Øystein Bjelland

About

About me: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Research interests include haptic feedback, surgical simulation, biomechanics, engineering design and rapid prototyping. Keen skier.

Short CV: I graduated with a masters degree in Engineering Design and Materials from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NTNU in 2016. From 2016 to 2020, I served as a mechanical design engineer in applied research and development at Prototech AS, working with subsea robotics, flow measurement technology, fuel cell systems for space applications, and metal additive manufacturing. From 2020 to 2025 I did a Ph.D. in Engineering Cybernetics working on haptic feedback for arthroscopic surgical simulation. From 2025, I have been an Associate Professor at the Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering at NTNU.

Research

My research focus is on data-driven haptic feedback for arthroscopic surgical simulation. The motivation for this research is:

There is a lack of surgical training for resident doctors. Surgical training simulators can help fill this gap. Data-driven haptic feedback can produce a richer simulation experience by adding the "sense of touch".
Patient-specific surgical simulations can help surgeons prepare for a challenging surgery on your body. Data-driven haptic feedback can provide patient-specific interactions.

Research interests include:

Haptic feedback
Biomechanics
Biomechatronics
Digital twins

Publications

Toward a Digital Twin for Arthroscopic Knee Surgery: A Systematic Review

In this paper, we present our vision of how arthroscopic surgical simulation can be expanded towards a "digital twin", by including patient-specific anatomy and patient specific haptic interactions.

Intraoperative Data-Based Haptic Feedback for Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy Punch Simulation

In this paper, we present a proof-of-concept prototype for combining sensor-based interaction data with finite element based haptic signal, using a Kalman filter algorithm.

2025

Rasheed, Bismi; Bjelland, Øystein; Dalen, Andreas Fagerhaug; Schaathun, Hans Georg. (2025) Hyperelastic meniscal material characterization via inverse parameter identification for knee arthroscopic simulations. Journal of Biomechanics
Academic article

2024

Bjelland, Øystein. (2024) Just a Touch of Digital Twin: Reality-Based Haptic Feedback for Arthroscopic Surgery Simulation. NTNU Grafisk senter
Doctoral dissertation
Rasheed, Bismi; Bjelland, Øystein; Dalen, Andreas Fagerhaug; Schaarschmidt, Ute Alexandra; Schaathun, Hans Georg; Pedersen, Morten Dinhoff. (2024) Intraoperative identification of patient-specific elastic modulus of the meniscus during arthroscopy. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Academic article
Kleppe, Adam Leon; Shayestehpour, Mohammadamin; Bjelland, Øystein. (2024) Biomechanical Identification and Simulation of Passive Ankle Joints in AnyBody. Proceedings - European Council for Modelling and Simulation (ECMS)
Academic article
Bjelland, Øystein; Rasheed, Bismi; Dalen, Andreas Fagerhaug. (2024) Haptic Rendering of Arthroscopic Meniscus Examination in SOFA. IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Gregersen, Martin; Dalen, Andreas F.; Skrede, Aleksander Larsen; Bjelland, Øystein; Nilsen, Fredrik Andre; Molund, Marius. (2024) Effects of Fibular Plate Fixation on Ankle Stability in a Weber B Fracture Model With Partial Deltoid Ligament Sectioning. Foot & ankle international
Academic article

2023

Bjelland, Øystein; Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Steinert, Martin; Bye, Robin Trulssen. (2023) IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF AN ARTHROSCOPIC TRACKER SYSTEMI FOR INTRAOPERATIVE MOTION TRACKING AND FORCE REGISTRATION. ECMS European Council for Modelling and Simulation
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Dalen, Andreas F.; Gregersen, Martin; Skrede, Aleksander Larsen; Bjelland, Øystein; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Nilsen, Fredrik Andre. (2023) Effects of Progressive Deltoid Ligament Sectioning on Weber B Ankle Fracture Stability. Foot & ankle international
Academic article
Ege, Daniel Nygård; Goudswaard, Mark; Nesheim, Ole Skråmestø; Eikevåg, Sindre Wold; Bjelland, Øystein; Christensen, Kim Alexander. (2023) VIRTUALLY HOSTED HACKATHONS FOR DESIGN RESEARCH: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ENGINEERING ANNUAL (IDEA) CHALLENGE 2022. Proceedings of the Design Society
Academic article
Bjelland, Øystein; Gulliksen, William; Kwiatkowski, Arkadiusz Damian; Skavø, Martin; Isern, Håkon Ramon; Shayestehpour, Mohammadamin. (2023) Implementation and Evaluation of a Vibrotactile Assisted Monitoring and Correction System for Partial Weight-Bearing in Lower Extremities. IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Part of book/report

