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prof.dr.ir. H.F.J.M. Koopman (Bart)

Dean, faculty Engineering Technology, Professor Biomechanical Engineering

About Me

Fields of interest

Biomechanics, Human locomotor system, robotic support of human movement, tissue interaction, mechanics for rehabilitation and orthopedics

Biography

Professor Bart Koopman graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering, specialising in fluid dynamics, and then received his PhD at the end of 1989 from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, on the biomechanics of movement. When the Laboratory of Biomechanical Engineering was founded in 1990, he started working there as a Faculty Member on topics related to the co-ordination of movement. Although his research and publications have involved areas as diverse as biomechatronics, robotics and implant mechanics, these have predominantly focussed on applications in the medical fields of rehabilitation, orthopaedics and neurology. Professor Koopman had supervised more than 300 higher degree research students in Biomedical Engineering. Since 2005 he has served as Chair of the Biomechanical Engineering Department which, during this time, has developed into one of the largest Faculty groups. All research is embedded in the Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine (MIRA) of the University of Twente and facilitated by a strong cooperation and collaboration with various technological and clinical partners.

In my inaugural lecture, presented on February 12, 2009, Bart Koopman gave an impression of the state of the art at that time and his plans for the future. You may find it here (in Dutch).

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Expertise

Engineering & Materials Science
Arthroplasty
Muscle
Prostheses And Implants
Agriculture & Biology
Knees
Medicine & Life Sciences
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Electromyography
Knee
Muscles

Ancillary Activities

  • stichting Onderwijs Civiel-Ingenieur voor Bedrijfsleven en Overheid (OCIB)
    bestuurslid
  • stichting Techniekpromotie
    bestuurslid

Publications

Recent
Tzanetis, P. (2024). Toward personalized total knee arthroplasty: Pre-planning the patient's optimal joint function. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036559355
Simonetti, D. (2024). Toward a wearable gait lab for the quantitative assessment of musculoskeletal function. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558853
Simonetti, D., Hendriks, M., Herijgers , J., Cuerdo del Rio, C. , Koopman, H. F. J. M., Keijsers, N. , & Sartori, M. (2023). Automated spatial localization of ankle muscle sites and model-based estimation of joint torque post-stroke via a wearable sensorised leg garment. Journal of electromyography and kinesiology, 72, Article 102808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2023.102808
Cop, C. P., Jakubowski, K. L. , Schouten, A. C. , Koopman, H. F. J. M., Perreault, E. J. , & Sartori, M. (2023). Can EMG-driven musculoskeletal models estimate individual muscle displacements?. Abstract from 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, ESB 2023, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Simonetti, D., Hendriks, M., Herijgers, J., Cuerdo del Rio, C. , Koopman, H. F. J. M., Keijsers, N. , & Sartori, M. (2023). A novel approach for quantitative musculoskeletal assessment in post-stroke rehabilitation. Abstract from 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, ESB 2023, Maastricht, Netherlands.

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Contact Details

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room C201
De Horst 2
7522LW  Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex  C201
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands