Welcome to the Weiss Biomechanics Lab!
Our laboratory focuses on developing and applying experimental and computational methods, primarily in the area of biomechanics, to address research questions in musculoskeletal science and cardiovascular mechanics. Our research is multidisciplinary. Students learn both experimental and computational techniques in biomechanics and related fields to address questions in their desired area of research. Professor Jeffrey A. Weiss is the Director of the laboratory
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Pleased to announce FEBio Studio 3.0, a major update that advances usability, flexibility, and analytical power. This release focuses on programmable workflows and new capabilities for model execution and diagnostics.
Details in Github release notes:
https://github.com/febiosoftware/FEBioStudio/releases/tag/v3.0
To improve outcomes for patients with heart valve disease, we need to understand how their valves behave without performing invasive procedures.
That’s where simulation comes in – but building accurate models is difficult when critical details, like tissue properties or valve
Research
is focused on helping patients
with dysplastic hips. By analyzing
subject-specific models of dysplastic
and normal hips, we can compare
the cartilage stresses in these
hips during activities of
normal daily living.
and growth of new blood
vessel sprouts from
existing vessels. We
are investigating how
the conditions around
blood vessels affect
angiogenesis.
student lab at the
MRL promotes
focused and
collaborative research.
of the lab is the
mechanics of structural
soft tissues of the
musculoskeletal and
cardiovascular systems.
Projects in this area
span from the
molecular to the cellular
and tissue level.
heal by a process that most
closely resembles scar formation.
Unlike normal ligaments,
healed ligaments consist
of a hypertrophic structure
whose mass has been
replaced primarily by
type III collagen.
experiments utilizing
molecular biology
techniques are integrated
into several of the mechanical
models and projects
at the MRL.
biomechanics focuses on the use
of the finite element method
to examine the mechanics
of soft and hard tissues.
We have developed
techniques to build
subject-specific finite
element models of soft and
hard tissues directly from
medical image data
such as CT, MRI, OCT
or microscopy images.
assays and computational
models is utilized towards
better understanding of the
role of mechanical boundaries
and matrix structure
during angiogenesis.
