BIOMECHANICS & MEDICAL DEVICES
FACULTY
![Mattia Bacca](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/03/Headshot-Bacca-Mattia-Kai-Jacobsen.png)
Mattia Bacca
Research Interests: multi-scale mechanics of materials
![Agnes d’Entremont](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/10/Headshot-dEntremont-Agnes-UBC-Paul-Joseph.png)
Agnes d’Entremont
Research Interests: orthopaedic biomechanics, human joint kinematics, magnetic resonance imaging of the musculoskeletal system, paediatric orthopaedics
![Adrien Desjardins](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/08/Headshot-Desjardins-Adrien.png)
Adrien Desjardins
Research Interests: imaging and sensing, robotics, photonics, ultrasound, medical devices, machine learning, biomedical applications
![Dana Grecov](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/03/Headshot-Grecov-Dana-Kai-Jacobsen.png)
Dana Grecov
Research Interests: liquid crystals and nanomaterials, multiphase flow, biofluid mechanics, non-newtonian fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, rheology and tribology
![Antony J. Hodgson](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/03/Hodgson-Antony-headshot-scaled.jpg)
Antony J. Hodgson
Research Interests: computer-assisted surgery, medical robotics, surgical simulators and skill assessment, neuromotor control, biomechanics
![Hongshen Ma](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/03/Headshot-Ma-Hongshen-Kai-Jacobsen.png)
Hongshen Ma
Research Interests: microfluidics, instrumentation, cell sorting, cell biomechanics, circulating tumor cells, malaria and red blood cell deformability, single cell technologies, cell migration and chemotaxis
![Thomas Oxland](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2014/12/S01_4218.jpg)
Thomas Oxland
Research Interests: biomechanics: spinal cord injury, aging spine, orthopaedic implants
![Srikantha Phani](/files/2015/06/Srikanth-Phani-Headshot.jpg)
Srikantha Phani
Research Interests: mechanics of lattice materials and devices, dynamics and vibrations, mechanics of small scale systems
![Robert N. Rohling](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/04/2017032017-03-02@11-25-32Pelletier.jpg)
Robert N. Rohling
Research Interests: biomedical engineering, medical imaging, medical information systems, robotics
![Boris Stoeber](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/03/Headshot-Stoeber-Boris-Kai-Jacobsen.png)
Boris Stoeber
Research Interests: microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microflow phenomena, sensor technology, integrated microsystems for biomedical applications and for environmental control
![Machiel Van der Loos](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/03/Headshot-Van-der-Loos-Mike-Kai-Jacobsen.png)
Machiel Van der Loos
Research Interests: robotics: rehabilitation robotics, human-robot interaction; design: design for safety, design methodology and design coaching, roboethics
![David R. Wilson](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2020/07/Wilson-David-portrait2.jpg)
David R. Wilson
Medical Robotics
Research Interests: Understanding health and injured knee mechanics and motion, exploring links between bone architecture, joint mechanics, and cartilage degeneration.
![Lyndia Wu](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/10/Headshot-Wu-Lyndia-UBC-Paul-Joseph.png)
Lyndia Wu
Research Interests: injury biomechanics, wearable sensors, traumatic brain injury, sleep disorders, sensors and instrumentation, data mining and machine learning
![Yuan Yao](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/06/Headshot-Yao-Yuan.png)
Yuan Yao
Research Interests: biomaterial manufacturing and engineering, nano/microfabrication and 3D bioprinting, tissue engineering and organ regeneration, therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular disease, biomimetic hydrogel scaffold
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