Solav Biomechanical Interfaces Group
Towards enhanced comfort and health for prosthetics and orthotics users
The Lab
Our group studies the biomechanical interface between the human body and biomedical devices such as prosthetics and orthotics. Our main goal is to develop and optimize patient-specific devices in order to improve patient comfort, health, and function. To achieve this, we analyze the biomechanical factors that affect human movement and function, and develop new imaging and measurement tools, computational algorithms, experimental procedures, and fabrication methods.
Soft-tissue material parameter identification using inverse FEA and 3D-DIC
Learn more →Characterization of the mechanical properties of additively manufactured hyperelastic lattice structures
Learn more →Analysis of human gait using various devices for offloading the foot and ankle
Learn more →A novel AFO for improved rehabilitation through adjustable offloading
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Dec 1, 2025
New MSc graduate - Dror Raf
Congratulations to Dror Raf, who defended his thesis and graduated with an MSc in Mechanical Engineering!
Nov 12, 2025
New publication on anisotropic soft tissue material parameter characterization
Check out Amit Ashkenazi's new paper in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids on Indentation-based identifiability of soft tissue anisotropic hyperelastic material parameters. In this work, we investigate how...
Nov 2, 2025
New publication on soft lattice structures
Check out Dror Raf's new paper in Mechanics of Materials on Soft orthotropic hyperelastic lattice structures. In this work, we develop a method for numerically homogenizing the hyperelastic anisotropy of thick-beamed...
Open positions: we are recruiting postdocs and graduate students!
Interested in biomechanics, medical devices and experimental or computational mechanics? We welcome MSc and PhD applicants and international postdocs.