Dr Rami Al-Dirini

My research lies at the intersection of biomechanics, medical devices, and advanced manufacturing, with a focus on developing clinically relevant bioengineering solutions for musculoskeletal health. With background spanning biomechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering, I integrate medical imaging, computational modelling, biomechanical experimentation, and additive manufacturing to understand musculoskeletal mechanics and translate that knowledge into improved devices, interventions, and decision-support tools.

My PhD focused on seat design for biomechanical injury prevention before I transitioned into orthopaedic and medical biomechanics in 2014. Since then, my research program has developed around understanding musculoskeletal mechanics, improving patient-specific intervention design, and building robust translational pathways for medical technologies. Across my career, I have studied multiple joints—with strongest demonstrated contributions in the hip, knee, wrist, shoulder, and ankle—while developing methods that are transferable to other clinically important regions such as the spine and the head.

A defining feature of my research is the close integration of fundamental biomechanics with practical technology development. I work closely with surgeons, clinicians, rehabilitation specialists, and industry partners so that my experiments, models, and device designs are grounded in genuine clinical and engineering problems. These collaborations strengthen translation by positioning research outputs for real-world impact, whether as improved biomechanical understanding, better treatment planning, or clinically useful devices and platforms.

This trajectory has been supported through industry-linked and competitive funding, higher degree supervision, and sustained collaboration across engineering, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, and medical technology. The central objective across my research is to use engineering methods to improve device performance, treatment planning, and human outcomes in musculoskeletal health.