Director

Raffaella De Vita

Professor and Associate Department Head

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Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Department

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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 

Postdoctoral student

Jeffrey McGuire

Postdoctoral student

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Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

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Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2020

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015

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Graduate Students

Alyssa Huntington

Ph.D. student

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Engineering Mechanics

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M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 2018 
B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 2016

Justin Dubik

Ph.D. student

Engineering Mechanics

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B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 2020

Kandace Donaldson

Ph.D. student

School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

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B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2017

William Snyder

Ph.D. student

Engineering Mechanics

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B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2019

Graduate Students (co-advised)

Erica Pack

Ph.D. student

Co-advised with Dr. David Schmale

School of Plant and Environmental Sciences

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B.S. in Forensic Science, Penn State, 2016

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Aileen Caridad Suarez

Ph.D. student

Co-advised with Dr. Jennifer Munson

School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

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B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2019

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Chris Jackson

M.S. student

Co-advised with Dr. David Dillard

Civil and Environmental Engineering 

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B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2019

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PREP Student 

Talia Baddour

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B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Lafayette College, 2020

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Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech

(Summer 2020-present) 

UnderGraduate Students 

Skye Carlson

Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech

(Summer 2020-present) 

Adam Vossenberg

Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech

(Fall 2020-present)