Biomechanics

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More than Movement Analysis

Biomechanics encompasses a wide range of topics including injury biomechanics, musculoskeletal biomechanics, comparative biomechanics, and locomotion.

Our biomechanical research is focused on applications such as impact and crash injuries, blast injuries, sport injuries and rehabilitation, work-place injuries, and the Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings.

Grants from military, industrial and governmental agencies allow a higher degree of analysis than would be possible on educational funds.

Faculty With Research Interests in Biomechanics

Affiliated Centers

Center for Injury Biomechanics
PI: Warren Hardy (Virginia Tech)
PI: Joel Stitzel (Wake Forest University)

Affiliated Labs

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Center for Advanced Automotive Research , redirect
PI: Zachary Doerzaph
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Division of Data and Analytics at VTTI , redirect
PI: Miguel Perez
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Kevin P. Granata Biomechanics Lab , redirect
PI: Robin Queen
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Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics in Nature , redirect
PI: Anne Staples
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Orthopedic Mechanobiology Lab , redirect
PI: Vincent Wang
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Socha Lab , redirect
PI: Jake Socha
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Therapeutic Ultrasound and Noninvasive Therapies Lab , redirect
PI: Eli Vlaisavljevich
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Traumatic Nerve Technologies Lab , redirect
PI: Pamela VandeVord
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Virginia Tech Helmet Lab , redirect
PI: Steve Rowson
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Dynamic Active Materials Lab , redirect
PI: John Domann
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STRETCH Lab , redirect
PI: Raffaella De Vita
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The Collins Lab: Hard Tissue Biomechanics and Computational Mechanobiology , redirect
PI: Caitlyn Collins

EM Affiliate Faculty in Biomechanics

Alan Asbeck, Mechanical Engineering

Alexey Onufriev, Computer Science

Alexandria Untaroiu, Mechanical Engineering

Sohan Kale, Mechanical Engineering

Mark Paul, Mechanical Engineering

Reza Mirzaeifar, Mechanical Engineering

Shane Ross, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Rolf Mueller, Mechanical Engineering

David Schmale, Plant and Environmental Sciences