Dr. Michaela Nusser
Dr. Michaela Nusser
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Biomechanical Engineering
Technikumstrasse 71
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
- Senior Lecturer, IMES
- Deputy Head of Biomechanical Engineering Group, IMES
- Management of module Biomechanical Engineering I&II
- Advisor Master Students IMES
Focus
- Surgical Technologies
- Test Development of Robot-Based Experiments under Physiological Loads
- Finite Element and Musculoskeletal Numerical Simulation Models
Teaching
Experience
- Test Engineer in the Automotive Industry for BMW AG
Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH
05 / 2015 - 12 / 2018 - Research Assistant
Chair for Sports Equipment and Materials, Department of Ergonomics, Technical University of Munich
12 / 2008 - 08 / 2014
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / Biomechanical Engineering
Technical University of Munich
08 / 2010 - 06 / 2016 - Teaching Certificate in Biology (Secondary Level II/ Gymnasium) / Biology
ETH Zurich
10 / 2007 - 06 / 2010 - Higher Teaching Degree/Teaching Certificate (Secondary Level II/ Gymnasium) / Sport
ETH Zurich
10 / 2005 - 10 / 2008 - MSc ETH / Human Movement Sciences with a specialization in Biomechanics
ETH Zurich
03 / 2007 - 06 / 2008 - BSc ETH / Bewegungswissenschaften und Sport
ETH Zurich
10 / 2002 - 10 / 2007
Continuing Education
GCP Course
University Zurich
04 / 2022
Network
ORCID digital identifier
Media presence
Projects
- A data-driven solution that optimizes ankle-foot-orthopedic braces for children / Team member / ongoing
- Robot-based experimental in vitro investigation to evaluate the influence of tibial slope and lateral extra-articular tenodesis on the rotational instability of the knee / Project leader / ongoing
- OsteoFusion: Highly osteoconductive and fast incorporating ceramic implant solutions for Sports Medicine (and Orthopedics) / Deputy project leader / ongoing
- TAMINA® – lmproving proximal humerus fracture treatment / Deputy project leader / completed
- Robot-based experimental in vitro studies to evaluate two surgical techniques for a meniscal lesion with respect to knee kinematics / Project leader / completed
- Development of a unicondylar knee joint prosthesis with physiological kinematics / Project leader / completed
Publications
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Nusser, M., Carroll, D., Hofmann, J., Delaloye, J., & Della Casa, A. (2025, July 6). A novel robot based testing methodology to deepen clinical investigations of the knee joint. 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Zurich, Switzerland, 6-9 July 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33661
- Carroll, D., Kiener, L., Baumgartner, D., & Nusser, M. (2024, June). Finite element modelling of locking plate fixation during humeral abduction cycle. 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 June - 3 July 2024. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31221
- Nusser, M., Carroll, D., Kiener, L., & Baumgartner, D. (2024, June). Screw configuration optimization in 4-part humeral fracture surgery : an algorithmic approach. 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 June - 3 July 2024. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31222
- Kiener, L., Gomez, A., Tschupp, G., & Nusser, M. (2023, July). Development of scalable finite element models based on knee laxity tests on cadavers. 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Maastricht, the Netherlands, 9 -12 July 2023. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28440
- Kiener, L., & Nusser, M. (2023, July). Generalised ligament model for finite element modelling of the knee. XXIX Congress of International Society of Biomechanics (ISB), Fukuoka, Japan, 30 July - 3 August 2023. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28424
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Carroll, D., Hofmann, J., Delaloye, J.-R., & Nusser, M. (2024). Developing a new robot based testing methodology to deepen clinical investigations surrounding the knee joint [Conference presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering SSBE Abstract Book, 10. www.zhaw.ch/storage/engineering/institute-zentren/imes/SSBE/Abstract_Book_SSBE_2024.pdf
- Nusser, M., Kiener, L., & Tschupp, G. (2023, July). Use of an industrial robot to record human knee kinematics in vitro - evaluation of the test method. 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Maastricht, the Netherlands, 9 -12 July 2023.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Artificial Knee Joint and Ski Load Simulator for the Evaluation of Knee Braces and Ski Bindings
- Development and first evaluation of a novel preventive knee brace for Alpine ski racing
- Preliminary Studies for Validation of a Novel Sensor Fiber to Measure Forces in Artificial Knee Ligaments.
- Practical and science based functional-ity tests of sport equipments.
- High - tech - textiles in competition sports.
- Analysing the protective poten-tial of padded soccer goalkeeper shorts.
- Hip Injuries in Soccer Goalkeepers of Different Performance Levels