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Faculty Spotlight: Michael Hast

Nov 7, 2025

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health is supporting work led by UD mechanical engineer Michael Hast and his graduate students Farzad Abdi and Badhan Saha to improve methods to monitor bone fracture healing.

Engineering a clearer view of bone healing

 Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson 

UD engineer Michael Hast leads an NIH-funded effort to identify impaired bone healing earlier with MRI-based computer models

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