Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The human body represents a collection of interacting systems that range in scale from nanometers to meters. Investigations from a systems perspective focus on how the parts work together to enact changes across spatial scales, and further our understanding of how systems function and fail. Here, we highlight systems approaches presented at the 2022 Summer Biomechanics, Bio-engineering, and Biotransport Conference in the areas of solid mechanics; fluid mechanics; tissue and cellular engineering; biotransport; and design, dynamics, and rehabilitation; and biomechanics education. Systems approaches are yielding new insights into human biology by leveraging state-of-the-art tools, which could ultimately lead to more informed design of therapies and medical devices for preventing and treating disease as well as rehabilitating patients using strategies that are uniquely optimized for each patient. Educational approaches can also be designed to foster a foundation of systems-level thinking.
DOI: 10.1115/1.4064547
Institutions: University of Virginia, University of Iowa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UConn Health, Marquette University, Medical College of Wisconsin, University of California, Berkeley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University West Lafayette, Temple University, University of Kansas, University of Minnesota, Duluth, University of Maryland, College Park
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4391218475