Touch & Perception: Numerical Modelling of Soft-Tissue Interaction

Rikeen的博士学位是EPSRC和欧莱雅研究与创新共同资助的项目的一部分。他的研究领域涉及皮肤表面相互作用的数值模拟，以便更好地理解触觉和知觉。这包括建立多层超/粘弹性软组织的有限元模型，以观察机械感受器附近的应力、应变和能量场。数据科学方法用于后处理和解释模拟结果。他目前的研究围绕皮肤老化和变形（几何）摩擦对触觉感知的影响。更好地理解触觉感知和机械转导的过程在许多领域都有应用，从开发新的护肤产品，到产品/表面工程方法的定制。

Rikeen's PhD is part of a jointly funded venture between the EPSRC and L'OREAL Research & Innovation. His's area of research involves numerically modelling skin-surface interaction in order to better understand the sensations of touch and perception. This involves developing finite element models of multi-layered hyper/viscoelastic soft tissue to observe the stress, strain and energy fields in the vicinity of mechanoreceptors. Data science methods are utilised to post-process and interpret simulation results. His current investigations surround the effects of skin ageing and deformation (geometric) friction on tactile perception. A better understanding of the processes of tactile perception and mechanotransduction have applications in a variety of fields, from the development of new skincare products, to the tailoring of product/surface engineering methods.