STRETCH LAB
Director
Raffaella De Vita
Kevin P. Granata Faculty Fellow
Professor and Associate Department Head for Research
Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
Laurea in Mathematics, University of Naples II, Caserta, 2000
Graduate Students
Clara Gimenez
Ph.D. student
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, 2022
Ritika Singh
Ph.D. student
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2023
Mostafa Zakeri
Ph.D. student
Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech
M.S. in Biomechanics Engineering, University of Tehran, 2023
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2021
MS Students
Lillian Fantuzzo
M.S. student
Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2026
Xiaomeng (Echo) Wang
M.S. student
Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing Univesity, 2025
Erika Hobson
M.S. student
Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2026