Berkeley Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory

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The Berkeley Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, in the Department of

Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley, was established in 1993 with

three broad goals: 1) to educate students in performing independent,

high-quality research in orthopaedic biomechanics; 2) to apply the

principles of engineering mechanics to understand basic biological

processes and mechanisms related to the structure and function of bone;

and 3) to apply the principles of mechanical engineering to the design,

analysis, and development of bone-prosthetic systems. Congruent with

our emphasis on collaboration, our laboratory is closely associated with

the medical school at UCSF (particularly the Department of Orthopaedic

Surgery) with which we have a number of ongoing joint projects. This

collaboration provides input from surgeons, radiologists, biologists and

other bioengineers, and provides our students with first-hand experience

in various clinical aspects of biomechanics.

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Last updated: October 28, 2009