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PhD in Scientific Computing Seminar Series – Nathaly Villacis
March 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The MICDE PhD Student Seminar Series showcases the research of students in the Ph.D. in Scientific Computing. These events are open to the public, but we request that all who plan to attend register in advance.
Unraveling Rotator Cuff Tendon Tear Growth Mechanisms with Full-Volume Strains and Data-Driven Modeling
In this talk, I will show how full-volume methods, which can probe internal locations of a material, enable the detection of regions with high shear strain concentration in intact and torn rotator cuff tendons. I will also explain my approach to use these full-volume datasets to develop a finite element model of this tendon using variational system identification, and future work to obtain validated computational models that can predict tear growth.
Nathaly Villacis, Mechanical Engineering and Scientific Computing
Nathaly is a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, who works at the Soft Tissue Mechanics Lab, supervised by Dr. Ellen Arruda. Her research involves the characterization of rotator cuff tendon tear growth with experimental and computational methods. She will work on machine learning models of the rotator cuff once she finishes her Ph.D.