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
Postdoctoral student
Jeffrey McGuire
Postdoctoral student
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2020
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015
Graduate Students
Alyssa Huntington
Ph.D. student
Engineering Mechanics
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
B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 2020
Kandace Donaldson
Ph.D. student
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2017
William Snyder
Ph.D. student
Engineering Mechanics
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2019
Michael King
Ph.D. student
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Southampton, 2020
Graduate Students (co-advised)
Erica Pack
Ph.D. student
Co-advised with Dr. David Schmale
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
B.S. in Forensic Science, Penn State, 2016
Aileen Caridad Suarez
Ph.D. student
Co-advised with Dr. Jennifer Munson
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2019
Chris Jackson
M.S. student
Co-advised with Dr. David Dillard
Civil and Environmental Engineering
B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2019
PREP Student
Talia Baddour
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Lafayette College, 2020
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)