![Group photo of IBER faculty and staff](/sites/berc/files/styles/7_5_placeholder_/public/images/2021/groupImage.png?h=0f4b0070&itok=VcGE264K)
IBER Institute for Bioengineering Research
Mission:
•To reduce human suffering
•To educate leaders in bioengineering
•To enable people with vision to succeed
![Images of the brain created with photoacoustic imaging](/sites/berc/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/2021/PhotoAcousticLg.jpg?h=601d2398&itok=A2umrnFp)
Photoacoustic Imaging
![Photo-mediated ultrasound therapy](/sites/berc/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/2021/PhotoMediated.jpg?h=b20f421d&itok=4yA5M2az)
Photo-mediated Ultrasound Therapy
![Images of: Granular structures of connected grains with stretch-shear coupling, Non-standard transverse grain displacement under extension of grain-string, and Emergent negative Poisson's effect due to tailored grain interactions](/sites/berc/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/2021/metaMateriallrg.jpg?h=488f0151&itok=lnSe9ChU)
Metamaterial Predicted by Granular Micromechanics
![depiction of the mechanical characterization that are combined with bio-chemical characterization to inform the granular micromechanics approach (GMA) based model for assessing adhesive effectiveness, which in-turn informs the material design in an iterative loop](/sites/berc/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/2021/mineralized.png?h=36cda812&itok=dnaRzcf8)
Probing the mineralized tissue-adhesive interface for tensile nature and bond strength
![Tailoring Materials-Tissue Interfaces collage of biomaterials under magnification](/sites/berc/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/2021/TailoringMaterials.png?h=aeb8f189&itok=NF5UfC-3)
Tailoring Materials-Tissue Interfaces
![Structure/Property/Function of the Tissue/Material Interface](/sites/berc/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/2021/StructurePropertyFunction.jpg?h=abfbc544&itok=n_tLX2hQ)