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. et al. (2025) 'A novel robot based testing methodology to deepen clinical investigations of the knee joint', in 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Zurich, Switzerland, 6-9 July 2025. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-33661.
- Carroll, D. et al. (2024) 'Finite element modelling of locking plate fixation during humeral abduction cycle', in 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 June - 3 July 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31221.
- Nusser, M. et al. (2024) 'Screw configuration optimization in 4-part humeral fracture surgery : an algorithmic approach', in 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 June - 3 July 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31222.
- Kiener, L. and Nusser, M. (2023) 'Generalised ligament model for finite element modelling of the knee', in XXIX Congress of International Society of Biomechanics (ISB), Fukuoka, Japan, 30 July - 3 August 2023. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-28424.
- Kiener, L. et al. (2023) 'Development of scalable finite element models based on knee laxity tests on cadavers', in 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Maastricht, The Netherlands, 9 -12 July 2023. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-28440.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Carroll, D. et al. (2024) 'Developing a new robot based testing methodology to deepen clinical investigations surrounding the knee joint', in Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering SSBE Abstract Book. SSBE, p. 10. Available at: www.zhaw.ch/storage/engineering/institute-zentren/imes/SSBE/Abstract_Book_SSBE_2024.pdf.
- Nusser, M., Kiener, L. and Tschupp, G. (2023) 'Use of an industrial robot to record human knee kinematics in vitro - evaluation of the test method', in 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