Overview

The goal of this Italy-USA workshop is to bring together researchers with diverse cultural and research backgrounds working in experimental, theoretical, and computational biomechanics across different scales to advance the field of biomechanics and their professional development. The researchers will have various levels of experience, ranging from graduate students and postdoctoral students to junior and senior scientists, and they will come from different institutions in the USA, Italy, and Europe. The workshop will serve as a place to share untapped ideas in the biomechanics field, creating international teams of researchers that can work together to solve challenging problems in biomechanics. 

Main Topics:

• Scientific Computing & Biomechanics

•  Cell Biology & Biomechanics

• Growth, Remodeling & Biomechanics 

• Imaging & Biomechanics 

• Mathematical Theory & Biomechanics 

• Tissue engineering & Biomechanics 

• Robotics, Control, & Biomechanics

Organizers

Caitlyn Collins, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Raffaella De Vita,  Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Massimiliano Fraldi, Professor, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy

Arina Korneva, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Paola Nardinocchi, Professor, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

Gaetano Napoli, Professor, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy

Giuseppe Puglisi, Professor, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

Luciano Teresi, Associate Professor, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

Acknowledgements

Support for this workshop is provided by:

Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy

National Science Foundation, USA

Università del Salento, Italy

Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

Università Roma Tre, Italy

Virginia Tech, USA