This College of Engineering collaborative effort aims to educate students in state of the art computational modeling while advancing biomechanical research efforts.  The integration of modeling approaches from different disciplines for the common advancement of biomedical research and education represents a cultural shift in education.  The centralization of biomechanics research facilitates a student-center education model which will provide students with a broad scope of modeling tools and philosophies.  This computational biomechanics community represents a convergence of talent in the College of Engineering which will enhance research projects aimed at the advancement of human health.

HISTORY OF THE CENTER

This resource was made possible by a grant from the University of Washington College of Engineering through their infrastructure improvement program.  The faculty comprising this Center received support for the initial construction and development of this facility in 2005.  Since, its inception, we have maintained the state of the art in computational tools for advanced biomechanics modeling.  Special thanks to Vice-Provost for Research, Mary Lidstrom and the College of Engineering for their initial support of our interdisciplinary teaching and research program.

The Center for Computational Biomechanics is a self-sustaining facility which took a lot of hard work to set up and configure.  The expertise and effort given by Jeffrey Wimpee to make the CCB a success will not long be forgotten.