Chris Rylander

About
Chris Rylander received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and his M.S. and B.S. in mechanical engineering, all from The University of Texas at Austin. He is now an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Cockrell School of Engineering. He is the principal investigator of the Medical Devices Laboratory.

Since beginning his academic career at Virginia Tech in 2007, Rylander has been awarded numerous grants from sponsors, including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and Wallace Coulter Foundation, with total funding of $4.23M. He has published 30 peer-reviewed scholarly articles in high-ranking journals such as Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, PLoS One and Cancer Research. He is also the chair of the Research and Development Committee for the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.

Research Interests

• Mechanical engineering design
• Manufacturing
• Thermal/fluid systems

Research Focus
Rylander's primary technical area is manufacturing and design, which also overlaps into the areas of biomechanical engineering and thermal/fluid systems. His research with the Medical Devices Laboratory focuses on solving health care-related problems using mechanical engineering design and manufacturing techniques. The broader impacts of this specialized area of research will: 1) improve quality of life for patients, 2) advance the frontiers of scientific knowledge, and 3) educate the next generation of mechanical and biomedical engineers.

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