Research Focus

Experimental/computational mechanics of soft materials (Artery, Brain, Optic Never Head, Polymers, Composites, etc) with focus on the interface mechanics.

• Multiscale / multiphysics modeling
• Material / microstructure characterizations of soft tissue/cell
• Structure-function relationships within non-disease and diseased tissues
• Tissue/Cell remodeling
• Image-based tissue quantification
• Biomaterial failure initiation and growth 
• Blast-structure interaction, traumatic brain injury
• Design/optimization of medical devices and the treatment strategies
• Micromechanics

 

Open Positions for Graduate/Undergraduate Research Assistants

Potential topics of study include, but not restricted to: Design/optimization of medical devices and treatment strategies; Ex vivo testing of medical devices/biomaterials; Imaging analysis; Failure initiation and growth; Cell-ECM interaction