MUSCULOSKELETAL AND BLAST INJURY

By using DoD high-performance computing assets, we study the mechanics of injury to hard tissues (bones) and soft tissues (brain), as well as the effectiveness of protective eyewear equipment. We use an integrated musculoskeletal finite-element model and high-resolution medical images to quantify the biomechanical responses of bones during exercise. We also investigate the biomechanics of brain tissues during blast-wave exposure and characterize the effectiveness of eyewear in protecting against blast overpressure.

Research Projects

	Blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury We use customized experimental and computational methods to investigate the mechanistic causes of potential blast-induced traumatic brain injury.		Eyewear Effectiveness against Primary Blast Our goal is to quantify the effectiveness of protective eyewear in attenuating the impact of blast overpressure on the eye.
	Musculoskeletal Analysis of Human Body We aim to understand and quantify the causes of tibial stress-fracture injury due to sex and race differences, as well as training exercises with and without load carriage.