The MSRC occupies 10,500 square feet on the 3rd floor of the Institute for Human Performance. There are currently seven research faculty and 15-20 research staff, graduate students, and fellows based in the labs. In addition, clinical faculty and residents from the department are also engaged in research at the MSRC. Facilities include:
Mechanical Testing Frames:
3 multi-axial MTS servohydraulic frames, two single axis screw driven test frames, custom servo-hydraulic wrist simulator
Biomechanical Measurement Systems:
Tekscan pressure measurement system, Flock of Birds and Polhemus 6 dof motion measurement, Cyberglove hand motion system, DVRT's; Extensometers; LVDT's; Crack and strain gage signal conditioners
Musculo-skeletal Imaging:
Fluoroscan C-arm, 2 Portable x-ray units, Faxitron cabinet x-ray, Stratec XCT2000 peripheral quantitative CT scanner, Piximus bone density scanner, Dyonics and Linvatec arthroscopy systems; Lunar
& Hologic DXA bone densitometer, X-ray,
SCANCO microCT 40 & Skysvcan 1074 microCT scanners and Radiostereometric Facilites available on 1st floor of IHP,
as well as two clinical x-ray rooms in the IHP Imaging Core.
Microscopy:
Light and epifluorescent microscopes, inverted microscope, CCD digital cameras
Isomet 2000 high speed sectioning saw, Exact 340 CP diamond saw and grinding units, Polycut E microtome with ultramiller, Leica cryostat, Leica rotary microtome, CNC based Custom grinding and imaging system, cryo-microtome sectioning, laser microdissection, histomorphometric analysis.
Specialized Computer Hardware and Software:
Sun Microsystems SunBlade Ultra60 workstations and Enterprise 450 server, 3D Studiomax, Patran and MARC finite element software, ImagePro Plus
micro-array gene analysis software (Generspring, GeneTraffic).
CNC Machining Capability:
CNC lathe capable of modeling orthopedic alloy to produce novel devices for research
Bio-hazard adapted CNC mini-mill which can machine fresh specimens into mechanical test specimens
