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New Institute IMSB founded

May 30, 2019 / Ulrich Rentschler/IMSB

On 13.02.2019, the Senate of the University of Stuttgart approved the proposal to install a new Institute for Modelling and Simulation of Biomechanical Systems. It went into operation on the 01.06.2019.
[Picture: IMSB Schmitt]

The University of Stuttgart founded a new Institute for Modelling and Simulation of Biomechanical Systems (IMSB). It is the first of its kind in the field of engineering and basic science in Germany. According to the founding directors, Prof. Oliver Röhrle and Prof. Syn Schmitt, it is the continuation of what began within the Cluster of Excellence SimTech, ten years ago. Then, Simtech established a Junior Research group "Continuum Biomechanics and Mechanobiology" headed by a Junior Professor and an Associated Junior Researcher in the field of "Computer Simulation of Human Movement".

Besides the integration of the institute in the Faculty 2: Civil and Environmental Engineering, the institute is closely connected to the Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science (SimTech) and the new cluster „Data-integrated Simulation Science (SimTech)“. Both directors are fellows of SimTech.

The main focus of the IMSB, which joins research in the fields of „Continuum Biomechanics and Mechanobiology“ (Prof. Röhrle) and „Computational Biophysics and Biorobotics“ (Prof. Schmitt), is basic research on understanding biological motion systems. „The foundation of the institute is an important sign that this field is growing and that our research direction both regarding the methods and the content fills an empty position at the interface of engineering and basic science.“, underpin Röhrle and Schmitt the relevance of the new institute.

Similar international institutions such as the very successful Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI, University of Auckland, New Zealand) or the highly reputable Institute for in silico medicine (Insegneo) of the University of Sheffield, UK and the european initiative of the Virtual Physiological Human Institute show the enormous potential of such institutions.

More importantly, the research direction of this institute is in close accordance to the strategic vision of the University of Stuttgart of „Intelligent Systems for a sustainable society“ as this institute deals with the intelligent human system.

 
 
 

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