Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials
The Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials, established at the University of Padua, works in the field of bioengineering, focusing on the mechanics of biological tissues and biomaterials. The research activity is developed in the framework of national and international projects through direct collaboration with universities, research centres and industry.

CMBM

Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials

Centro interdipartimentale di ricerca di Meccanica dei Materiali Biologici

The persons involved in the research and advanced educational activity belong to different departments and bring their specific experience to define a real interdisciplinary approach in treating the problems of biological tissue and biomaterial mechanics. In this sense, a list of main departments and research areas is reported:

 

Engineering area

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale – Department of Civil,  Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale – Department of Industrial Engineering

Dipartimento di Tecnica e Gestione dei Sistemi Industriali – Department of Management and Engineering

 

Mathematical area

Dipartimento di Matematica – Department of Mathematics

 

Chemical area

Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche – Department of Chemical Sciences

 

Biomedical, medical and clinical area

Dipartimento di Medicina Animale, Produzioni e Salute – Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health

Dipartimento di Neuroscienze – Department of Neuroscience

Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Oncologiche e Gastroenterologiche – Department of Surgical, Oncologic and Gastroenterological Sciences

Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiologiche, Toraciche e Vascolari – Department of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences

CMBM members and activities

The multidisciplinary configuration of the CMBM makes it possible to concentrate the study of large and complex problems in a single research unit. This operational configuration leads to greater guarantees of activity performance, quality and reliability of results, in the light of an extensive working experience over the last decade, carried out on an international basis and properly documented. Cost reduction is also a direct consequence of the concentration of human and material resources.

Leading competences in different fields are integrated, within the field of mechanics of biological materials (tissue mechanics and biomaterials), biochemistry (biochemical processes), materials science (metallic, polymeric and ceramic materials), manufacturing techniques (product manufacturing and characterisation) and mechatronics (control and automation of mechanical systems).

The above-mentioned areas of applied research in the field of biomedical and materials engineering are directly related to the corresponding clinical and surgical activities and to industrial production, operating in a wide field of applications and interacting with a vast market, which is of great economic and social relevance, especially with regard to healthcare systems.

Resources for research and teaching activities are obtained through projects funded by the European Community, Ministries of Research and Education, international centres and research laboratories, international foundations and industries active in the fields of biomechanics, bioengineering, biochemistry and materials engineering.

CMBM has developed and maintains international relationships with universities and research centres of excellence in Europe and North America.

The teaching and scientific activity is documented through publications in international scientific journals, books and reports, which provide a broad and detailed description of the work carried out.

Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials

Main research areas

Biomechanics – Mechanics of Biological Tissues

Emanuele Luigi Carniel, Chiara Giulia Fontanella, Piero G. Pavan, Silvia Todros, Alice Berardo, Ilaria Toniolo, Daniela Boso, Carmelo Maiorana, Carlo Pellegrino, Valentina A. Salomoni,  Gianluca Mazzucco, Roberto Meneghello, Francesco Pesavento, Lorenzo Sanavia, Gianpaolo Savio, Francesca Uccheddu, Lorenza Bonaldi, Maria Vittoria Mascolini, Sofia Pettenuzzo, Paola Pirini

Anatomical Sciences

Veronica Macchi, Andrea Porzionato, Rafael Boscolo Berto, Carla Stecco, Cesare Tiengo, Elena Stocco, Silvia Barbon

Animal Medicine

Giulia M. De Benedictis, Laura Cavicchioli, Anna Perazzi

Applied Mathematics

Lorenzo Zanelli

Biomaterials

Andrea Bagno, Monica Dettin, Martina Todesco

Biomedical Sciences

Marco Narici, Lorenzo Marcucci

Cardiovascular Sciences

Gino Gerosa, Laura Iop, Tomaso Bottio

Chemical Sciences

Vito Di Noto, Silvia Gross, Gesualdo M. Zucco, Miriam Mba Blázquez, Enzo Menna, Enrico Negro, Giancarlo Ottaviano

Gastroenterological Sciences

Lino Polese, Renato Salvador, Nicola Baldan, Mirto Foletto

Mechatronics

Alberto Trevisani

Metallurgy

Franco Bonollo, Manuele Dabalà, Paolo Ferro, Lisa Biasetto, Katya Brunelli, Giulio Timelli

Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology

Pietro Ruggieri, Carlo Biz, Elisa Belluzzi, Assunta Pozzuoli

Precision Manufacturing

Stefania Bruschi, Simone Carmignato, Andrea Ghiotti, Enrico Savio, Giovanni Lucchetta

Science and Technology of Ceramics

Paolo Colombo, Enrico Bernardo

Science and Technology of Polymers

Michele Modesti, Alessandra Lorenzetti, Martina Roso

Honorary Members

Arturo N. Natali
Raffaele De Caro

Associated Memebers

Adriano Montanaro
Michela Redivo Zaglia

Administration

Tiziana Pampanin
Valentina Masotto

For any further information please do reference to the description given within the web site and contact directly the specific person by using the email address or phone.

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