Her career objective is to understand the human musculoskeletal system better, in order to aid the development of biomechanical and safe solutions for the care and treatment of diseased or injured systems. Her research interests include studying the nature of bone, bone growth, and joint biomechanics as they relate to orthopedics as well as to the developing field of computer-aided surgery. Prof. Ploeg’s research program emphasizes a comprehensive approach of combining finite element analysis and experimental testing. She has 10 years of experience in the orthopaedics industry as the Coordinator of the Pre-Clinical Stress Analysis Group in the R&D Department of Zimmer GmbH, Winterthur, Switzerland. Prof. Ploeg has a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada.