 | Thomas P. Andriacchi, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
The research in Professor Andriacchi's BioMotion Research Laboratory focuses on the biomechanics of human locomotion and its biomedical applications to artificial joints, sports injury, osteoarthritis, and neuromuscular disorders. |
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 | Dennis R. Carter, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery (by courtesy)
Professor Carter is involved in theoretical and experimental work on connective tissue mechanobiology. Research areas include the role of mechanical stresses in skeletal development, adaptation, aging, and evolution. He is the director of the Skeletal Tissue Associated Research (STAR) Laboratory. |
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 | Scott L. Delp, Ph.D.
Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Delp combines experimental and theoretical approaches to study movement disorders. Biomechanical models derived from medical images are used to guide surgery, analyze muscle function, study movement abnormalities, and design new medical products. He is director of the NeuroMuscular Biomechanics Laboratory. |
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 | Marc E. Levenston, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Levenston's research focuses on the function, degeneration and repair of orthopaedic soft tissues, with an emphasis on understanding the interactions between biophysical and biochemical cues in controlling cells from articular cartilage and fibrocartilage and on the role of mechanical stimuli in tissue engineering strategies for tissue repair. He is the director of the Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory (STBL). |
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 | Beth Pruitt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Pruitt's research interests are in the following areas: design of micromachined sensors for system monitoring and modeling, development of novel processes and devices for measuring nanoscale mechanical behavior, and analysis, design, and control of integrated electro-mechanical systems. She is particularly interested in biomedical applications using nanofabricated devices with the goal of developing tools for diagnostics, measurement and analysis, and creating reliable manufacture methods. She is the director of the Stanford Microsystems Lab. |
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 | Felix E. Zajac, Ph.D.
Professor (Emeritus), Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor Zajac's research examines how muscles coordinate multi-joint motor tasks, with applications to neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. |
 | Mark R. Cutkosky, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Design)
Professor Cutkosky applies analyses, simulations, and experiments to the design and control of robotic hands, tactile sensors, and force-feedback devices for human/computer interaction. In manufacturing, his work focuses on design tools for rapid prototyping. |
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Thomas Kenny, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Design)
Professor Kenny's interests include mechatronics, silicon micromachining, microsensors, and microinstruments. Specific research projects for development of implantable sensors for catheter-based instrumentation are underway. |
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Ellen Kuhl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Mechanics and Computation)
Professor Kuhl's research interests are in the area of biomechanics with a special focus on growth and remodeling. She is particularly concerned with the development of appropriate enhanced continuum models based on multiscale considerations carrying information from the cell to the tissue level. |
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Peter Pinsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Mechanics and Computation)
Professor Pinsky studies ocular biomechanics, including finite element modeling of corneal tissue and experimental determination of the mechanical properties of in vivo corneal tissue. Applications include simulating surgical procedures for vision correction. |
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 | Fritz Prinz, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Design) and Materials Science and Engineering
Professor Prinz's current work focuses on the design and fabrication of micro- and nanoscale devices for energy and biology. Examples include fuel cells and bioreactors. He is interested in mass transport phenomena across thin membranes such as oxide films and lipid bi-layers. |
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 | Sunil Puria, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (consulting), Mechanical Engineering (Mechanics and Computation)
Professor Puria's current work focuses on audio engineering, middle- and inner-ear mechanics, signal processing, acoustics, and mathematical modeling. |
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 | Juan Santiago, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Thermosciences)
Professor Santiago is the director of the Stanford Microfluidics Laboratory. His interests include microfabricated bioanalytical systems, micro-scale optical flow diagnostics, and micro-scale thermal systems. |
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 | Charles Steele, Ph.D.
Professor (Emeritus), Mechanical Engineering (Mechanics and Computation)
Professor Steele studies cochlear mechanics, the evaluation of osteoporosis using non-invasive measures of the structural response of long bones, and the morphogenesis of plants. |
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 | Xiaolin Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Thermosciences)
Professor Zheng's studies the interface among nano-scale science & technology, biology and energy conversion. Specifically, her group focuses on the synthesis and assembly of functional nanomaterials, elucidation of their fundamental properties, and understanding the physical and chemical processes involved in the synthesis. |
 | Gary S. Beaupré, Ph.D.
Consulting Professor, Mechanical Engineering (VA Palo Alto Rehabilitation Research & Development Center)
Dr. Beaupré studies the mechanobiology of skeletal tissues with a focus on the role of mechanical factors in the etiology, progression and treatment of arthritis and osteoporosis.
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Reinhold Dauskardt, Ph.D.
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering (ME by courtesy)
Professor Dauskardt is interested in the failure of prosthetic implants under complex physiological loading and environmental conditions and in the mechanics, strength, and toughness of interfaces between biomaterials, implant coatings, and bone. |
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Nicholas Giori, M.D. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Giori studies osteoarthritis and total joint replacement, and is also focused on medical device design and development. |
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R. Lane Smith, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery (ME by courtesy)
Dr. Smith's research interests include connective tissue diseases, joint replacement, and the effects of mechanical loading on cartilage repair and regeneration. |
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Charles Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bioengineering (ME by courtesy)
Professor Taylor's research is in cardiovascular biomechanics. Research in his Cardiovascular Biomechanics Research Laboratory focuses on hemodynamic and vascular mechanics, Computer Aided Surgical Planning, and device design and evaluation. |
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Paul Yock, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine (ME by courtesy)
Dr. Yock is interested in medical device design with a particular interest in cardiovascular devices. He focuses on device development and testing in interventional cardiology, intravascular ultrasound, and coronary imaging techniques. |
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