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)
Jackson Charles
Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
(Spring 2024-present)