What is Biomechanics and Mechanobiology?
- Investigate how mechanical forces affect biological systems. Apply engineering principles to understand how forces, motion, deformation, and fluid flow influence human health and disease.
- Study biological mechanics across multiple scales. Examine how mechanics regulate cell behavior and tissue remodeling, organ function, and whole-body movement.
- Integrate imaging, experiments, and computational modeling to address healthcare challenges. Quantify cardiovascular flow and transport, musculoskeletal movement, tissue loading, bone fracture, joint mechanics, and rehabilitation.
Impact on Engineering & Medicine
- Improve clinical care through engineering solutions. Apply biomechanical insights to understand disease mechanisms, improve diagnosis, guide interventions, and optimize therapeutic outcomes.
- Advance predictive and personalized medicine. Use patient-specific imaging and biomechanical modeling to predict disease progression, evaluate therapeutic strategies, and optimize interventions for individual patients.
- Drive innovation in medical technologies. Inform the design and evaluation of medical devices, implants, and prostheses, including their interactions with the human body, and advance rehabilitation approaches and other engineering solutions for clinical applications.
