Research Focus Areas

Our faculty members have diverse research interests focused on establishing engineering principles and developing cutting-edge technologies to solve a host of life-science problems. Specific research interests include:

• Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
  • Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering Laboratory (Director: Dr. Yun)
  • Tissue Engineering Microtechnologies (Director: Dr. Tavana)
  • Materials for Tissue Engineering (Director: Dr. Willits)
  • Stem Cell & Tissue Engineering Laboratory (Director: Dr. Zhang)
  • Laboratory for Functional Biomaterials (Director: Dr. Becker)
  • Leipzig Bioengineering Group (Director: Dr. Leipzig)
• Biomechanics
• Biofluids Laboratory (Director: Dr. Loth)
• Bone Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Lab (Director: Dr. Saunders)
• Motion Analysis Laboratory
• Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory (Director: Dr. Amini)
• MEMS Lab (Director: Dr. Zhe)

The department also conducts a number of research initiatives focused on connecting basic science and engineering research with clinical applications. These efforts are bolstered by the department's partnerships with local area hospitals and other biomedical institutes in Northeast Ohio.

Research Centers and Institutes

Biomedical Engineering faculty and graduate students benefit from the interactions with other research centers in the Akron area, which includes:

• Apatone Research Center
• Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA)
• Center for Silver Therapeutics Research (CSTR)
• Conquer Chiari Research Center (CCRC)
• Institute for Biomedical Engineering Research (IBER)
• Walter A. Hoyt, Jr. Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory