Abstract: In this special issue, we commemorate the near-decade-long service of JBME coeditors Drs. Beth Winkelstein and Victor Barocas. Both Beth and Victor, each ASME and Biomedical Engineering Society fellows, have been leaders ...

Abstract: Engineered skin substitutes (ESSs) have been reported to close fullthickness burn wounds but are subject to loss from mechanical shear due to their deficiencies in tensile strength and elasticity. Hypothetically, if the ...

Abstract: The propagation of mechanical signals through nonlinear fibrous tissues is much more extensive than through continuous synthetic hydrogels. Results from recent studies indicate that increased mechanical propagation arises ...

Abstract: Skin undergoes mechanical alterations due to changes in the composition and structure of the collagenous dermis with aging. Previous studies have conflicting findings, with both increased and decreased stiffness reported ...

Abstract: Skin is a complex tissue whose biomechanical properties are generally understood in terms of an incompressible material whose microstructure undergoes affine deformations. A growing number of experiments, however, have ...

Abstract: The human body represents a collection of interacting systems that range in scale from nanometers to meters. Investigations from a systems perspective focus on how the parts work together to enact changes across spatial ...