Xudong Zhang

Educational Background

- Musculoskeletal biomechanics and health
  - Musculoskeletal system (integrative, multi-scale) modeling
  - Human-machine system design
- Digital human
- Robotics, prosthetics, assistive and wearable devices

Keynote Speaker, IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, 2021
Liollio Family Faculty Fellow, 2017
Keynote Speaker, World Congress of Biomechanics, 2014
Two “Best of ORS” Papers (as podium presentations at ORS and posters at AAOS), Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meetings, 2014
Established Investigator Award, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, 2011
O’Donoghue Sports Injury Research Award (as co-recipient and co-author), American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM), 2011
Xerox Award for Faculty Research Excellence, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
Industrial Ergonomics Best Student Paper Award (as advisor and co-author), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2004
Career Development Award, NIH/CDC, 2003
Industrial Ergonomics Best Student Paper Award (as student and lead author), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1996

Byrne, R., Zhou, Y., Zheng, L., Chowdhury, S., Aiyangar, A., and Zhang, X., “Segmental Variations in Facet Joint Translations During In Vivo Lumbar Extension,” Journal of Biomechanics, 70, 88-95, 2018.
Chowdhury, S., Byrne, R., Zhou, Y., and Zhang, X., “Lumbar Facet Joint Kinematics and Load Effects During Dynamic Lifting,” Human Factors, 60 (8), 1130-1145, 2018.
Aiyangar, A., Zheng, L., Anderst, W., and Zhang, X., “Apportionment of L2-S1 Lumbar Rotation Across Individual Motion Segments During a Dynamic Lifting Task,” Journal of Biomechanics, 48, 3709-3715, 2015.
Zheng, L., Li, K., Shetye, S., and Zhang, X., “Integrating Surface-Based and Dynamic XRay Motion Data to Build Patient-Specific Musculoskeletal Models,” Journal of Biomechanics, 47, 3217-3221, 2014.
Aiyangar, A., Zheng, L., Anderst, W., Tashman, S., and Zhang, X., “Capturing ThreeDimensional In Vivo Lumbar Inter-Vertebral Joint Kinematics Using Dynamic StereoRadiographic Imaging,” ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 136, 011004-1-9, 2014.