Where Mechanics and Biomedicine Meet
With over 200 medical mechanism companies within twenty miles and three top-tier hospitals within walking distance, the Stanford campus provides a unique setting for medical innovation. Many faculty and students working are student biomechanical engineering, and developing a grouping of strong mechanical skills with a working understanding of biological and/or medical systems and processes. Investigations range from exploring how proteins fold and interact to designing the next generation of medical equipment and joint replacements. Biomechanical Engineering research encompasses not only fundamental scientific questions but also the accomplishments which will bring discoveries to hospitals, clinics, and society as a whole to improve general health, well-being, and quality of life.
Modeling & Reproduction Investigation
Mathematical and computational models are required to recognize the extreme complication of living systems. Creating models with sufficient complexity to duplicate these systems is a difficult challenge but can provide insight into problems which would otherwise not be possible. New computational methods and programs are often required to model and create these systems.
Cooperation for Modernization
The success of biomedical pursuits depends upon close collaboration and cooperation between a broad team of physicians, engineers, scientists and therapists. Only through tight teamwork can the complex systems be explored and understood. The Biomechanical Engineering Program plays a key role in extending an open hand to all of these communities and an open environment for collaboration to occur. Engineers with expertise in biology, mechanics, computation, and the design process are protagonists in many local corporations and hospitals
The Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory focus is on the function, degeneration and regeneration of articular cartilage and fibrocartilage, with an emphasis on understanding the complex interactions between biophysical and biochemical cues in controlling cell behavior.
The Biomechanical Engineering (BME) Program is a joint venture of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering located on the Stanford University campus in various buildings of the two departments. The program embodies teaching and research in which principles of mechanics and design are used to examine fundamental questions in biology and to advance human health.
