USACM Technical Thrust Areas

Committee: Biomedical Systems

The Biomedical Systems TTA focuses on applying computational mechanics to the advancement of biomedical sciences and engineering. Biomedical systems involve a synergistic interplay of multiple underlying physical, mechanical, and chemical processes, coupled to each other across several spatial and temporal scales. Our TTA focuses on advancements in computational mechanics and multiphysics modeling, while leveraging state-of-the-art innovations in medical imaging, data-driven modeling, and AI/ML techniques. Our work spans a variety of areas, including biomechanics, computational physiology, medical device design and optimization, enhancing biomedical imaging techniques, tissue engineering, and designing drug delivery systems. We are also interested in the in silico paradigm - using patient-specific models for predictive simulations to support personalized medicine, and integrate computational mechanics and multiphysics with biological data to understand complex biological systems through bioinformatics and systems biology. As a group, we are also dedicated to educating and promoting the application of computational modeling in biomedical fields.

Chair: Michael Sacks, University of Texas at Austin
Vice-Chair: Debanjan Mukherjee, University of Colorado Boulder
Members-at-Large: Abhay Bangalore Ramachandra, Iowa State University
(Amir)Hossein Salahshoor, California Institute of Technology