Rate Professor Ellen Arruda

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 1992; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 1988; B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, 1985.

Research Interests: Soft tissue mechanics, polymer mechanics, and computational mechanics.

Appointments: Maria Comninou Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1992–present; Tim Manganello/BorgWarner Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering.

Awards: ASME Nadai Medal, 2018; National Academy of Engineering Member, 2019.

Publications:

• Mechanics of Soft Biological Materials (Springer, 2015)
• Constitutive modeling of polymers (Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2017)

Additional Contributions: Holds patents in biomechanical modeling; editorial board, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.