Graduate Study


The Biomechanics Group currently draws students from several different graduate fields at Cornell, prospective graduate students are encouraged to look at the websites for the Sibley School, the department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Graduate School for more information concerning applications, requirements, and graduate life at Cornell University.
Research Groups
      
Bartel                                                                                             
       Bonassar
       Butcher
       Gao
      
van der Meulen


Current MS/PhD Candidates
         

Research Topic


Omotunde Babalola
Bonassar Group


Osteochondral tissue engineering: Mechanical differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells within a construct using variable alginate scaffold properties



Jeffrey Ballyns
Bonassar Group



The Effects of Mechanical Stimulations on Anatomically Shaped Meniscal Constructs


 
Robert Bowles
Bonassar Group



Creating Aligned/Organized Collagen within Tissue Engineered Intervertebral Disc Utilizing Self-Assembling Collagen Gels



Jayme Burket
van der Meulen Group



Role of Microstructure in the Nanomechanical Behaviour of Bone


 
Satish Degala
Bonassar Group



Fluid flow affects mechanotransductive pathways of articular chondrocytes in a 3D culture system



Natalie Galley
Bonassar Group



Lubrication of mammalian joints



Russ Gould
Butcher Group



Mico-Biaxial Tensile Test and Pipette Aspiration Systems



Garry Hayeck
Bartel Group



Upper extremity kinetics and the effect on total elbow replacement



Grace Kim
van der Meulen Group










Frank Ko

van der Meulen Group 



 
Maureen Lynch
van der Meulen Group 




Cancellous bone adaptation to non-invasive mechanical loading in a mouse model



Erin Oneida
Ingraffea Group



Preliminary modeling study focusing on rat bone subjected to three-point bend tests