Manuel Rausch
Mechanical Engineering
Bio-X SIGF Fellow 2012/2013
Professor Ellen Kuhl (Mechanical Engineering)

Cardiovascular disease has been and will be one of the most devastating health conditions in the USA and around the world. Being trained as a mechanical engineer, Manuel is using engineering methods to understand the physiology and pathology of the heart and its surrounding tissues. He cares particularly about the structure function relationship of cardiovascular soft tissues that he studies in vitro, in vivo, and in silico. His goal is to translate information gained from these experiments into meaningful knowledge that he hopes will ultimately advance medical procedures and devices related to cardiovascular disease.