
Michelle L. Oyen
Associate Professor
- Phone
314-935-7038 - Office
Brauer Hall, Room 2006
Education
PhD, University of Minnesota, 2005MS, Michigan State University, 1998
BS, Michigan State University, 1996
Expertise
Uses experimental and computational biomechanics techniques to study human pregnancy and preterm birth
Research
Michelle Oyen has a background in materials and biomechanics and has worked on many problems within tissue mechanics and biomimetic materials. For over twenty years, she has had an increasing interest in pregnancy and women's health research, particularly in engineering approaches for prevention of and intervention into preterm birth.
Biography
Prior to joining the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis in January, 2022, she was a member of the faculty at the Cambridge University Engineering Department in Cambridge, UK (2006-2018) and at East Carolina University (2018-2021).
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