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manuel.rausch@utexas.edu
Office Location: ASE 5.236, EER 7.620

Manuel Rausch

Associate Professor

General Dynamics Endowed Faculty Fellowship

Department Research Area

Multiscale Biophysics and Biomechanics

About
Originally from Germany, Manuel Rausch earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2013 before taking on the role of Director of R&D at a small medical device company. After a two-year stint in industry, Rausch returned to academia as a post-doctoral fellow at Yale University. Rausch is now an assistant professor in The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics and Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Research Interests

  • Soft-tissue biomechanics
  • Nonlinear continuum mechanics
  • Numerical modeling
  • Material characterization and constitutive modeling

Research Focus
Rausch uses experimental and computational tools to characterize and understand the mechanical behavior of biological soft tissues such as myocardium, vascular soft tissue, heart valve tissue and skin to improve diagnostic and therapeutic methods and medical device design.

 Related Websites
Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory

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