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Heidi-Lynn Ploeg

ResearcherMechanical and Materials EngineeringQueen's University

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Heidi-Lynn Ploeg

Researcher

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Engineering

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 NSERC), most recently in 2019.

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Research

adaptation biomechanics bone experiment finite element analysis human implant mechanobiology

Latest papers

Ferrofluid microrobot driven by an adjustable magnetic tweezer for soft tissue mechanical measurement.
Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026
Heterogeneous material mapping of micro-finite element models of human trabecular bone cores.
Medical engineering & physics · 2026 · senior author
Using Quality Function Deployment to Design an Image-Guided, Multibiopsy Tool for Neurosurgical Applications.
Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) · 2026

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Cell culture suite
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$132,204
Bone Integrity for a Lifetime with Mechanical Loading
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$276,000
Bone Integrity for a Lifetime with Mechanical Loading
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$120,000

All 3 grants and awards

24 publications.

Ferrofluid microrobot driven by an adjustable magnetic tweezer for soft tissue mechanical measurement.

Wang Z, Wu Z, Ploeg HL, Ameri SK, Lai Y, Liu N, Wang X

Microsystems & nanoengineering2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41378-026-01314-0 PMID: 42128890

Heterogeneous material mapping of micro-finite element models of human trabecular bone cores.

Zojaji M, Klei MV, Ploeg HL

Medical engineering & physics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1088/1873-4030/ae5c09 PMID: 41946369

Using Quality Function Deployment to Design an Image-Guided, Multibiopsy Tool for Neurosurgical Applications.

Andrews K, Dejean H, MacLeod C, Prieditis K, Ploeg HL, Purzner J, Purzner T

Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)2026

DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001696 PMID: 40608297

Bone Adaptation to Mechanical Loading Is Disrupted by Inhibition of Endothelin Receptor A in Ex Vivo Human Trabecular Bone.

Meyer LA, Collins CJ, Van Klei M, Correa-Belloso A, Zojaji M, Ploeg HL

Journal of biomechanical engineering2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1115/1.4069958 PMID: 41004219

Personalized Biomechanical Modeling of Pathologic Fracture: CTFEA Reveals Limitations of Traditional Fracture Risk Assessment in Benign Bone Tumors.

Cameron EG, Winsor C, Laende EK, Outerleys JB, Rudan JF, Borschneck DP, Ploeg HL

Journal of biomechanical engineering2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1115/1.4069925 PMID: 40986364

Community challenge towards consensus on characterization of biological tissue: C4Bio's first findings.

Famaey N, Fehervary H, Lafon Y, Akyildiz A, Dreesen S, Bruyère-Garnier K, Allain JM, Alloisio M, Aparici-Gil A, Catalano C, Chassagne F, Chokhandre S, Crevits K, Crielaard H, Cunnane E, Cunnane C, De Leener K, Desai A, Driessen R, Erdemir A, Eskandari M, Evans S, Gasser C, Gebhardt M, Glasmacher B, Holzapfel GA, Isasi M, Jennings L, Kurz S, Leal-Marin S, Lecomte P, Morch A, Mulvihill J, Nemavhola F, Pandelani T, Pasta S, Peña E, Pierrat B, Ploeg HL, Polzer S, Rausch M, Schwarz D, Screen H, Sherifova S, Sommer G, Wang S, Walsh D, Yadav D, Marchal T, Geris L

Journal of biomechanics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.113021 PMID: 41138606

Verification and Validation of Microcomputed Tomography-Based Analyses of Bone Morphology, Apparent Elastic Modulus, and Von Mises Stress.

Zojaji M, Yang B, Ploeg HL

Journal of biomechanical engineering2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1115/1.4069110 PMID: 40638238

Accurate measurement of a bone surrogate flexural rigidity in three- and four-point bending.

Zojaji M, Yang B, Collins CJ, Crenshaw TD, Ploeg HL

Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.106986 PMID: 40179529

Triceps insertion violation from commonly applied olecranon plating system: a comparison.

Habis AA, Nguyen K, Chan J, Anam E, Bicknell RT, Ploeg HL, Daneshvar P

JSES international2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jseint.2024.12.004 PMID: 39898230

Elastic response of trabecular bone under compression calculated using the firm and floppy boundary lattice element method.

Zojaji M, Ferasat K, Klei MV, Sun H, Beloglowka K, Kunath B, Rainbow R, Ploeg HL, Béland LK

Journal of biomechanics2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112209 PMID: 38986274

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Heidi-Lynn Ploeg

Research

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Ferrofluid microrobot driven by an adjustable magnetic tweezer for soft tissue mechanical measurement.

Heterogeneous material mapping of micro-finite element models of human trabecular bone cores.

Using Quality Function Deployment to Design an Image-Guided, Multibiopsy Tool for Neurosurgical Applications.

Bone Adaptation to Mechanical Loading Is Disrupted by Inhibition of Endothelin Receptor A in Ex Vivo Human Trabecular Bone.

Personalized Biomechanical Modeling of Pathologic Fracture: CTFEA Reveals Limitations of Traditional Fracture Risk Assessment in Benign Bone Tumors.

Community challenge towards consensus on characterization of biological tissue: C4Bio's first findings.

Verification and Validation of Microcomputed Tomography-Based Analyses of Bone Morphology, Apparent Elastic Modulus, and Von Mises Stress.

Accurate measurement of a bone surrogate flexural rigidity in three- and four-point bending.

Triceps insertion violation from commonly applied olecranon plating system: a comparison.

Elastic response of trabecular bone under compression calculated using the firm and floppy boundary lattice element method.

Cell culture suite

Bone Integrity for a Lifetime with Mechanical Loading

Bone Integrity for a Lifetime with Mechanical Loading

Frequent collaborators

Roshni Rainbow

Xian Wang

Yongjun Lai

Teresa Purzner

James Purzner