BIOMATERIALS, MECHANOBIOLGY, AND TISSUE
James Ankrum, Assistant Professor
Engineered cell-based therapies for diabetes and its complications, namotechnology, medical devices
Edward A. Sander
Wound healing; multiscale biomechanics of native and engineered tissue; mechanobiology of growth and remodeling processes; vascular biomechanics
Cardiovascular Biomechanics
Seth Dillard, Lecturer
Cardiovascular fluid mechanics; computational and experimental fluid dynamics; image-based modeling
M.L. Suresh Raghaven, Professor and Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow
Mechanics of biological soft tissues; biomechanics of aneurysms and endovascular grafts; heart valve prosthesis; embolization materials
Sarah C. Vigmostad, Associate Professor
Coronary blood flow dynamics; heart valve mechanics; cardiovascular implant design and analysis; RBC dynamics for analysis of blood damage; vocal cord dynamics
Computational Genomics
Terry A. Braun, Associate Professor and Director, Coordinated Laboratory for Computational Genomics
Genetics; bioinformatics and computational genetics; macular degeneration
Thomas L. Casavant, Professor, Roy J. Carver Chair in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Bioinformatics; computational biology; genome sequence analysis; software tools for human disease mutation identification
David Kristensen, Assistant Professor
Development of bioinformatics algorithms to study the human microbiome. Comparative genomics and other large-scale studies of biological systems.
Todd E. Scheetz, Associate Professor
Regulation of gene expression and processing; disease gene identification; molecular genetics of disease; computational genomics; computational phenotyping; distributed computing and parallel processing
Michael Schnieders, Assistant Professor
Computational modeling of protein structure & function; simulation of missense mutations; prediction of the thermodynamics of organic biomaterials
Human Simulation & Computational Biomechanics
Karim Abdel-Malek, Professor and Director, Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD)
Human simulation: human systems integration; injury prediction; human modeling; virtual reality; personal protective equipment simulation; sports simulation
Imaging and Biological Systems
Edwin L. Dove, Associate Professor
Medical image processing; mathematical modeling of physiological processes
Joseph M. Reinhardt, Professor and Department Executive Officer
Pulmonary imaging; medical image analysis
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
Nicole M. Grosland, Professor
Spinal biomechanics; total joint arthroplasty; patient/ subject-specific model development; finite element meshing techniques
Nicole Kallemeyn, Lecturer
Orthopaedic biomechanics; finite element modeling; patient-specific modeling
Tae-Hong Lim, Professor
Spine biomechanics; effect of mechanical loads on the cellular activities in the intervertebral discs; discogenic low back pain; mathematical modeling of spinal muscles
David G. Wilder, Professor
Whole body vibration; spine biomechanics; injury prevention; ergonomics; international standards development bme