ManuelRausch

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.

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.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Biomechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Diplom., Mechanical Engineering, University of Stuttgart

Select Awards & Honors

• National Institutes of Health R01 (2022)
• Award for Outstanding Engineering Teaching by an Assistant Professor – Cockrell School of Engineering (2022)
• CAREER Award – National Science Foundation (2021)

 Related Websites
Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory
Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences

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