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