MCMB Lab Attended 46th American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting (ASB2023) !

Multiscale Computational Mechanics and Biomechanics (MCMB) Lab member, Amir Sadighi, presented our work on “Effects of high glycation due to diabetes on fracture behavior of human cortical bone under dynamic loading” at the 46th American Society of Biomechanics Meeting (ASB2023) Continue reading MCMB Lab Attended 46th American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting (ASB2023) !

Congratulations to Dr. Najafi on Receiving 2023 Provost Award !

MEM Professor Ahmad Raeisi Najafi has received the 2023 Provost Award for Outstanding Early-Career Scholarly Achievement! Recipients of this award are recognized for demonstrated excellence in their scholarly field, including publications in high impact journals, competitive society memberships, strong record of external Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Najafi on Receiving 2023 Provost Award !

MCMB Lab Members attended USNCCM17

Multiscale Computational Mechanics and Biomechanics (MCMB) Lab members (Nolan Black, Vignesh Perumal, Jonathan Gorman, Amir Sadighi, Timothy Speck) presented our works at the 17th U. S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM17) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by delivering six talks. We represented the Drexel University Continue reading MCMB Lab Members attended USNCCM17

Congratulations to Dr. Najafi on receiving Early Career Award for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity !

Dr. Ahmad Najafi received the following award in May 2023: Early Career Award for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity. This award was given to him from the office of the provost. We in MCMB Lab congratulate Dr. Najafi on receiving this award. Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Najafi on receiving Early Career Award for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity !

Congratulations to Nolan Black for being selected to receive the 2023 College of Engineering Koerner Award! 

Nolan was one of eight recipients in the college of engineering to become a Fellow of the Koerner Family Foundation in 2023. Nolan was selected for his work related to Multiscale Topology Optimization with Machine Learning. We at MCMB Lab Continue reading Congratulations to Nolan Black for being selected to receive the 2023 College of Engineering Koerner Award! 

Our latest paper on “Numerical analysis of the mechanical response of novel swelling bone implants in polyurethane foams” has been published online !

Please check out our recent paper published in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, entitled: Numerical analysis of the mechanical response of novel swelling bone implants in polyurethane foams. This work was a collaboration between Dr. Siegler‘s Continue reading Our latest paper on “Numerical analysis of the mechanical response of novel swelling bone implants in polyurethane foams” has been published online !

Our latest paper on “A porous swelling copolymeric material for improved implant fixation to bone” has been published online !

Please check out our recent paper published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, entitled: A porous swelling copolymeric material for improved implant fixation to bone. This work was a collaboration between Dr. Siegler‘s lab (Biomechanics Continue reading Our latest paper on “A porous swelling copolymeric material for improved implant fixation to bone” has been published online !

Our latest paper on “Deep neural networks for parameterized homogenization in concurrent multiscale structural optimization” is now available at Springer Nature Online.

Congratulations to Nolan Black whose recent paper on “Deep neural networks for parameterized homogenization in concurrent multiscale structural optimization” has been published online in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. As part of the Springer Nature Content Sharing Initiative, you can have Continue reading Our latest paper on “Deep neural networks for parameterized homogenization in concurrent multiscale structural optimization” is now available at Springer Nature Online.

Our latest paper on “Multiphysics topology optimization of a multifunctional structural battery composite” is now available at Springer Nature Online.

Congratulations to Dr. Reza Pejman for publishing his study on “Multiphysics topology optimization of a multifunctional structural battery composite” in the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization journal. You can have full-text access to a view-only version of this paper by using Continue reading Our latest paper on “Multiphysics topology optimization of a multifunctional structural battery composite” is now available at Springer Nature Online.

Congratulations to Dr. Ebrahim Maghami on his Graduation in PhD from Drexel

Dr. Ebrahim Maghami successfully defended his dissertation on “Fracture micromechanics analyses of hard tissues: Study of increased glycation through diabetes and age-related changes” on January 30, 2023. During his Ph.D., he also managed to publish five research papers, and there Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Ebrahim Maghami on his Graduation in PhD from Drexel