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<b>my ultimate goal is to establish an interactive computer-based biomechanical lab | <b>my ultimate goal is to establish an interactive computer-based biomechanical lab | ||
that supports the solution of medically and technologically challenging | that supports the solution of medically and technologically challenging | ||
| − | biomechanical problems.< | + | biomechanical problems.</b> |
==selected research accomplishments== | ==selected research accomplishments== | ||
| − | in contrast to traditional engineering materials, | + | in contrast to traditional engineering materials, <b>living</b> organisms show the |
remarkable ability to adapt not only their geometry, but also their internal | remarkable ability to adapt not only their geometry, but also their internal | ||
architecture and their material properties to environmental changes. | architecture and their material properties to environmental changes. | ||
| − | + | although this functional adaptation of biological tissues has been known | |
| − | since | + | since julius wolff published his fundamental law of bone remodeling in 1892, |
research in biomechanics mainly focuses on the passive behavior of tissues | research in biomechanics mainly focuses on the passive behavior of tissues | ||
| − | rather than taking into account their | + | rather than taking into account their <b>active response</b> |
| − | to changes in mechanical loading. | + | to changes in mechanical loading. instead of following mainstream research and |
applying standard | applying standard | ||
classical constitutive equations to biological materials, | classical constitutive equations to biological materials, | ||
my personal research was driven by the desire to formulate appropriate continuum | my personal research was driven by the desire to formulate appropriate continuum | ||
| − | equations that properly account for the | + | equations that properly account for the <b>functional adaptation</b> of |
| − | living tissues. | + | living tissues. this adaptation is known to occur in three different forms which |
| − | have dominated my previous | + | have dominated my previous research: |
Revision as of 20:43, 4 April 2007
research statement
one of the most challenging applications of the mechanics of solid materials today is certainly the field of computational biomechanics, a well-recognized, fast-growing but not yet clearly defined subject that is unquestionably an interdisciplinary science par excellence. It provides a vast number of new and fascinating areas of application such as the internal and external remodeling of bones, the healing of fracture, the growth of tumors, wound healing of the epidermis, the regeneration of microdamaged muscles, functional adaptation and general repair processes of the cardiovascular system to name but a few. besides a basic knowledge in medicine, biology and chemistry, research in the field of computational biomechanics requires a profound theoretical background in thermodynamics, continuum mechanics and structural mechanics paired with the ability to develop efficient robust and stable computational simulation tools.
my ultimate goal is to establish an interactive computer-based biomechanical lab that supports the solution of medically and technologically challenging biomechanical problems.
selected research accomplishments
in contrast to traditional engineering materials, living organisms show the remarkable ability to adapt not only their geometry, but also their internal architecture and their material properties to environmental changes. although this functional adaptation of biological tissues has been known since julius wolff published his fundamental law of bone remodeling in 1892, research in biomechanics mainly focuses on the passive behavior of tissues rather than taking into account their active response to changes in mechanical loading. instead of following mainstream research and applying standard classical constitutive equations to biological materials, my personal research was driven by the desire to formulate appropriate continuum equations that properly account for the functional adaptation of living tissues. this adaptation is known to occur in three different forms which have dominated my previous research:
current projects
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