Faculty by Research Area

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2003.

Research Areas: Soft tissue mechanics, computational biomechanics and medical device design.

Dr. Sun joined the Mechanical Department in 2007. He received his Ph.D. in 2003 from the Bioengineering Department of the University of Pittsburgh. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology and as a staff engineer in the Heart Valve Therapy R&D Department at Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, CA. His research has focused on the experimental study and constitutive modeling of cardiovascular biomaterials, and on the study of tissue and organ function using computational tools. Dr. Sun's research background includes such projects as designing of new heart valve and annuloplasty prosthesis, modeling of biomimetic fibre scaffold materials as artery substitutes, and study of biomechanics of heart valve biomaterials. He is a recipient of the American Heart Association National Scientist Development Award in 2009.