Bjelland, Øystein; Rasheed, Bismi; Dalen, Andreas Fagerhaug. (2024) Haptic Rendering of Arthroscopic Meniscus Examination in SOFA. IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjelland, Øystein; Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Steinert, Martin; Bye, Robin Trulssen. (2023) IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF AN ARTHROSCOPIC TRACKER SYSTEMI FOR INTRAOPERATIVE MOTION TRACKING AND FORCE REGISTRATION. ECMS European Council for Modelling and Simulation
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjelland, Øystein; Gulliksen, William; Kwiatkowski, Arkadiusz Damian; Skavø, Martin; Isern, Håkon Ramon; Shayestehpour, Mohammadamin. (2023) Implementation and Evaluation of a Vibrotactile Assisted Monitoring and Correction System for Partial Weight-Bearing in Lower Extremities. IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Bjelland, Øystein. (2024) Just a Touch of Digital Twin: Reality-Based Haptic Feedback for Arthroscopic Surgery Simulation. NTNU Grafisk senter
Doctoral dissertation

Teaching

I teach courses on the study program Automation and Intelligent Systems with topics in cybernetics, mechatronics, computer aided design (CAD) and engineering design methods. Some courses include:

INGA1001 Introduction to the Engineering Profession
AIS1001 Introduction to Mechatronics
AIS 2202 Cybernetics
INGA 2300 Engineering Systems Thinking

Supervision

I supervise bachelor and master students with topics in:

Biomechanics simulation
Biomechatronic systems
General mechatronics

Outreach

Ålesund Biomechanics Lab awarded 1 million NOK from Sparebanken Møre

Ålesund Biomechanics Lab, a collaboration between Department of ICT and Natural Sciences, NTNU, and Ålesund Hospital, was awarded 1 millon NOK from Sparebanken Møre. The money is spent on a new industrial robot for our biomechanics research.

Engineering students at NTNU study program "Automation and Intelligent Systems" gets access to unique biomechanics robot lab and MRI machine

Students at the new engineering study program Automation and Intelligent Systems at NTNU Ålesund will be able to contribute to the biomechanics research at Ålesund Biomechanics Lab.

New lab facilities for Ålesund Biomechanics Lab

Ålesund Biomechanics Lab recently moved into new facilities at Ålesund General Hospital.

2024

Academic lecture

Bjelland, Øystein; Rasheed, Bismi; Dalen, Andreas Fagerhaug. (2024) Haptic Rendering of Arthroscopic Meniscus Examination in SOFA. IEEE 2024 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR 2024) , Online 2024-06-24 - 2024-06-28

2023

Poster

Bjelland, Øystein. (2023) Towards Data-Driven Patient-Specific Haptic Rendering in SOFA. IEEE IEEE World Haptics Conference 2023 , TU Delft, Delft 2023-07-10 - 2023-07-13
Academic lecture

Bjelland, Øystein. (2023) Towards Data-Driven Haptics for Arthroscopic Meniscus Examination using SOFA. SOFA Consortium / INRIA SOFA Week 2023 , Cyber Campus La Defence, Paris, France 2023-11-13 - 2023-11-17
Academic lecture

Bjelland, Øystein; Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Steinert, Martin; Bye, Robin Trulssen. (2023) IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF AN ARTHROSCOPIC TRACKER SYSTEM FOR INTRAOPERATIVE MOTION TRACKING AND FORCE REGISTRATION. SCS-Europe 37th ECMS European Conference on Modelling and Simulation , Florence, Italy 2023-06-20 - 2023-06-23

2022

Academic lecture

Kleppe, Paul Steffen; Bjelland, Øystein. (2022) Implementation of Virtual Concurrent Engineering Tools in Engineering Education 4.0. IEEE IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference , Tunis 2022-03-28 - 2022-03-31
Academic lecture

Kleppe, Paul Steffen; Bjelland, Øystein; Hansen, Irina-Emily; Mork, Ola Jon. (2022) Bridging Product Design and Automatic Manufacturing in Engineering Education 4.0. IEEE IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2022) , Tunis 2022-03-28 - 2022-03-31
Lecture

Bjelland, Øystein. (2022) Recovery-Efficient Haptic Assisted Boot (REHAB) - Rehabilitation Device for Correct Loading after Foot Injuries. NTNU Discovery NTNU Discovery Lunch Meeting , Sundebygget, Ålesund, Norway 2022-11-01 - 2022-11-01
Academic lecture

Bjelland, Øystein. (2022) Partial Meniscectomy Simulation Demo . Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering IE-dagen 2022 , Clarion Hotel and Congress, Trondheim 2022-06-15 - 2022-06-15
Academic lecture

Bjelland, Øystein. (2022) Intraoperative Data for Improving Haptic Feedback in Arthroscopic Digital Twins. Department of ICT and Natural Sciences IIR-dagen 2022 , Thon Hotel Solsiden, Trondheim, Norway 2022-06-14 - 2022-06-14

2021

Academic lecture

Bjelland, Øystein; Bye, Robin Trulssen. (2021) Computer Haptic-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery. Lindköping Unversity MODPROD 21 , Lindköping, Sweden / Online 2021-02-03 - 2021-02-04

Språkvelger

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