Staff members at Advanced Computational and Engineering Services apply their capabilities to designing and seeing to fruition new medical products and technologies.

Our recent development of technology for medical needs includes assessing the performance and expected lifetime of moving implanted devices, designing medical implants, optimizing component design for fluid flow, developing novel manufacturing processes, and inventing remote devices for interrogating implanted devices. Additionally, staff members have specialized expertise in such topics as:

• Stress analysis of implants
• Optimization of materials
• The biomechanics of human movement
• Assessing the effect of electromagnetic and acoustic fields on human tissue
• The corrosion, oxidation, and fracture of ceramics, metals, and composite materials used in implants, medical tools, and bio-technology devices
• The detection of acoustic emissions, such as the ones shown at left, from heart or orthopedic implants
• Blood flow analysis