Advancing Health Care
Our faculty apply mechanical engineering approaches to improve diagnosis and treatment for a variety of medical conditions, through improving medical imaging; computational modeling and simulation of medical conditions, surgeries, and other interventions; characterizing healthy and diseased tissues; and developing medical and assistive devices to improve therapies, mobility, and quality of life.
Matthew
Bryant
Dr. Bryant research focuses on novel solutions and new devices that contribute to emerging technologies within several areas, including fluid structure-interactions along with robot actuation and mobility. His group is developing bio-inspired fluidic artificial muscles for wearable robotics and prostheses.
Gregory
Buckner
Dr. Buckner’s research focuses on electromechanical and control systems. He works to develop minimally invasive surgical technologies for improved patient outcomes.
Chuyi
Chen
Dr. Chen Research focus on acoustics and microfluidics. She utilizes these technologies to create hybrid devices that combine both fields for biomedical applications, such as disease modeling and precision medication.
Tiegang
Fang
Dr. Fang researches thermal fluid science with a focus on multiphase fluid flow. His research in droplet interaction with different substrates can be applied to both forensic science and disease prevention.
Landon
Grace
Dr. Grace’s healthcare research focuses on the application of mechanical and aerospace engineering principles to the field of ophthalmology, including, for example, the study of the structural changes in the eye associated with glaucoma and the application of machine learning techniques to predict disease onset and progression.
Jingjie
Hu
Dr. Hu’s research focuses on mechanics and materials. She investigates the mechanics of biomedical structures for direct health and medical applications, such as cancer detection and vascular embolization.
Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang
Dr. Huang studies mechanics of materials and computational mechanics. Her research provides fundamental knowledge for developing novel engineering techniques which have applications in multiple disciplines such as in health care practices.
Xiaoning
Jiang
Dr. Jiang researches biomedical and biological systems. He investigates micro/nano-engineering of smart materials and their integration in advanced electromechanical devices with the goal of improving the health of biological and structural systems.
Arun
Kumar Kota
Dr. Kota combines his expertise in surface and interfacial science with fundamental principles of biomedical engineering to develop novel coatings for antibiofouling and antithrombotic applications, as well as microrobots that can manipulate biofluids.
Andrey Kuznetsov
Dr. Kuznetsov’s interdisciplinary research in fluid dynamics includes pioneering the Nield-Kuznetsov Theory and biothermal convection. He’s collaborating to optimize CAR-T cell production for cancer treatment, aiming to cut costs and treatment times.
Andre
Mazzoleni
Dr. Mazzoleni research focuses on dynamics and computational mechanics with multiple applications in several disciplines. In the field of advancing health care, his research involves using finite element analysis to study the biomechanics of the human spine in order to assist in the development of medical devices used to correct scoliosis and the problems associated with degenerative disk disease.
Marie
Muller
Dr. Muller research focuses on biomedical and biological systems, specifically that of biomedical ultrasound. She develops new methods for early, low cost and widely available diagnostic and screening of diseases such as lung diseases, cancer and osteoporosis.
Afsaneh
Rabiei
Dr. Rabiei studies advanced materials, manufacturing and solid mechanics. Her research involves developing novel materials that can perform better under a variety of conditions, including those used in a health care setting such as with implantable devices.
Katherine
Saul
Dr. Saul’s research focuses on biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering. She explores how musculoskeletal injury and impairment occur and predicts how tissue development and growth response to mechanical loading with the goal of helping clinicians design improved surgeries and therapies to restore function.
Hao
Su
Dr. Su research focuses on design and control along with wearable and surgical robots. His research has multiple applications in the field of health care, including MRI-compatible robots for dexterous navigation and targeting for early cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Henry
Ware
Dr. Ware research focuses on advanced manufacturing and materials. He is specifically interested in additive manufacturing, which allows for the creation of devices that could be impossible or very expensive to create, such as patient-specific devices in biomedicine.
Yong
Zhu
Dr. Zhu research focuses on structural mechanics, materials and manufacturing, nanoscale science and engineering along with biomedical and biological systems. One application of his research is nanomaterial-enabled, stretchable and wearable electronics that can monitor the health and wellbeing of humans as well as plants.