Richard Barina

Richard Barina is a MASc alum of the OrthoTron Lab, supervised by Prof. Stewart McLachlin, PhD, PEng. He previously earned his BASc undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo in Mechatronics Engineering with a focus in biomechanics. Richard's research centered on the application of additive manufacturing to orthopaedics with a focus on intervertebral spinal implants. Richard has presented his work at the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) conference on the computational topology optimization of spinal implants loaded under physiologic loads.