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Biomechanical Engineering

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Biomechanical Engineering has undergone dramatic growth during the last decade, and many innovations can be credited to work at UC Berkeley. The Bay Area is a major international center for Biomechanical Engineering research where numerous companies provide excellent employment opportunities for UC graduates. Our program in Biomechanical Engineering is focused on the application of mechanical engineering principles to human healthcare problems. A core strength of the Biomechanical Engineering program lies in the breadth of faculty expertise and related resources. Our research spans from long-term basic science questions to the practical development of translational technologies. Highly multi-disciplinary in nature, and funded by NIH, NSF, other federal agencies and industry, this work is conducted with a variety of collaborators across different engineering departments at Berkeley and elsewhere, and with faculty and students from medical schools and research centers. Ultimately, we seek to improve healthcare — and thus people’s lives — by identifying and working on important medical problems that can be addressed by improved technology. Please visit our various labs to further explore.

The Major Field Advisors for each research area are listed here.

Core Faculty:
Kazerooni-Homayoon

Homayoon Kazerooni

Keaveny-Tony

Tony M. Keaveny

Mohammad Mofrad

Mohammad R. K. Mofrad

Grace O'Connell

Grace D. O’Connell

Lisa Pruitt

Lisa Pruitt

Shawn Shadden

Shawn Shadden

Lydia Sohn

Lydia Sohn

Faculty with research interests that relate to Biomechanical Engineering issues include Professors Costas Grigoropoulos, Homayoon Kazerooni, Kyriakos Komvopoulos, Liwei Lin, Oliver O’Reilly, Panayiotis Papadopoulos, Ömer Savaş, David Steigmann, and Tarek I. Zohdi.

 

Biomechanical Engineering Labs:
Berkeley Biomechanics Laboratory

Berkeley Biomechanics Laboratory

Our lab is focused on soft tissue biomechanics and tissue regeneration. Specifically, our goal is to understand the mechanical function ...
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Berkeley Robotics & Human Engineering Laboratory

Berkeley Robotics & Human Engineering Laboratory

Our research activities are focused on the design and control of a class of robotic systems worn or operated by ...
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Bone Biomechanics Lab

Bone Biomechanics Lab

The Bone Biomechanics Lab — originally called the Berkeley Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory — was established by Professor Tony Keaveny in ...
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Medical Polymer Group

Medical Polymer Group

The MPG represents an interdisciplinary team of graduate and undergraduate students who work closely with faculty, surgeons, and industry scientists ...
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Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory

Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory

Mofrad Lab combines the state-of-the-art molecular and multiscale biomechanics, computational biology and bioinformatics, and statistical machine learning approaches toward understanding ...
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Shadden Lab

Shadden Lab

Our research focuses on the advancement of theoretical and computational methods to quantify complex fluid flow. Much of our research ...
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Sohn Research Laboratory

Sohn Research Laboratory

Our lab broadly focuses on two major themes: cancer and stem-cell biology. For cancer, we are developing and employing quantitative, label-free ...
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Berkeley Biomechanical Engineering Research in the News:
David Schaffer: Research that takes risks must be supported

David Schaffer: Research that takes risks must be supported

ME Associate Professor Grace O'Connell Elected AIMBE Fellow

ME Associate Professor Grace O’Connell Elected AIMBE Fellow

Capstone Project Profile: Evaluation of Novel, Less-Invasive Hip Implants

Capstone Project Profile: Evaluation of Novel, Less-Invasive Hip Implants

Capstone Project Profile: A Novel Implant for Regulating Excessive Eye Pressure in Glaucoma Patients

Capstone Project Profile: A Novel Implant for Regulating Excessive Eye Pressure in Glaucoma Patients

Capstone Project Profile: Precision Freezing 3D Bioprinter for Large Scale Tissue Engineering

Capstone Project Profile: Precision Freezing 3D Bioprinter for Large Scale Tissue Engineering

Capstone Project Profile: Personalizing Neurological Patient’s Gait Therapy Using Machine-Learning-Based Electrical Stimulation

Capstone Project Profile: Personalizing Neurological Patient’s Gait Therapy Using Machine-Learning-Based Electrical Stimulation

Capstone Project Profile: Wearable Motion Tracking for Clinical Gait Analysis

Capstone Project Profile: Wearable Motion Tracking for Clinical Gait Analysis

UC Berkeley Team Creates Respiratory Devices From Sleep Apnea Machines

UC Berkeley Team Creates Respiratory Devices From Sleep Apnea Machines

CVR Abnormalities Evaluated in HIV-Infected Women Using Quantitative Whole Brain ASL

CVR Abnormalities Evaluated in HIV-Infected Women Using Quantitative Whole Brain ASL

Engineering Faculty, Students Mobilize to Help COVID-19 Efforts

Engineering Faculty, Students Mobilize to Help COVID-19 Efforts

Bay Area Innovates in Crisis: UC Berkeley Engineers Convert Sleep Apnea Machines to Ventilate Coronavirus Patients

Bay Area Innovates in Crisis: UC Berkeley Engineers Convert Sleep Apnea Machines to Ventilate Coronavirus Patients

UC Berkeley Engineering Faculty, Students Mobilize to Assist in COVID-19 Relief Effort

UC Berkeley Engineering Faculty, Students Mobilize to Assist in COVID-19 Relief Effort

Turning Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

Turning Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

Science Daily: New Technique 'Prints' Cells to Create Diverse Biological Environments

Science Daily: New Technique ‘Prints’ Cells to Create Diverse Biological Environments

New Technique ‘Prints’ Cells to Create Diverse Biological Environments

New Technique ‘Prints’ Cells to Create Diverse Biological Environments

Capstone Project Profile: Cryotechnology for 3D Bioprinting and Isochoric Preservation of Tissues and Organs

Capstone Project Profile: Cryotechnology for 3D Bioprinting and Isochoric Preservation of Tissues and Organs

Crimped or Straight? Lung Fiber Shape Influences Elasticity

Crimped or Straight? Lung Fiber Shape Influences Elasticity

Mass-Producing Biomaterials

Mass-Producing Biomaterials

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