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 

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

Jeffrey McGuire

Ph.D. student

Mechanical Engineering 

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

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)

Garret Burks

Ph.D. student

Co-advised with Alexander Leonessa

Mechanical Engineering

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B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2014

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Erica Pack

Ph.D. student

Co-advised with David Schmale

School of Plant and Environmental Sciences

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

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UnderGraduate Students 

Justin Dubik

Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech

(Spring 2018-present) 

Jose Monclova

PREP student

(Fall 2019-present)

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B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2019

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