Biomechanics”

Jonathan D. Glenday, Peter K. Sculco, Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, Cynthia A. Kahlenberg, David J. Mayman, Eytan M. Debbi, Joseph D. Lipman, Timothy M. Wright, Fernando J. Quevedo Gonzalez

Second

Gabrielle J. Kindy 

University of Denver

“Statistical Shape Modeling of Knee Morphology for a Diverse Population”

Gabrielle J. Kindy, Ola Alsaadi, Peter J. Laz

Third