At the Interdisciplinary Mechanics Laboratory we synergistically combine computational modeling and experimental testing across disciplines to solve challenging, practical problems in biomechanics and engineering related to soft biological tissues, new engineered materials and applications. This is the research group of Assistant Professor David M. We focus on the theory, development and application of pragmatic computational methods for physical problems of practical importance. Numerical simulation is most effective when motivated and developed in connection with, and verified by, empirical data. Generally speaking, computational models can certainly be extended - and made more complicated - by adding additional parameters into more and more convoluted functional forms. However, if the resulting models cannot be calibrated experimentally (i.e. if the model parameters cannot be uniquely determined in the lab), then the additional complexity cannot be justified. Hence, the development of effective and efficient constitutive models and computational methodologies should be performed in concert with empirical testing, and based on knowledge of material morphology and structural evolution under loading. Our current research includes constitutive modeling and experimental testing of soft biological tissues and reliability prediction in MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). We aim to contribute significantly to the continued growth and application of computational tools for pragmatic solutions to problems in (bio-)engineering and medical practice. Support im LAB
Your gift to the Interdisciplinary Mechanics Laboratory helps researchers solve challenging, practical problems in biomechanics and engineering related to soft biological tissues, new engineered materials and applications, facilitating, e.g. new fundamental insight to the complex progression of osteoarthritis and increased clinical application of simulation tools. Please contact with Jacki for details on how you can support us:
Jacqueline Veronese
Administrative Coordinator
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Connecticut
Room 468, United Technologies Engineering Building
191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3139
Storrs, CT 06269-3139
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1.860.486.4001
