STRETCH LAB
Director

Raffaella De Vita
Professor and Associate Department Head
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Department
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

Angel Collins
Ph.D. student
Engineering Mechanics
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Florida Tech, 2021

Justin Dubik
Ph.D. student
Engineering Mechanics
B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 2020

Clara Gimenez
Ph.D. student
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, 2022

William Snyder
Ph.D. student
Engineering Mechanics
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2019

Ritika Singh
Ph.D. student
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California San Diego, 2023

Aileen Caridad Suarez
Ph.D. student
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2019

Mostafa Zakeri
Ph.D. student
Engineering Mechanics
M.S. in Biomechanics Engineering, University of Tehran, 2023
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2021
UnderGraduate Students

Morgan Atkinson
Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, Virginia Tech
(Spring 2022-present)

Ethan Simaitis
Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech
(Fall 2022-present)