![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/images/2021/PhotoAcousticLg.jpg)
Photoacoustic Imaging
![Photo-mediated ultrasound therapy](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/PhotoMediated.jpg)
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/images/2021/metaMateriallrg.jpg)
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/images/2021/mineralized.png)
Probing the mineralized tissue-adhesive interface for tensile nature and bond strength
![Tailoring Materials-Tissue Interfaces collage of biomaterials under magnification](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/TailoringMaterials.png)
Tailoring Materials-Tissue Interfaces
![Structure/Property/Function of the Tissue/Material Interface](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/StructurePropertyFunction.jpg)