Biomechanics Biomechanics involves the study and engineering of forces and motion in biomedical systems, including principles and techniques derived from the classical theories of linear and nonlinear elasticity, fluid dynamics, viscoelasticity, and plasticity. Relevant problems span all biological length scales, from the mechanical behavior of single molecules to whole organisms, including humans. Specific applications include cardiovascular fluid dynamics, bone biomechanics, cellular adhesion, mechanics and motility, molecular motors, single-molecule mechanics, cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix mechanics and dynamics, cellular mechanotransduction, mechanical property correlates of normal and disease processes. The field utilizes experimental, computational, and theoretical approaches. Biomechanics faculty in the Graduate Group: Tamara Alliston, UCSF, Core Member Biomaterials; Biomechanics David M. Auslander, UCB, Affiliate Biomechanics Stanley A. Berger, UCB, Core Member Biomechanics James Casey, UCB, Core Member Biomechanics Jhih-Wei Chu, UCB, Core Member Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomaterials; Biomechanics Daniel A. Fletcher, UCB, Core Member Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Drug Delivery; Tissue Engineering Michael Frenklach, UCB, Affiliate Biomechanics Robert Full, UCB, Core Member Biomaterials; Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Neural Systems Analysis Stanton A. Glantz, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics Julius Guccione, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering Grant Gullberg, UCB, Affiliate Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation Bernard Halloran, UCSF, Core Member Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Instrumentation; Tissue Engineering Teresa Head-Gordon, UCB, Core Member Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomaterials; Biomechanics Serena S. Hu, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering Hami Kazerooni, UCB, Affiliate Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics Tony Keaveny, UCB, Core Member Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering Sanjay Kumar, UCB, Core Member Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering Thomas Lang, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation Patricia Leake, UCSF, Core Member Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Drug Delivery; Neural Systems Analysis; Tissue Engineering Steven L. Lehman, UCB, Core Member Biomechanics; Neural Systems Analysis Hao Li, UCSF, Core Member Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering Dorian Liepmann, UCB, Core Member Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Drug Delivery Larry Litt, UCSF, Affiliate Biomechanics Jeffrey Lotz, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics; Biomedical Instrumentation; Tissue Engineering Sally J. Marshall, UCSF, Core Member Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Imaging, Tissue Engineering Grayson W. Marshall, UCSF, Affiliate Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering Mohammad Mofrad, UCB, Core Member Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering Mark Ratcliffe, UCSF, Affiliate Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering David M. Rempel, UCSF/UCB, Core Member Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering Robert Ritchie, UCB, Affiliate Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging Philip Sabes, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision Theresa Tacy, UCSF, Affiliate Biomechanics Kimberly Topp, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics; Neural Systems Analysis Alan Verkman, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics William Young, UCSF, Core Member Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering