Center for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research

Center for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research

Center for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research

Welcome

The Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research group at Mines develops innovative solutions for accommodating musculoskeletal disabilities. Our research spans the range from implantable medical devices to assistive technologies including prosthetics and robotics. We seek to apply computational and experimental methods that relate phenomena across length scales from tissue to organ to whole body.

The Center for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research (CBRR, formerly IBDMS) was established in 1998 as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) that focuses on research and education in bioengineering. The center integrates programs and expertise from Colorado School of Mines, with a variety of academic and industrial partners, across a range of disciplines including engineering, materials and medicine.

CBRR has become an international center for the development of mathematical modeling of the musculoskeletal system, adaptive sports equipment design, in vivo implant and normal joint imaging and measurement, bionic orthopedics, sports medicine, surgical robotics, rehabilitation robotics, human sensory augmentation, human amplifiers (exoskeletons) and smart orthoses. Additionally, through the efforts of this center, a minor program (undergraduate) and focus area (graduate) in biomechanical engineering has been established at Mines.

Joel Bach

JOEL M. BACH, PHD

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Center for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research
Colorado School of Mines
Brown Hall W310H
1610 Illinois Street
Golden, CO 80401
303-384-2161
jmbach@mines.edu