Simulating the Biophysics of Skin: Where Are We Now?
Presented by: Georges Limbert, MSc, PhD, FIMechE, CEng, FHEA, Associate Professor, Senior Consulting Engineer at the University of Southampton
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Skin is the largest human organ and is the first line of defense against everything ranging from the cold and heat to germs, and offers protection from scrapes and falls. Of course, skin is also the most visible organ and much attention is paid to the quality of the skin. Virtual Human Modeling and Simulation has seen significant advances in recent years as nicely captured in the SIMULIA Community News Magazine, but there is still limited awareness of the current state of the biophysical simulation of the skin.
In this webinar, Dr. Georges Limbert will present some of his group’s latest research in skin biophysics and demonstrate how the use of SIMULIA technology accelerated his research. He will cover the latest modeling theories and simulation tools used to characterize, predict, and exploit some of the multiphysics aspects of the human skin.
We hope that this webinar and resulting discussions will stimulate new ideas in all industrial sectors where predicting the multiphysical response of the skin is relevant, such as in medical devices, personal care and consumer good products, cosmetics, pharmaceutics, military, safety, sport, consumer electronics, and even legal sectors.
The webinar will focus on:
- Constitutive modeling using Abaqus
- Imaging techniques used to characterize the skin microstructure and subsequently develop anatomically-based computational models
- Computational contact homogenization procedures to study skin friction and skin wrinkles
And will be of interest to:
- Interdisciplinary researchers working in academia, industry and government laboratories that are interested in skin. Although the focus will be on the modelling of skin biophysics, many of the theories and modelling techniques presented are applicable to a wide range of other biological soft tissues.
- Clinicians and healthcare professionals who have an interest in embracing simulation technologies to assist them in improving the life of their patients, especially related to skin care
- Engineers interested in designing products in various industries by placing humans at the center of the design process and capturing product-body interactions through simulations
To watch this webinar, please visit our website: https://swym.3ds.com/#media:125072
About Dr. Georges Limbert:
Georges Limbert is an Associate Professor of Biophysical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton and also holds an Honorary Associate Professor position in the Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He joined the University of Southampton as an Assistant Professor in 2009. Prior to that he was a Senior Research Fellow in computational biomechanics at the Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University and research engineer at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Toulouse (France).
His current research focuses on the constitutive modelling of biological and engineering materials with special interest on skin biophysics, biomedical polymers, the non-linear mechanics of thin biological structures and computational techniques for biophysical applications. His research is supported by world-leading organisations operating in the consumer goods, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and military sectors including Procter & Gamble, L’Oréal, Roche, US Air Force and Rolls Royce.
Georges has expertise in non-linear continuum/computational mechanics/tissue biomechanics and the formulation of constitutive models for biomaterials, biological tissues and structures. In this capacity, he acts as a consultant for Fortune 500/FTSE 100 and SME companies (consumer goods, cosmetics, pharmaceutics, biomedical, law, software). Some of his constitutive models are used in industry, academia and the US Army.
Georges holds a Master in Engineering Mechanics (Toulouse, France) and a Master in Theoretical Mechanics (Bordeaux, France). He obtained a PhD in Computational Biomechanics from the University of Southampton in 2002, is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), London. He also sits on the board of the Engineering in Medicine and Health Division of the IMechE (now known as the Biomedical Engineering Association).
