Stephany Santos

Assistant Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut (2020)
  • Graduate Certificate in College Instruction, University of Connecticut (2018)
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut (2015)
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (2015)
  • B.S.E Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut (2012)

Research Focus

  • Orthopedic Disease
  • Soft tissue
  • Cartilage
  • Biomechanics
  • Imaging
  • Damage
  • Phenomenological analyses
  • Autoethnographies
  • STEM Identity
  • Neurodiverse Learning & Engagement

Awards and Honors

  • 2024 Provost’s Award for Community Engaged Scholarship: Emerging Faculty Instructor
  • 2024 Womens Transportation Seminar (WTS) Connecticut: Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award
  • 2019 Connecticut Technology Council, Women of Innovation Program: Inspiring STEM Equitability
    Award
  • 2017 National Academies Ford Foundation Fellow

Publications

  1. S., S., N., E., Neu, C.P, & Pierce, D.M. (2019). Propagation of microcracks in collagen networks of cartilage under mechanical loads. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 27(9), 1392–1402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.04.017

 

  1. Santos, S., Franz, M., & Pierce, D. M. (2017). Anisotropy and inter-condyle heterogeneity of cartilage under large-strain shear. Journal of Biomechanics, 52, 74–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.12.036

 

  1. Siri, S., Maier, F., Chen, L., Santos, S., Pierce, D. M., & Feng, B. (2019). Differential biomechanical properties of mouse distal colon and rectum innervated by the splanchnic and pelvic afferents. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 316(4), G473–G481. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00324.2018

 

  1. Siri, S., Maier, F., Santos, S., Pierce, D. M., & Feng, B. (2019). Load-bearing function of the colorectal submucosa and its relevance to visceral nociception elicited by mechanical stretch. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 317(3), G349–G358. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00127.2019

 

Contact Information
Emailstephany.santos@uconn.edu
Phone860-834-1570
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