Laboratory of biomechanics
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| Latin | Laboratoire de biomécanique |
|---|---|
| Research type | applied research |
Field of research | mechanics, imaging, Medicine |
| Director | Wafa Skalli |
| Faculty | 23 |
| Students | 9 |
| Location | Paris, France 48°50′03″N 2°21′27″E / 48.834066°N 2.357453°E |
| Campus | Arts et Métiers ParisTech |
CNRS | EA CNRS 4494 |
| Affiliations | Arts et Métiers ParisTech |
| Website | http://bio-web.paris.ensam.fr |
The Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak (IBHGC) is a French research institute located in Paris. It was formerly called the laboratory of biomechanics (French: laboratoire de biomécanique) or LBM until 2013.[1][2] It is under the authority of Arts et Métiers ParisTech.[3] It is part of the Carnot Institute ARTS[4] and currently employs more than 50 persons. It is officially recognized by the CNRS as a host research team (équipe d'acceuil n°4494).
The main part of the research is focused on the following lines :
- Modeling of bones and muscle mechanical behavior
- Improving of safety systems
- analysis of nervous system/moves interactions
Research teams
The laboratory is divided in five research teams, which have their own field of research :
- team 1 : mechanical behavior of body and clinical research
- team 2 : biomechanics of shocks, confort and safety in transportation
- team 3 : biomechanics of tissues
- team 4 : biomechanics, sports and health
- team 5 : biomechanics and nervous system
Projects
The LBM is working either with academic or industrial scientific partners. On the European scale, the laboratory is enrolled in 3 initiatives such as the CRAFT-Devaspim project which aims to develop a new kind of vertebral implants.[5] The laboratory is also behind the invention of the EOS imaging system in partnership with the Nobel Prize Georges Charpak.
