Personnel

• Glen L. Niebur, Professor, Laboratory Director
• Alyssa Oberman, Ph.D. Student
• Yunyang Gu, Ph.D. Student
• Meghanna Machireddy, Ph.D. Student
• Erin Archibeck, M.S. Student
• Tenisha Phipps, Laboratory Technician

Alumni

Graduate students

• Kimberley J. Curtis, GE Healthcare, Logan UT
  • Metastatic tumor microenvironment
• Tyler C. Kreipke, Holy Cross Seminary
  • Characterization of osteoporotic bone mechanics and mechanobiology
• Andrew J. Baumann, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Bone damage mechanics and anisotropy
• Thomas A. Metzger, Ph.D. 2016, U.S. Army Research Labs
  • Bone marrow mechanical environment
• Joshua J. Gargac, Ph.D. 2015, Assistant Professor, Mount Union College
  • Bone marrow mechanical environment
• Thomas R. Coughlin, Ph.D. 2015
  • Mechanobiological effects in bone marrow
• Ziheng Wu, Ph.D. 2010
  • Nanoindentation and viscoelasticity of bone
  • Damage mechanics of Trabecular bone
• Jaqueline Garrison, Ph.D. 2010, Beckman Dickinson
  • Anisotropic damage mechanics in bone
• Yifei Dai, Ph.D.
• Xiutao Shi, Ph.D. 2010, Google
  • Multiaxial loading of bone
• Tara Shepherd, M.S. 2007, US Food and Drug Administration
  • Viscoelasticity and damage in cortical bone
• Edytka Christner, M.E.M.E,. 2008, Engineer, Scientific Research Corporation
  • Nonlinear FEA formulations
• Xiangyi Liu, Ph.D. 2006, Engineer, Stryker
  • Computational simulations of trabecular bone mechanics
  • Computational modeling of tissue ingrowth scaffolds
• Brent Mitchell, MSME 2006, Engineer, Osteotech
  • Design of tissue ingrowth scaffolds
• Chaodi Li, Post-doctoral researcher 2004-2005, 3M Corporation
  • Modeling of soft tissue growth
• Xiang Wang, Ph.D. 2005, Research associate, UC Berkeley
  • Damage susceptiblity of trabecular bone
  • Three dimensional imaging of microdamage in bone
• Meghan Perry-Eaton, M.E.M.E. 2005, Lockheed Martin
  • Motion analysis
• Cassi Shelly, M.S. 2004, Boeing
  • Biomechanical analsysis of interbody fusion of the lumbar spine

Undergraduate Students

• Georgiana Andrews, BSME 18, Prosthetics and Orthotics Master's program, Baylor
• Angela Patel, BS Preprofessional, Medical Student, St. Louis University
• Maura Evald, BSME 17, Graduate Student, Vanderbilty University
• Alyssa Varsanik, BSChE 17, Medical Student, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
• Kristen Jackson, BSChE, Graduate Student, Colorado State University
• Stephen Schwaner, BSME, 13, Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Rachel Paietta BSME 08, Graduate Student, Colorado
  • Microdamage and microfracture in damaged trabecular bone
• Mike O'Brien (BSME 08)
  • Mechanical testing of rabbit lumbar spinal fusion
• Sandra Zapata (BSME 08, Florida Atlantic University, McNair Scholar)
  • Mechanical testing and microdamage imaging
• Connie Slaboch (BSME 07)
  • Damage mechanics of trabecular bone in transverse loading
• Caitlin Feely (BSME 08)
  • Bone viscoelasticity
• Andrew Henebry (05)
  • Design of a fluid perfusion chamber for cortical bone staining
  • High-pressure perfusion of contrast agents in bone
• Kevin Hess (06)
• Mike Rehmer (06)
  • Microdamage quantification in trabecular bone
  • Three dimensional modeling of a beaded tissue ingrowth scaffold
• Mary Phillips (07)
  • Three dimensional imaging of microdamge in trabecular bone
• Dan Tyska, B.S. 2004, Ph.D. Student, University of Notre Dame
  • Mechanics of bending a porous foam
• Jordan Ryan, B.S. 2004
  • Distribution of mechanical properties within lumbar vertebrae
• Dan Masse B.S., 2004, Engineer, Markem Corporation
  • Three dimensional imaging of damage in trabecular bone
• Casey Korecki, B.S. 2003, Ph.D. Student, University of Vermont
  • Effects of Vitamin-D on the mechanical properties of mouse femora