Julie Robyn Steele is a retired Australian bio-mechanic who made breakthroughs in basic, clinical, and applied biomechanics.
[1] She spent most of her career at the University of Wollongong, where she joined in 1983 and retired in 2020.
After graduation, she found that there were no positions available and relocated to Perth, where she studied biomechanics under Professor Bruce Elliott.
[2] Steele's early research focused on the mechanics of lower limb injuries, which was used to design footwear to increase the quality of life in the elderly, obese, and those with injuries.
[1] Her later work focused on creating wearable technologies for women suffering from lymphedema and designing the 'bionic bra' that tightens automatically when the wearer moves and relaxes when sitting or still.