Biomechanics Lab and the FEBio Project, University of Utah

The Weiss Biomechanics Lab was founded at the University of Utah in 2000. We are affiliated with the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. Originally, research in the Lab focused on the structure and function of normal, injured and healing ligaments. The scope of research has expanded considerably over the last 20 years to include the study of other soft tissues and diarthrodial joints, as well as cardiac mechanics and angiogenesis. Scientific investigations combine techniques from a range of disciplines including biomechanics, biochemistry, molecular biology and imaging. In all areas, a combination of computational and experimental approaches is used to answer questions and solve problems that could not be addressed otherwise.

The FEBio Software Suite is a collaborative effort between the University of Utah's Weiss Biomechanics Lab and Columbia's Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory. The project is supported in part by a grant from NIH.